Journal profile · Engineering, Biomedical
Sports Biomechanics
ISSN 1476-3141 · eISSN 1752-6116 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Semiannual · Founded 2002
Sports Biomechanics: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.88; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 205 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 102 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sports Biomechanics is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies, together about 55.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sports Biomechanics is the Thomson Reuters listed scientific journal of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS). The journal sets out to generate knowledge to improve human performance and reduce the incidence of injury, and to communicate this knowledge to scientists, coaches, clinicians, teachers, and participants. The target performance realms include not only the conventional areas of sports and exercise, but also fundamental motor skills and other highly specialized human movements such as dance (both sport and artistic). Sports Biomechanics is unique in its emphasis on a broad biomechanical spectrum of human performance including, but not limited to, technique, skill acquisition, training, strength and conditioning, exercise, coaching, teaching, equipment, modeling and simulation, measurement, and injury prevention and rehabilitation. As well as maintaining scientific rigour, there is a strong editorial emphasis on 'reader friendliness'. By emphasising the practical implications and applications of research, the journal seeks to benefit practitioners directly. Sports Biomechanics publishes papers in four sections: Original Research, Reviews, Teaching, and Methods and Theoretical Perspectives. Peer Review Statement Sports Biomechanics is an international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge. All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Click here to be taken to the submissions website.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Biomedical
Editor-in-chief Daniel FongPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine24.5%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine20.8%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering10.4%
- Sports Dynamics and BiomechanicsEngineering8.4%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine4.8%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering4.7%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine3%
- Winter Sports Injuries and PerformanceMedicine2.9%
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 | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCINAHLPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, Thomson Reuters, Adis International Ltd. - Reactions Weekly (Online), EBSCOhost - Academic Search Alumni Edition, Focus On: Sports Science and Medicine, ProQuest - Biological Sciences
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
- 1.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.84Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.66LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.66Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 830OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.73%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 102LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 349,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,618 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | 21 | 18 |
| 2025 | 102 | 34 | 126 |
| 2024 | 97 | 38 | 362 |
| 2023 | 86 | 35 | 527 |
| 2022 | 144 | 48 | 1,361 |
| 2021 | 182 | 81 | 2,851 |
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 Crossref · to
205 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 148 days – 278 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 220 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (201 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)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 67 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted4
- methods and theoretical perspectivesSports Biomechanics publishes papers in four sections: Original Research, Reviews, Teaching, and Methods and Theoretical Perspectives.Length not stated
- original researchSports Biomechanics publishes papers in four sections: Original Research, Reviews, Teaching, and Methods and Theoretical Perspectives.Length not stated
- reviewsSports Biomechanics publishes papers in four sections: Original Research, Reviews, Teaching, and Methods and Theoretical Perspectives.Length not stated
- teachingSports Biomechanics publishes papers in four sections: Original Research, Reviews, Teaching, and Methods and Theoretical Perspectives.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Sports Biomechanics is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and rea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Statement
Double anonymized peer review; online submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
Sports Biomechanics is an international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1476-3141
- Electronic ISSN
- 1752-6116
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25, Issue 7 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sports Biomechanics
What CAS zone is Sports Biomechanics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sports Biomechanics is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Biomedical / Sport Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Sports Biomechanics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.88; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at Sports Biomechanics?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 205 days (interquartile range 148–278 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13%. 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 Sports Biomechanics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sports Biomechanics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Sports Biomechanics open access, and what is the APC?
Sports Biomechanics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .