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Top 10 Sport Sciences Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading Sport Sciences journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights key details authors often need when choosing where to submit, including publisher, impact factor, open access status, identifiers, and available submission profile information.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor data currently available in our journal database.

British Journal Of Sports Medicine

BMJ

JIF 16.2

Hybrid

British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) is a multimedia portal for authoritative original research, systematic reviews, consensus statements and timely debate in sport and exercise medicine as well as clinical education and implementation success stories. It...

Identifiers

ISSN 0306-3674

eISSN 1473-0480

Publication Cost

Open access APC: 4,370 GBP, exclusive of VAT for UK and EU authors. Authors can also publish at no cost under the subscription model.

Publishing Timeline

Time to first decision without review: 4 days (median); time to first decision with review: 48 days (median); acceptance to publication: 16 days (median)

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Journal Of Sport And Health Science

Elsevier BV

JIF 10.3

Open

Journal of Sport and Health Science is a peer-reviewed, international, multidisciplinary scientific journal dedicated to the advancement of sport, exercise, physical activity, and health sciences. It publishes original and impactful research, topical reviews,...

Identifiers

ISSN 2095-2546

eISSN 2213-2961

Publication Cost

Authors do not have to pay any open access publication fee.

Sports

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Sports Medicine

Springer Science+Business Media

JIF 9.4

Hybrid

Sports Medicine bridges the gap between science and practice in the promotion of exercise and health, and in the scientific assessment, study and understanding of sports performance. It focuses on definitive and comprehensive review articles that interpret and...

Identifiers

ISSN 0112-1642

eISSN 1179-2035

Publication Cost

Open access APC: £3990.00 GBP / $5990.00 USD / €4690.00 EUR; subscription publishing: no APC charges apply.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 31 days

Sports

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Sports Medicine-open

SPRINGER

JIF 5.9

Identifiers

ISSN 2199-1170

eISSN 2198-9761

Sports

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Journal Of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy

J O S P T

JIF 5.8

Identifiers

ISSN 0190-6011

eISSN 1938-1344

Orthopedics

Rehabilitation

Sports

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Arthroscopy-the Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery

Elsevier BV

JIF 5.4

Hybrid

Arthroscopy is a peer-reviewed journal in minimally invasive surgery and arthroscopic techniques. It discusses the advantages, disadvantages, applications, efficiency, efficacy, and cost benefit of emerging arthroscopic methods and is an official journal of th...

Identifiers

ISSN 0749-8063

eISSN 1526-3231

Publishing Timeline

Accepted proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt of the email.

Orthopedics

Sports

Surgery

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Biology Of Sport

TERMEDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD

JIF 5

Identifiers

ISSN 0860-021X

eISSN 2083-1862

Sports

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Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy

Springer Science+Business Media

JIF 5

Hybrid

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (KSSTA) is the official clinical journal of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA). It publishes peer-reviewed research in knee surgery, sports trauma surgery and arthros...

Identifiers

ISSN 0942-2056

eISSN 1433-7347

Publication Cost

Open access article publication charge (APC) applies; funding coverage may be available through institutions or funder agreements.

Publishing Timeline

13 days submission to first decision (median)

Orthopedics

Sports

Surgery

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