Open Access
Open access

Sports

MDPI
MDPI
ISSN: 20754663
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
2.2
SJR
0.787
CiteScore
4.1
Categories
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Areas
Health Professions
Medicine
Years of issue
2013-2025
journal names
Sports
Publications
1 818
Citations
14 987
h-index
43
Publications
1 187
Citations
13 814
Top-3 countries
USA (415 publications)
United Kingdom (250 publications)
Spain (207 publications)
USA (205 publications)
Spain (160 publications)
United Kingdom (139 publications)

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Sports
1052 citations, 7.02%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
893 citations, 5.96%
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
580 citations, 3.87%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
488 citations, 3.26%
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
405 citations, 2.7%
Nutrients
395 citations, 2.64%
Frontiers in Physiology
360 citations, 2.4%
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
332 citations, 2.22%
Sports Medicine
292 citations, 1.95%
PLoS ONE
278 citations, 1.85%
Journal of Sports Sciences
246 citations, 1.64%
Sensors
246 citations, 1.64%
Frontiers in Psychology
231 citations, 1.54%
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
213 citations, 1.42%
International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching
201 citations, 1.34%
Strength and Conditioning Journal
193 citations, 1.29%
Scientific Reports
168 citations, 1.12%
Sports Medicine - Open
148 citations, 0.99%
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
143 citations, 0.95%
Healthcare
123 citations, 0.82%
European Journal of Sport Science
118 citations, 0.79%
Children
117 citations, 0.78%
Sports Biomechanics
114 citations, 0.76%
PeerJ
110 citations, 0.73%
Sport Sciences for Health
110 citations, 0.73%
European Journal of Applied Physiology
105 citations, 0.7%
Journal of Human Kinetics
103 citations, 0.69%
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
97 citations, 0.65%
Sustainability
90 citations, 0.6%
International Journal of Sports Medicine
84 citations, 0.56%
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
81 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
73 citations, 0.49%
Science and Medicine in Football
72 citations, 0.48%
Heliyon
71 citations, 0.47%
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
71 citations, 0.47%
Frontiers in Nutrition
69 citations, 0.46%
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology
62 citations, 0.41%
Perceptual and Motor Skills
61 citations, 0.41%
International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport
57 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise
57 citations, 0.38%
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
55 citations, 0.37%
Frontiers in Public Health
54 citations, 0.36%
Symmetry
51 citations, 0.34%
Life
51 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
50 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
49 citations, 0.33%
Biology
47 citations, 0.31%
Psychology of Sport and Exercise
46 citations, 0.31%
Isokinetics and Exercise Science
44 citations, 0.29%
Science and Sports
44 citations, 0.29%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
44 citations, 0.29%
BMC Public Health
40 citations, 0.27%
Sports Health
39 citations, 0.26%
BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine
39 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Applied Physiology
39 citations, 0.26%
Research in Sports Medicine
36 citations, 0.24%
British Journal of Sports Medicine
35 citations, 0.23%
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
34 citations, 0.23%
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
34 citations, 0.23%
International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
34 citations, 0.23%
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
33 citations, 0.22%
Medicina
32 citations, 0.21%
Cureus
32 citations, 0.21%
Biomechanics
31 citations, 0.21%
Physical Therapy in Sport
30 citations, 0.2%
Physiologia
29 citations, 0.19%
Behavioral Sciences
28 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
27 citations, 0.18%
Genes
26 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
25 citations, 0.17%
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
25 citations, 0.17%
Physiology and Behavior
24 citations, 0.16%
Experimental Gerontology
24 citations, 0.16%
Sports Engineering
24 citations, 0.16%
German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
23 citations, 0.15%
Physician and Sportsmedicine
23 citations, 0.15%
F1000Research
23 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Motor Learning and Development
22 citations, 0.15%
Gait and Posture
22 citations, 0.15%
Bioengineering
22 citations, 0.15%
Motriz. Revista de Educacao Fisica
21 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences
21 citations, 0.14%
Antioxidants
20 citations, 0.13%
European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education
20 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
19 citations, 0.13%
Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
19 citations, 0.13%
European Journal of Nutrition
18 citations, 0.12%
Military Medicine
18 citations, 0.12%
Nutrition
17 citations, 0.11%
Brain Sciences
17 citations, 0.11%
Education Sciences
17 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Biomechanics
17 citations, 0.11%
Sports Medicine and Health Science
17 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Sport and Health Science
16 citations, 0.11%
Medicine (United States)
16 citations, 0.11%
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
16 citations, 0.11%
Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
16 citations, 0.11%
Biomedicines
16 citations, 0.11%
Biomedical Human Kinetics
15 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Applied Biomechanics
15 citations, 0.1%
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MDPI
4584 citations, 30.59%
Springer Nature
1841 citations, 12.28%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1282 citations, 8.55%
Taylor & Francis
1159 citations, 7.73%
Elsevier
1071 citations, 7.15%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
759 citations, 5.06%
SAGE
566 citations, 3.78%
Human Kinetics
430 citations, 2.87%
Wiley
352 citations, 2.35%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
288 citations, 1.92%
168 citations, 1.12%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
135 citations, 0.9%
PeerJ
112 citations, 0.75%
BMJ
106 citations, 0.71%
Academy of Physical Education
105 citations, 0.7%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
95 citations, 0.63%
Hindawi Limited
88 citations, 0.59%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
86 citations, 0.57%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
81 citations, 0.54%
IOS Press
76 citations, 0.51%
Walter de Gruyter
72 citations, 0.48%
Oxford University Press
64 citations, 0.43%
American Physiological Society
60 citations, 0.4%
Research Square Platform LLC
53 citations, 0.35%
SciELO
50 citations, 0.33%
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
37 citations, 0.25%
JMIR Publications
37 citations, 0.25%
Canadian Science Publishing
34 citations, 0.23%
Mary Ann Liebert
32 citations, 0.21%
Emerald
31 citations, 0.21%
F1000 Research
28 citations, 0.19%
Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Faculty of Uludag University
27 citations, 0.18%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
26 citations, 0.17%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
26 citations, 0.17%
Index Copernicus
22 citations, 0.15%
Cambridge University Press
21 citations, 0.14%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
21 citations, 0.14%
IGI Global
19 citations, 0.13%
IntechOpen
18 citations, 0.12%
IOP Publishing
16 citations, 0.11%
PAGEPress Publications
15 citations, 0.1%
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
13 citations, 0.09%
The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
13 citations, 0.09%
Hacettepe University
12 citations, 0.08%
National Athletic Trainers Association, Inc.
12 citations, 0.08%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
11 citations, 0.07%
Association of Military Surgeons of the US
11 citations, 0.07%
World Scientific
10 citations, 0.07%
Medknow
10 citations, 0.07%
South Florida Publishing LLC
10 citations, 0.07%
EDP Sciences
9 citations, 0.06%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
9 citations, 0.06%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
9 citations, 0.06%
Pleiades Publishing
8 citations, 0.05%
Gazi University
8 citations, 0.05%
Masaryk University Press
8 citations, 0.05%
Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation
8 citations, 0.05%
International Association of Computer Science in Sport
8 citations, 0.05%
8 citations, 0.05%
National Alliance of Medicine and Sports - Healthy Generation
8 citations, 0.05%
Palacky University
7 citations, 0.05%
Colegio Brasileiro de Ciencias do Esporte (CBCE)
7 citations, 0.05%
AOSIS
7 citations, 0.05%
AME Publishing Company
6 citations, 0.04%
OVS LLC
6 citations, 0.04%
Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
6 citations, 0.04%
American Psychological Association (APA)
5 citations, 0.03%
International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
5 citations, 0.03%
Begell House
4 citations, 0.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
4 citations, 0.03%
AIP Publishing
4 citations, 0.03%
American Academy of Pediatrics
4 citations, 0.03%
ifmbe proceedings
4 citations, 0.03%
Tsinghua University Press
4 citations, 0.03%
American Medical Association (AMA)
4 citations, 0.03%
Silicea - Poligraf, LLC
4 citations, 0.03%
Akademiai Kiado
4 citations, 0.03%
The Society of Physical Therapy Science
4 citations, 0.03%
Alfmed LLC
4 citations, 0.03%
Sergii Iermakov
4 citations, 0.03%
The Korean Society of Sports Medicine
4 citations, 0.03%
The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
4 citations, 0.03%
American Society for Microbiology
3 citations, 0.02%
3 citations, 0.02%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
3 citations, 0.02%
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
3 citations, 0.02%