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Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine

Dove Medical Press Ltd

United KingdomComplementary and Manual Therapy (Q1); Occupational Therapy (Q1); Optometry (Q2); Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (Q2); Podiatry (Q2); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (Q3)ISSN-matched source record
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Q1Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
15H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.556SJR (2025)
2013-2015, 2019-2026Coverage

About Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine

Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine is a scholarly journal published by Dove Medical Press Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.556 and H-index of 15.

Coverage: 2013-2015, 2019-2026. Research categories: Complementary and Manual Therapy (Q1); Occupational Therapy (Q1); Optometry (Q2); Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (Q2); Podiatry (Q2); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (Q3).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2025-08-07. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 2990 USD
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationCLOCKSS, PMC
Reported submission-to-publication time16 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2010 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1179-1543
ISSN-L1179-1543
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationDove Medical Press
Publisher country codeNZ
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex372
Citations recorded in OpenAlex11,022
OpenAlex H-index57
Years represented in OpenAlex1987–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Sports injuries and prevention; Sports Performance and Training; Shoulder Injury and Treatment; Cardiovascular and exercise physiology; Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques; Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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