Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
10% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
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Articles published last year
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Manuscripts received last year
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Open access status
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Manuscript handling fee
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Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
6.72
Five-year impact factor
5.84

Aims and Scope

British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) is a multi-media portal that provides original research, reviews and debate relating to clinically-relevant aspects of sport and exercise medicine, including physiotherapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation. We contribute to innovation (research), education (teaching and learning) and knowledge translation (implementing research into practice and policy). Our web, print, video and audio material, combined with active social media, serves the international community of clinicians who treat active people.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
1.5 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.7 months
Decision time immediate rejection
13 days
Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
2.0 / 5.0 (easy)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
5.0 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
5.0 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
In my view, the journals should not make recommendations to other journals, especially when the suggestion is related to an alternative and lucrative marketplace of Open Acess "sister" journals that require substantial amounts of processing charges.