Journal profile
Spor Hekimligi Dergisi
ISSN 1300-0551 · eISSN 2587-1498 · Turkish Sports Medicine Association · Turkey
Spor Hekimligi Dergisi: fully open access; no APC; review about 5 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Spor Hekimligi Dergisi is published by Turkish Sports Medicine Association. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention and Physical Activity and Health, together about 38.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Turkish Journal of Sports Medicine publishes original basic and clinical work in sports medicine and sports sciences. Original research articles, reviews, case reports, technical notes and studies presented at scientific meetings are accepted for evaluation. This journal aims to support and disseminate scientific and educational knowledge related to sports medicine and introduce physical activity as a preventive and therapeutic agent in almost every branch of applied medical sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Bülent ÜLKARPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Türkiye 15, United States 2, Iran 2, Qatar 2, Germany 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine16.3%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine13.6%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine8.6%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering7.4%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine7%
- Exercise and Physiological ResponsesMedicine5.6%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology5.2%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CINAHLPublisher website
Other: TR Dizin ULAKBİM, EBSCOhost Academic Search, SPORTDiscus EBSCO, RSMS EBSCOhost, Atıf Dizini TR Atıf, Google Scholar Arama motoru, Crossref DOI Registration
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
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.67OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 534 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 114 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 169 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 164 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 133 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 115 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 75 |
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 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- 2–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- case report5 PubMed-indexed articles on the topic. Case Report Max 1,000 words · 20 references. Supported by illustrations and photographsmain text ≤ 1,000 words · references ≤ 20
- editorialDr. Bülent Ülkar Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Sports Medicine Department Dikimevi, Ankara, Türkiye Phone: +90 312 595 71 25 editor@journalofsportsmedic…main text ≤ 750 words
- letterLetters to the Editor: unstructured, no abstract or tables.Length not stated
- research articleby the editorial office. Article Types Research Article Max 4,000 words · 40 references. Structured: Introduction, Material & Methomain text ≤ 4,000 words
- review articlethods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion. Review Article Max 5,000 words · 80 references. Authors must have ≥5 PubMed-indexed articlmain text ≤ 5,000 words · references ≤ 80
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship
No submission or evaluation fee. Model summary
Fees: There is no submission or evaluation fee for any manuscripts submitted for publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Ethical Principles & Disclosure
The editorial and publication processes are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of ICMJE and COPE. The journal conforms to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Clinical, experimental and drug investigations must be approved by the appropriate local ethics committee, and performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, revised 2013. Informed consent m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Model summary
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, free of charge. Model summary
Open Access: Articles are freely available to both subscribers and the wider public with permitted reuse. All content is available free of charge at journalofsportsmedicine.org.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Submission of PaperThe corresponding author submits the paper via the online system. Editorial Office AssessmentThe journal checks composition and arrangement against Author Guidelines. Content quality is not assessed at this point. Appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief (EIC)The EIC checks appropriateness and originality. Papers may be rejected without further review at this stage. EIC Assigns an Assoc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with iThenticate for every submission. Model summary
Plagiarism screening is routinely applied to every submitted article using iThenticate.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Conforms to Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Model summary
The journal conforms to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
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
- Turkish Sports Medicine Association
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English, Turkish
- ISSN
- 1300-0551
- Electronic ISSN
- 2587-1498
- Society / sponsor
- Turkish Sports Medicine Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 61, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Spor Hekimligi Dergisi
How long does peer review take at Spor Hekimligi Dergisi?
Authors report an average review time of about 5 weeks. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Spor Hekimligi Dergisi?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: 2–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Spor Hekimligi Dergisi based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Türkiye (15), United States (2) and Iran (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Spor Hekimligi Dergisi?
The journal's website lists CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Spor Hekimligi Dergisi open access, and what is the APC?
Spor Hekimligi Dergisi is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .