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British journal of sports medicine.

ISSN 0306-3674BMJ Publishing GroupUnited Kingdom
ScopusMEDLINEEmbasePubMedPMCSCImagoJIFMatched via identifier

Journal overview

Journal identity
Titles
British Journal of Sports Medicine
Br. J. Sports Med. (abbreviated)
Br J Sports Med (abbreviated)
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
British journal of sports medicine.
Key identifiers
ISSN
0306-3674
0306-3674
eISSN
1473-0480
NLM ID
432520
Publisher / basic metadata
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Loughborough, Eng.
Country
Language
ENG
English

Indexing & coverage

Current indexing summary
Scopus
Currently indexed

Scopus's Sources record lists this journal as active.

Indexing history
Coverage
1974–2026, 1964
Indexing services (MEDLINE, Embase)
MEDLINECurrently indexedEmbaseUnknown

Embase has a record for this journal, but it doesn't confirm direct Embase indexing either way.

Bibliographic inclusion (PubMed)
PubMedIncluded
Full-text availability (PMC — not an indexing service)
PMCPreviously available

PMC's own record reports this journal as "No longer participating", "PMC Inactive (NLM catalog record)" — no longer currently available.

Metrics

MetricYearValueQuartileRankSource
JIF202516.2Q1231JCR Impact Factor List 2025 — supplied dataset
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) — 2025

Source: SCImago Journal & Country Rank — 2025 dataset. SJR is a metric published by SCImago, presented here as reported.

SJR
4.847
Best Quartile
Q1
H-index
256
Subject categories
  • Medicine (miscellaneous) — Q1
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Q1
  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation — Q1
  • Sports Science — Q1
More metrics
Coverage
1964, 1974–2026
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Western Europe
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Open Access
No
Open Access (Diamond)
No
Total documents (current year)
293
Total documents (3 years)
830
Total references
10038
Total citations (3 years)
7661
Citable documents (3 years)
508
Citations per document (2 years)
9.11
References per document
34.26
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
0306-3674, 1473-0480
SCImago Source ID
19817
SCImago Rank (across all SCImago source types)
313

Publication activity

Publication activity
SCImago
2025
293 observed publications
Latest publication activity observed
2025
Current-year activity
Recent publication activity observed

Evidence sources: SCImago. SCImago's count is a source-reported aggregate figure; Crossref/OpenAlex/PubMed counts are distinct article records JCF Labs observed via each provider's own free API — none is guaranteed to be that journal's complete output for the year, and providers may disagree (this is expected, not an error). See this journal's own source evidence above for full context.

Subjects & categories

Subjects / categories
Subject area (SCImago)
MeSH (PubMed)
Sports Medicine
Coverage / history
Scopus:1974-2026; 1964
MEDLINE:MEDLINE: v8n1, Apr. 1974-; Index medicusIn: PubMed: v5, 1970-, PMC Inactive;
PubMed:MEDLINE: v8n1, Apr. 1974-; Index medicusIn: PubMed: v5, 1970-, PMC Inactive;
PMC:No longer participating; PMC Inactive (NLM catalog record)