Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness: Aim & Scope

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Sport Sciences.
The ISSN of this journal is 18271928.

Impact factor of Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Journal Title	Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
Impact Factor	1.2
SJR	0.496
ISSN	18271928
Quartile	Q2

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	1.12
2019	1.302
2020	1.432
2021	1.637
2022
2023	1.7
2025	1.2

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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