American Journal of Sports Medicine
Discipline | Health Sciences |
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Language | English |
Edited by | , MD |
Publication details | |
History | 1976–present |
Publisher | SAGE Publications (United Kingdom) |
Frequency | Monthly |
6.057 (2017) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Am. J. Sports Med. |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0363-5465 (print) 1552-3365 (web) |
LCCN | 76646332 |
OCLC no. | 2314681 |
Links | |
American Journal of Sports Medicine is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Sport Sciences. The journal's editor is , MD. It has been in publication since 1972 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine.
Scope[]
American Journal of Sports Medicine is a source of information for sports medicine specialists with the aim of improving the identification, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries. The journal acts as a forum for orthopaedic sports medicine research and education, allowing clinical practitioners the ability to make decisions based on scientific information.
Abstracting and indexing[]
The American journal of Sports Medicine is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2014 impact factor is 4.362, ranking it 1 out of 72 journals in the category ‘Orthopedics’.[1] and 6 out of 81 journals in the category ‘Sport Sciences’.[2] The journal's 5-Year Impact Factor is currently listed at 5.084.
References[]
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Orthopedics". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Sport Sciences". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
External links[]
- SAGE Publishing academic journals
- English-language journals
- Sports medicine journals