Sports Biomechanics is the Thomson Reuters listed scientific journal of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS). The journal sets out to generate knowledge to improve human performance and reduce the incidence of injury, and to communicate this knowledge to scientists, coaches, clinicians, teachers, and participants. The target performance realms include not only the conventional areas of sports and exercise, but also fundamental motor skills and other highly specialized human movements such as dance (both sport and artistic).
Sports Biomechanics is unique in its emphasis on a broad biomechanical spectrum of human performance including, but not limited to, technique, skill acquisition, training, strength and conditioning, exercise, coaching, teaching, equipment, modeling and simulation, measurement, and injury prevention and rehabilitation. As well as maintaining scientific rigour, there is a strong editorial emphasis on 'reader friendliness'. By emphasising the practical implications and applications of research, the journal seeks to benefit practitioners directly.
Sports Biomechanics publishes papers in four sections: Original Research, Reviews, Teaching, and Methods and Theoretical Perspectives.
Peer Review Statement
Sports Biomechanics is an international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge.
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Click here to be taken to the submissions website.
Journal metrics
Usage
255K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.0 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.1 (2023) 5 year IF
5.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.006 (2023) SNIP
0.684 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
24 days avg. from submission to first
decision
65 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
15 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
15% acceptance rate
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Impact Factor*:
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journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
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Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Daniel Fong -Loughborough University, UK
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Elizabeth Bradshaw - Deakin University, Australia Valentina Camomilla - University of Rome “Foro Italico”, Italy Felipe Carpes - Federal University of Pampa, Brazil Boyi Dai - University of Wyoming, USA Drew Harrison - University of Limerick, Ireland Kim Hébert-Losier - The University of Waikato, New Zealand Hiroaki Hobara - Tokyo University of Science, Japan Wei-Chun Hsu - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Gerwyn Hughes - University of San Francisco, USA Karla de Jesus - Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil Pui Wah (Veni) Kong - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Kam-Ming Mok - Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China Hiroyuki Nunome - Fukuoka University, Japan Sakiko Oyama - University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Benedicte Vanwanseele - KU Leuven, Belgium João Paulo Vilas-Boas - University of Porto, Portugal SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Stuart McErlain-Naylor - Loughborough University, UK WEIBO EDITOR Sirius Huang - JTSportech Sport Performance Service, China
EDITORIAL BOARD Abdel-Rahman Akl - Alexandria University, Egypt Arif Mithat Amca - Hacettepe University, Turkey Charlotte Apps - Nottingham Trent University, UK Syahrial Bakhtiar - Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia Helen Bayne - University of Pretoria, South Africa Mélanie Beaulieu - University of Michigan, USA Lauren Benson - University of Calgary, Canada/ Tonal Strength Institute, USA Ian Bezodis - Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK Neil Bezodis - Swansea University, UK Carlo M. Biancardi - Universidad de la República, Uruguay Rodrigo Bini - La Trobe University, Australia Sara Brice - James Cook University, Australia Heiliane de Brito Fontana - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Susan Brown - Edinburgh Napier University, UK Jaclyn Caccese - The Ohio State University, USA Mohamed Souhaiel Chelly - University of Manouba, Tunisia Paul Comfort - University of Salford, UK Filipe Conceição - University of Porto, Portugal Katherine Daniels - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Sina David - VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands Alasdair Dempsey - Murdoch University, Australia Olyvia Donti - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Tim Doyle - Macquarie University, Australia Megan Dutton - Optimal Physio / University of Cape Town, South Africa Juliana Exel - University of Vienna, Austria Timothy Exell - University of Portsmouth, UK Roman Farana - University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Ricardo Fernandes - University of Porto, Portugal Pablo Floría - Pablo de Olavide University, Spain Alycia Fong Yan - The University of Sydney, Australia Carlos de la Fuente - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile Marianne Gittoes - Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK Tomohiro Gonjo - Heriot-Watt University, UK Yaodong Gu - Ningbo University, China Wendy Holliday - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Chengtu Hsieh - California State University, Chico, USA Rony Ibrahim - Qatar University, Qatar Parunchaya Jamkrajang - Mahidol University, Thailand Ina Janssen - Sportcentrum Papendal, The Netherlands Hyun Kyung Kim - Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge), USA Kristof Kipp - Marquette University, USA Duane Knudson - Texas State University, USA Weerawat Limroongreungrat - Mahidol University, Thailand Jayishni Maharaj - Griffith University, Australia Lina Majed - Qatar University, Qatar Pedro Morouço - Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Kaushik Mukherjee - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Archit Navandar - Aspire Academy, Qatar Enrique Navarro - Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain Jaebum Park - Seoul National University, Korea Carina Price - University of Salford, UK Xiao Qiu - University of Kassel, Germany Aliaa Rehan Youssef - Cairo University, Egypt Hannah Rice - Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway Paige Rice - Wake Forest University, USA Mark Robinson - Liverpool John Moores University, UK Natsuki Sado - University of Tsukuba, Japan Karine Sarro - University of Campinas, Brazil Shogo Sasaki - Tokai University, Japan Nahoko Sato - Nagoya Gakuin University, Japan Shazlin Shaharudin - Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Raihana Sharir - MARA University of Technology, Malaysia Kelly Sheerin - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Yo Shih - University of Oklahoma, USA Amanda Silvatti - Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil Peter Sinclair - The University of Sydney, Australia Qipeng Song - Shandong Sport University, China Nili Steinberg - Wingate Academic College, Israel Wen-Tzu Tang - National Taiwan Sport University, Taiwan Phillis Teng - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Gregory Tierney - Ulster University, Ireland Roland van den Tillaar - Nord University, Norway Rohit Kumar Thapa - Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India Francesca Wade - University of Florida, USA Dan Wang - Shanghai University of Sport, China Genevieve Williams - University of Exeter, UK Steffen Willwacher - Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Hannah Wyatt - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Santiago Zabaloy - Universidad de Flores, Argentina Shuqi Zhang - Boise State University, USA
Updated 05-06-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Sports Biomechanics is covered by the following abstracting & indexing services:
Adis International Ltd. -Reactions Weekly (Online)
EBSCOhost -Academic Search Alumni Edition, 1/1/2002- ;Academic Search Complete, 1/1/2002- ;Academic Search Elite, 1/1/2002- ;Academic Search Premier, 1/1/2002- ;Biomedical Reference Collection: Corporate Edition, 1/1/2002- ;CINAHL(Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature), 1/1/2005- ;CINAHL Plus, 1/1/2005- ;CINAHL Plus with Full Text, 1/1/2005- ;CINAHL with Full Text, 1/1/2005- ;Current Abstracts, 1/1/2002- ;Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source, 1/1/2002- ;SPORTDiscus with Full Text, 1/1/2002- ;TOC Premier(Table of Contents), 1/1/2002-
Thomson Reuters -Science Citation Index Expanded;Web of Science
U.S. National Library of Medicine - MEDLINE
Open access
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS)
The International Society of Biomechanics in Sports is composed of members from all over the world with a common desire to study and understand human movement, especially as it relates to applied sports biomechanics. Participants come from a wide range of backgrounds including exercise science, education, engineering, computer science, rehabilitation and medicine to name a few.
Its primary purposes are:
To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas for sports biomechanics researchers, coaches and teachers.
To bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners.
To gather and disseminate information and materials on biomechanics in sports.
Membership
Membership rates and a list of member benefits, which includes a subscription to Sports Biomechanics, can be found here.
Other Society links
Members of the European Society of Sports Biomechanics (ESB) can receive an individual print subscription to Sports Biomechanics at a special society member rate. Please see the 'subscribe' page for details.
Print ISSN:
1476-3141
Online ISSN:
1752-6116
12 issues per year
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