About British Journal of Sports Medicine
Aims and Scope
British Journal of Sports Medicine is an international peer review journal covering the latest advances in clinically-relevant sport and exercise medicine. Topics include all aspects of sports medicine, such as the management of sports injury, physiotherapy and the epidemiology of exercise and health. BJSM has an international readership and receives papers from all continents.
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BJSM is co-owned by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) and BMJ Group. It is the official journal of ECOSEP. For more information please refer to the Affiliations section below.
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BJSM Injury Prevention and Health Protection
BJSM Injury Prevention and Health Protection (IPHP) are regular themed issues of the journal publishing research and educational
articles relevant to protecting the health of professional and amateur athletes. These issues are supported by the International
Olympic Committee.
Journal Statistics
| Acceptance rate | 15% for original research submitted in 2009 |
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| Frequency | 16 issues per year. BJSM is monthly and IPHP is quarterly. |
| Impact factor | 2.547 |
| Indexed by | Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase) |
| Launch date | 1966 |
| Lead times | Time from submission to first decision (reviewed papers): 5.5 weeks |
| ISSN of BJSM | 0306-3674 |
| ISSN of BJSM Online | 1473-0480 |
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The BMJ Publishing Group is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss
issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.
The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting accurate, transparent
reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.
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