Journal profile · Sport Sciences
Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review
ISSN 1062-8592 · eISSN 1538-1951 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1993
Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.32; JCR Q3 (journal website); subscription journal; median 110 days to acceptance (16 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review 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 Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, together about 42.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review helps physicians digest the large volume of clinical literature in sports medicine and arthroscopy, identify the most important new developments, and apply new information effectively in clinical practice. Each issue is guest-edited by an acknowledged expert and focuses on a single topic or controversy. The Guest Editor invites the leading specialists on the topic to write review articles that highlight the most important advances. This unique format makes the journal more in-depth, authoritative, and practical than most publications in this field. The journal also includes dozens of full-color and black-and-white arthroscopic images and illustrations.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Sport Sciences
Editor-in-chief Jefferson BrandPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine16.4%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine15.2%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine11.2%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine8.2%
- Shoulder and Clavicle InjuriesMedicine7.8%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine5.7%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering5%
- Tendon Structure and TreatmentMedicine4.6%
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 91/136
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
- 1.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 584OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,247 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 0 | 16 |
| 2025 | 27 | 0 | 24 |
| 2024 | 38 | 1 | 75 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 80 |
| 2022 | 36 | 2 | 292 |
| 2021 | 31 | 0 | 575 |
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
110 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 46 days – 144 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 131 days (16 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 200 days
- Sample
- 16 articles with submission and acceptance dates (59 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
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1993
- ISSN
- 1062-8592
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-1951
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review
What CAS zone is Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review 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 Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.32; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 78.
How long does peer review take at Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 16 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 110 days (interquartile range 46–144 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 Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, SPORT SCIENCES Q3 (91/136). 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 Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review open access, and what is the APC?
Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review 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: .