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The SJR - Scimago Journal & Country Rank 2020 has been released. The German Journal of Sports Medicine is now ranked higher in 2 of 3 categories! The Journal is 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:

• Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (#203 of 288)
• Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (#140 of 210)

We are just improving year by year!

Our H-Index rised from 19 (2019) to a current index of 20 (2020).

The SJR 2020 is now 0.23 (compared to 2019: 0.16; 2018: 0.14; 2017: 0.13)

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Issue 5/2021

Sport as Therapy

→ Editorial Infection Risks by Aerosol Transmission during Sporting Activities Asbach C, Scheuch G

→ Originalia Implementing Sustainable Physical Activity Opportunities in Pediatric Oncology – Five-Year Experience of a Group-Based Exercise Program  Daeggelmann J, Prokop A, Loesse V, Otten S, Maas V, Bloch W, Oschwald V

→ Originalia Effects of COVID-19 Confinement on Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Rehabilitation Patients Schmidt T, Heuer AK, Weisser B

→ Originalia Fluid Loss under Pressure – Inter- and Intraindividual Variability and Relation to Diving Parameters in SCUBA Divers Fichtner A, Chekhanova A, Wuensche A, Starkloff HJ, Fieback T, Koch T

→ Originalia Equestrians‘ Experience of Restriction, Renunciation, and Worries during the Corona Disease Schütz K, Brämig S

→ Originalia Changes in Lactacidemia and Glycemia of Automobilism Race Car Drivers after Old Stock Race Category Racing Martins W , Fernandes VAR, Conte M

→ Case Report Intracardiac Lipoma in Sports Medicine: A Clinical Case Libener E, Assisi E, Grossgasteiger S, Mur C, Resnyak S

Germany's most decorated sports physician, DGSP honorary president, co-initiator of the "Trimm-Dich" movement and honorary citizen of Menden, Univ.-Prof. mult. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. mult. Wildor Hollmann died last Thursday, May 13, 2021. The world-renowned internist, cardiologist and researcher was unable to recover from a coronavirus infection he suffered. Hollmann lived to the age of 96.

After military service and war captivity from 1943 to 1947, Hollmann studied medicine in Cologne, earning his doctorate in 1954 and his habilitation in 1961. After founding the Institute for Circulatory Research and Sports Medicine, he received a chair in cardiology and sports medicine at the German Sport University (DSHS) in Cologne. As prorector, dean and rector of the medical and natural sciences department at DSHS, he helped the institution gain an international reputation in more than 14 years of research and leadership, pushed through a generous expansion, and achieved doctoral and post-doctoral degrees there. Throughout, his research focused on the importance of physical activity for maintaining health and promoting performance. To this end, he developed pioneering concepts, such as for outpatient cardiac sports groups, and was the father of the "Trimm dich!" exercise initiative, which is still practiced today and gets many people physically active through the so-called "Trimm-Dich" paths.

Even after retiring in 1990, Hollmann remained active in research and teaching; more than 1000 diploma theses and more than 200 doctoral dissertations were written under his supervision. He authored several books and more than 800 publications. Always active in sports until his death, Hollmann was, among other things, an honorary member of 14 international scientific societies. With the award of the Great Federal Cross of Merit with shoulder ribbon and star in 2000 and the Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association in 2002, Univ.-Prof. mult. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. mult. Wildor Hollmann was also Honorary President of the World Federation of Sports Medicine FIMS and the DGSP.

Find here the link to the Editorial on the occasion of his 90th Birthday.

• NEW: Statement Recommendations for Athletes to Vaccinate against SARS-CoV-2 Meyer T, Wolfarth B, Gärtner B
  
  
• Review Preventing Mental Health, Well-Being and Physical Activity during the Corona Pandemic – Recommendations from Psychology and Sports Medicine Herbert C, Gilg V, Sander M, Kobel S, Jerg A, Steinacker JM
• Review - Online first Sport, exercise and COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus Wackerhage H, Everett R, Krüger K, Murgia M, Simon P, Gehlert S, Neuberger E, Baumert P, Schönfelder M
• Editorial - Online first Psyche and Sport in Times of COVID-19 Claussen MC, Fröhlich S, Spörri J, Seifritz E, Markser VZ, Scherr J
• Fact Sheet - Online first Fact Sheet: Sport Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Aspects in Competitive Sports in Times of the COVID 19 Pandemic Claussen MC, Fröhlich S, Spörri J, Hasan A, Seifritz E, Scherr J, Markser VZ
• Statement - Online first Recommendations for Exercise Testing in Sports Medicine during the Current Pandemic Situation (SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19) Nieß AM, Bloch W, Friedmann-Bette B, Grim C, Gärtner B*, Halle M, Hirschmüller A, Kopp C, Meyer T, Niebauer J, Predel G, Reinsberger C, Röcker K, Scharhag, J, Schneider C, Scherr J, Steinacker JM, Mayer F, Wolfarth B
• Position Stand - Online first Position Stand: Return to Sport in the Current Coronavirus Pandemic (SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19) Nieß AM, Bloch W, Friedmann-Bette B, Grim C, Halle M, Hirschmüller A, Kopp C, Meyer T, Niebauer J, Reinsberger C, Röcker K, Scharhag J, Scherr J, Schneider C, Steinacker JM, Urhausen A, Wolfarth B, Mayer F
• Editorial - Online first Sport in Times of Corona Bloch W, Halle M, Steinacker JM
• Editorial - Online first Fact Sheet: Health Situation for Athletes in the Current Coronavirus Pandemic (SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19) Steinacker JM, Bloch W, Halle M, Mayer F, Meyer T, Hirschmüller A, Röcker K, Wolfarth B, Nieß A, Scharhag J, Niebauer J, Reinsberger C und Sports Medicine Commission der FISA
• Letter to the Editor-online only Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 in a Thai Boxing Area in Thailand Sriwijitalai W, Wiwanitkit V

70 Years of the German Journal of Sports Medicine

• With Issue 12/2019 we celebrate 70 Years of the German Journal of Sports Medicine!
• Take a look to our special issue in Decembver 2019!
• Find more information in our history of German Journal of Sports Medicine.