Journal profile · SPORT SCIENCES
Current Sports Medicine Reports
ISSN 1537-890X · eISSN 1537-8918 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2002
Current Sports Medicine Reports: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.46; JCR Q3 (journal website); subscription journal; median 102 days to acceptance (25 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 88 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Sports Medicine Reports is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sports injuries and prevention, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise and Shoulder Injury and Treatment, together about 37% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Explore Current Sports Medicine Reports, featuring peer‑reviewed articles, clinical studies, and the latest medical research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SPORT SCIENCES
Editor-in-chief Kevin R. VincentPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine19.1%
- Cardiovascular Effects of ExerciseMedicine9.7%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine8.2%
- Muscle metabolism and nutritionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine4.8%
- Thermoregulation and physiological responsesMedicine4.2%
- Exercise and Physiological ResponsesMedicine4.1%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · SPORT SCIENCES · rank 94/136
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.46LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 868OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,402 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 88 | 1 | 70 |
| 2024 | 88 | 3 | 193 |
| 2023 | 104 | 3 | 439 |
| 2022 | 102 | 3 | 558 |
| 2021 | 132 | 6 | 1,666 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
102 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 76 days – 125 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 74 days (25 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 181 days
- Sample
- 25 articles with submission and acceptance dates (155 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1537-890X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1537-8918
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Sports Medicine Reports
What CAS zone is Current Sports Medicine Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Sports Medicine Reports is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Sport Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Current Sports Medicine Reports?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.46; CiteScore 2, h-index 87.
How long does peer review take at Current Sports Medicine Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 25 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 102 days (interquartile range 76–125 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Current Sports Medicine Reports in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, SPORT SCIENCES Q3 (94/136). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Current Sports Medicine Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Sports Medicine Reports is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Current Sports Medicine Reports open access, and what is the APC?
Current Sports Medicine Reports is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .