Journal profile · Sport Sciences
Journal of Athletic Training
ISSN 1062-6050 · eISSN 2190-5738 · National Athletic Trainers' Association Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1992
Journal of Athletic Training: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.54; fully open access; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 87 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Athletic Training is published by National Athletic Trainers' Association Inc. and is in Zone 3 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, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies, together about 36% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of the Journal of Athletic Training is to enhance communication among professionals interested in the quality of health care for the physically active through education and research in prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of injuries. The Journal of Athletic Training offers research you can use in daily practice. It keeps you abreast of scientific advancements that ultimately define professional standards of care - something you can't be without if you're responsible for the well-being of patients.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Sport Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine18.9%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine8.8%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering8.3%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine8.2%
- Athletic Training and EducationHealth Professions8.1%
- Foot and Ankle SurgeryMedicine4.8%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine4%
- Exercise and Physiological ResponsesMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 2.54LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,526OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 94LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,605 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 70 | 2 |
| 2025 | 87 | 87 | 54 |
| 2024 | 122 | 122 | 370 |
| 2023 | 141 | 141 | 1,203 |
| 2022 | 137 | 137 | 1,059 |
| 2021 | 241 | 241 | 3,284 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteSelf-archiving
- Self-archiving Release delay (Embargo)
Typically, articles are not available in PMC until after the publisher's embargo period. However, in some cases articles may be available in PMC sooner than the default period.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- National Athletic Trainers' Association Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 1062-6050
- Print ISSN
- 2190-572X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2190-5738
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Athletic Training
What CAS zone is Journal of Athletic Training in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Athletic Training is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Sport Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Athletic Training?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.54; CiteScore 5, h-index 136.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Athletic Training?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Athletic Training?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Athletic Training is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Athletic Training open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Athletic Training is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .