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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.

#1
BJ

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)
#2
JO
JIF 10.3
Q1
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.
#3
SM

Springer Science+Business Media

JIF 9.4
Q1
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
#4
SM

Springer Nature

JIF 5.9
Q1
Open

Sports Medicine - Open is an online open access journal covering sport and exercise medicine. It publishes reviews and original research that bridge science and practice in areas including sports injury prevention and treatment, exercise for health, nutrition,...

Identifiers

ISSN 2199-1170
eISSN 2198-9761

Publication Cost

£2990.00 GBP / $4390.00 USD / €3390.00 EUR APC

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 36 days
#5
JO
Journal Of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy

American Physical Therapy Association

JIF 5.8
Q1
Closed

Identifiers

ISSN 0190-6011
eISSN 1938-1344
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#6
AJ

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.
#7
BO

Termedia Publishing House

JIF 5
Q1
Open

Biology of Sport is the official journal of the Institute of Sport – National Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1984, it is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal published quarterly in electronic format and covers basic and appli...

Identifiers

ISSN 0860-021X
eISSN 2083-1862

Publication Cost

APC 1000 EUR (4800 PLN or 1200 USD) per accepted article for manuscripts submitted on or after 2 January 2026; no submission or peer-review fee.

Publishing Timeline

Authors are allowed 4 weeks to return revised manuscripts after major or minor revision.
#8
KS

Springer Science+Business Media

JIF 5
Q1
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)
#9
EA

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

JIF 4.7
Q1
Closed

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews is a quarterly journal of the American College of Sports Medicine that publishes invited forward-thinking review content in exercise and sport science, including Brief Reviews that provide the rationale for a novel hypothesi...

Identifiers

ISSN 0091-6331
eISSN 1538-3008

Publication Cost

Optional open access is available for accepted articles for an article processing charge due on acceptance and payable within 30 days; specific pricing is provided via the Wolters Kluwer Open Health Journals pricing list.

Publishing Timeline

Reviewers are asked to return completed reviews within 14 days after accepting the invitation.
#10
AJ
JIF 4.5
Q1
Hybrid

The American Journal of Sports Medicine, founded in 1972, is the official publication of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. It publishes original articles for orthopaedic surgeons specializing in sports medicine, team physicians, athletic tr...

Identifiers

ISSN 0363-5465
eISSN 1552-3365

Publication Cost

Sage Choice article processing charge: $4,400 USD.

Publishing Timeline

Completed articles are published online before print publication.
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