Sport Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Sports Medicine-Open	27
2	Journal of Sport and Health Science	22
3	Sports Medicine	20
4	British Journal of Sports Medicine	12
5	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	11
6	American Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	Biology of Sport	10
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	10
9	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	9
-	Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness	9
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	9
12	Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	8
-	Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports	8
14	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology	7
-	Journal of Applied Physiology	7
-	Journal of Sport Management	7
-	Science and Medicine in Football	7
18	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	6
-	BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation	6
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	6
-	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	6
-	Physical Therapy in Sport	6
-	International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance	6
24	European Journal of Sport Science	5
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma	5
-	Journal of Sports Sciences	5
-	Sport Education and Society	5
-	Sports Health-A Multidisciplinary Approach	5
-	European Journal of Applied Physiology	5
-	Human Movement Science	5
-	International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism	5
-	Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research	5
-	Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition	5
-	Knee	5
35	Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism	4
-	Clinical Biomechanics	4
-	International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport	4
-	Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology	4
-	Journal of Sport Rehabilitation	4
-	Motor Control	4
-	Research in Sports Medicine	4
-	Sports Biomechanics	4
-	Journal of Aging and Physical Activity	4
-	Journal of Athletic Training	4
-	Physician and Sportsmedicine	4
-	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	4
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	4
48	American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	3
-	International Journal of Sports Medicine	3
-	Journal of Applied Biomechanics	3

-	Journal of Teaching in Physical Education	3
-	Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly	3
-	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	3
-	Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science	3
-	Pediatric Exercise Science	3
-	Quest	3
57	Wilderness & Environmental Medicine	2
-	Clinics in Sports Medicine	2
-	Gait & Posture	2
-	Isokinetics and Exercise Science	2
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	2
-	Kinesiology	2
-	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	2
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part P-Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology	2
-	Science & Sports	2
-	Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review	2
-	Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport	2
-	Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness	2
-	PM&R	2
-	Sport Psychologist	2
71	Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte	1
-	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	1
-	Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine	1
-	Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte	1
75	Acsms Health & Fitness Journal	0
-	Medicina Dello Sport	0
-	Physikalische Medizin Rehabilitationsmedizin Kurortmedizin	0
-	Sportverletzung-Sportschaden	0
-	Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise	0