Sports Medicine - Open publishes the following article types:
Click the relevant link to find style and formatting information for the article you are going to submit.
Preparing your manuscript
Manuscripts should conform to the following reporting guidelines:
- Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: PRISMA
- Randomized Clinical Trials: CONSORT
- Observational studies: STROBE
- Studies of diagnostic accuracy: STARD
- Animal pre-clinical studies: ARRIVE
- Other types of health-related research: Consult the EQUATOR web site for appropriate reporting guidelines.
Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
59 days to first decision for all manuscripts
97 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
187 days from submission to acceptance
23 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact4.830 - 2-year Impact Factor
4.867 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.705 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.15 - SCImago Journal Rank
Usage
905,122 Downloads (2021)
1,712 Altmetric Mentions
- ISSN: 2198-9761 (electronic)