Sports Medicine - Open publishes the following article types:
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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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Citation Impact
6.766 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
6.108 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
1.705 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.15 - SCImago Journal RankSpeed
59 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
87 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)Usage
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- ISSN: 2198-9761 (electronic)