About this journal

Aims and scope

The Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed, open access online journal that welcomes research, reviews and commentaries. The journal is of interest to orthopedic surgeons and specialists, sports medicine physicians, athletic trainers, team physicians and physical therapists.

Topics covered by the journal include:

  • Orthopedic sports medicine
  • Basic science relevant to clinical sports medicine
  • Epidemiology of sports injuries
  • The female athlete
  • Joint injury
  • Rehabilitation and training
  • Paralympic sport
  • Injury prevention
  • Older adult and elderly sport participation
  • Sport psychology

The Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 119K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.3 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 2.1 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 4.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.835 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.600 (2023) SJR

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief:

Prof. Dr. Andreas Imhoff, Department of Orthopaedic Sport Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Editorial Board:

Professor Julien Baker, Department of Sport, and Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Professor Henning Boecker, Professor and Head, Division of Clinical Functional Imaging, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Professor Malcolm Collins, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Devon Dobrosielski, Kinesiology, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

Professor Mark Hutchinson, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Professor Deiary Kader, Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, Knee Surgeon Arthroscopy, Arthroplasty and Sport Injuries, Academic Unit SW London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, Epsom, Surrey, UK

Professor Jon Karlsson, Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

Dr Vikas Khanduja, Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian Professor, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Research Lead (Elective), Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Dr Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

Dr Robert T Rubin, Psychiatry Faculty, Community Memorial Health System/Ventura County Medical Center, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Professor Dr. Kristian Samuelsson, Orthopedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

Professor Kerry Stewart, Clinical and Research Exercise Physiology, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

Mr David Wales, Physiotherapy Department, North London Physiotherapy, London, UK

Abstracting and indexing

Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Pubmed (NLM)

PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)

Open access

Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

To publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis. Discounts and waivers may also be available for researchers in selected countries when publishing in open access journals.

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