Soon: New Submission Process

• find here our revised submission rules (as of the Annual Meeting of Editors, June 15, 2024):
  An Author-Checklist and new Author-Guidelines to optimize the submission process and meet the high scientific standard. If you have any questions, please contact the scientific Editorial Office.

Open Access Journal

• The German Journal of Sports Medicine <Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin> is an Open Access Journal according to the standards of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-types-examples/licensing-examples/#by-nc-sa

New Releases 2023!

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The SJR - Scimago Journal & Country Rank 2022 has been released. The German Journal of Sports Medicine is now ranked higher in 2 of 3 categories! In 2020, the Journal promoted from Quartile 4 into Quartile 3 in "Orthopedics and Sports Medicine" and also in "Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation".

The respective ranks are:

- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy und Rehabilitaion:
#46th percentile of 226 journals in the SJR - Scimago Rank, and, in the Scimago Journal & Country Rank the rank has improved in 2022 by 37 places.

- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine:
#40th percentile of 298 journals in the SJR - Scimago Rank, and, in the Scimago Journal & Country Rank the rank has improved in 2023 by 41 places.

Our H-Index rose from 19 (in 2019) to an index of 23 (in 2023).

The SJR 2021 is now 0.272 (compared to 2020: 0,23; 2019: 0.16; 2018: 0.14; 2017: 0.13)

Cites/Doc. Factor

Our Cites/Docs (2 years) factor is comparative to the impact factor, which rose unto a current factor of 1.021.

Issue 5/2024 - Olympia and Planetary Health

Editorial Planetary Health and the Olympic Games Steinacker JM, Preuss H

Review Sustainable Sports Nutrition – a Narrative Review of Evidence-Based Approaches Towards more Sustainable Diets for Athletes Heydenreich J#, Carlsohn A#

Review Collagen Peptide Supplementation and Musculoskeletal Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Kirmse M, Hein V, Schäfer R, Platen P

Clinical Review UPDATE Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) – Muscle Biomechanics, Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches Schroeter S, Bloch W, Hirschmüller A, Engelhardt M, Grim C, Heiss R, Hotfiel T

Statement Approaches to Prevent Iron Deficiency in Athletes Nolte S, Krüger K, Hollander K, Carlsohn A

Issue 1/2024 → planned date of publishing March 2024

Issue 2/2024 → planned date of publishing April 2024

Issue 3/2024 → planned date of publishin May 2024

Issue 4/2024 → planned date of publishing June 2024

Issue 5/2024 → planned date of publishing August 2024

Issue 6/2024 → planned date of publishing October 2024

Issue 7/2024 → planned date of publishing November 2024