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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

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Open Access SCIE Official Website Submission Website

*Average Peer Review
Fast, 2-4 Week(s)

*Competitiveness
Very difficult

CiteScore
9.7

CiteScore Rank

Subject Area	Rank	Percentile
Category: Health Professions Subcategory: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	8 / 257
Category: Health Professions Subcategory: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine	12 / 340

Link to PubMed Central (PMC)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?term=0363-5465%5BISSN%5D

Indexing (SCI collection)

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Scopus (CiteScore)

Country/Area of Publication
UNITED STATES

Publication Frequency
Bimonthly

Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc.

ISSN
0363-5465

E-ISSN
1552-3365

Year Publication Started
1976

Self-citation (2025-2026)
9.30%

Annual Article Volume
353

Gold OA Percentage
14.80%

Open Access Info

APC	APC Waiver	Other Charges
N/A	N/A	N/A

Journal Aim & Scope

An invaluable resource for the orthopaedic sports medicine community, _The American Journal of Sports Medicine_ is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, first published in 1972. It is the official publication of the [American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)](http://www.sportsmed.org/)! The journal acts as an important forum for independent orthopaedic sports medicine research and education, allowing clinical practitioners the ability to make decisions based on sound scientific information.

This journal is a must-read for:

* Orthopaedic Surgeons and Specialists
* Sports Medicine Physicians
* Physiatrists
* Athletic Trainers
* Team Physicians
* And Physical Therapists

Web of Science Quartiles

WOS Quartile: Q1

Quartiles By JIF	Collection	Quartile	Rank	Percentage
Category: ORTHOPEDICS	SCIE	Q1	8/147
Category: SPORT SCIENCES	SCIE	Q1	9/136

Quartiles By JCI	Collection	Quartile	Rank	Percentage
Category: ORTHOPEDICS	SCIE	Q1	7/147
Category: SPORT SCIENCES	SCIE	Q1	7/136

*Crowdsourced data

Journals In The Same Subject Area
CiteScore Trends
Self Citation Trends
Annual Article Volume Trends

Journal Title	h-index	CiteScore
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE	141	22.10
SPORTS MEDICINE	159	20.40
BIOLOGY OF SPORT	20	10.70
JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT	57	7.10
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT	85	6.70
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine	50	5.20
Journal of Human Kinetics	26	5.40
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE	203	3.00
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS	97	7.30
Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness	17	7.10