Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Medicina dello Sport
ISSN 0025-7826 · eISSN 1827-1863 · Edizioni Minerva Medica S.p.A. · ITALY · Quarterly · Founded 1961
Medicina dello Sport: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.46; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 44 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medicina dello Sport is published by Edizioni Minerva Medica S.p.A. 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 Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, together about 41.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal Medicina dello Sport, official journal of the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine (FMSI), is an external peer-reviewed scientific journal, publishes scientific papers on sports medicine.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Editor-in-chief G. SANTILLIPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine17.9%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine14.1%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine9.1%
- Cardiovascular Effects of ExerciseMedicine8.5%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine5.3%
- Exercise and Physiological ResponsesMedicine4.2%
- Physical Education and Training StudiesHealth Professions4.2%
- Muscle metabolism and nutritionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.8%
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | 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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePublisher website
Other: BIOSIS Previews
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.46LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 60%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 602 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 44 | 27 | 12 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3 | 9 |
| 2023 | 64 | 2 | 45 |
| 2022 | 55 | 3 | 68 |
| 2021 | 50 | 5 | 59 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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
- Edizioni Minerva Medica S.p.A.
- Country or region
- ITALY
- Language
- Italian
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1961
- ISSN
- 0025-7826
- Electronic ISSN
- 1827-1863
- Society / sponsor
- Italian Sports Medicine Federation
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medicina dello Sport
What CAS zone is Medicina dello Sport in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medicina dello Sport is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal / 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 Medicina dello Sport?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.46; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 12.
How long does peer review take at Medicina dello Sport?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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.
Which databases index Medicina dello Sport?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medicina dello Sport is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Medicina dello Sport open access, and what is the APC?
Medicina dello Sport 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: .