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Aims and scope

Sports Medicine - Open focuses on original research and definitive reviews in the field of sport and exercise medicine. The Journal includes medical and scientific research relating to:

  • Sporting performance enhancement including nutrition, equipment and training
  • Medical syndromes associated with sport and exercise
  • Injury prevention and treatment
  • Exercise for rehabilitation and health
  • The application of physiological and biomechanical principles to specific
    sporting codes

Key Points
Articles published in Sports Medicine - Open will include a Key Points table. Please provide approximately three short, stand-alone lines/statements summarizing the key findings/implications of the paper. These should be provided after the Abstract under the heading 'Key Points’.

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    4.6 - 2-year Impact Factor
    5.7 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.705 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.15 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    15 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    216 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    1,609,820 downloads
    4,288 Altmetric mentions