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British Journal of Sports Medicine

ISSN 0306-3674

• Q1Quartile
• 4.00SJR
• 256h-index
• 31papers summarised

About this journal

British Journal of Sports Medicine is a Q1 journal by SCImago Journal Rank (2025 data), with an SJR of 4.00 and an h-index of 256. Most of its papers in the Pofolia pool fall under Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Pofolia holds AI summaries of 31 paper(s) from this journal; the most cited is “World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour” (11193 citations).

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Papers we summarise from this journal

• World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour2020 · 11193 citations
• Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5^th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 20162017 · 3325 citations
• The training—injury prevention paradox: should athletes be training smarter<i>and</i>harder?2016 · 1539 citations
• Simple decision rules can reduce reinjury risk by 84% after ACL reconstruction: the Delaware-Oslo ACL cohort study2016 · 1323 citations
• High-intensity interval training in patients with lifestyle-induced cardiometabolic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis2013 · 1254 citations
• Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis2016 · 1087 citations
• What does best practice care for musculoskeletal pain look like? Eleven consistent recommendations from high-quality clinical practice guidelines: systematic review2019 · 1040 citations
• How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury2016 · 995 citations
• International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS))2020 · 927 citations
• 2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern2016 · 923 citations
• International Olympic Committee consensus statement on youth athletic development2015 · 874 citations
• How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness2016 · 835 citations
• Injuries affect team performance negatively in professional football: an 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study2013 · 818 citations
• Complex systems approach for sports injuries: moving from risk factor identification to injury pattern recognition—narrative review and new concept2016 · 800 citations
• Effects of high-intensity interval training on cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of intervention studies2016 · 797 citations
• Overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports: a position statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine2014 · 792 citations
• Selection criteria for patients with chronic ankle instability in controlled research: a position statement of the International Ankle Consortium2013 · 784 citations
• Development and validation of a new method for the registration of overuse injuries in sports injury epidemiology: the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC) Overuse Injury Questionnaire2012 · 751 citations
• Sports injuries and illnesses during the London Summer Olympic Games 20122013 · 746 citations
• Blood flow restriction training in clinical musculoskeletal rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis2017 · 744 citations
• Biological maturation of youth athletes: assessment and implications2015 · 703 citations
• Hamstring injuries have increased by 4% annually in men's professional football, since 2001: a 13-year longitudinal analysis of the UEFA Elite Club injury study2016 · 694 citations
• Evidence review for the 2016 International Ankle Consortium consensus statement on the prevalence, impact and long-term consequences of lateral ankle sprains2016 · 676 citations
• 2014 Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement on Treatment and Return to Play of the Female Athlete Triad: 1st International Conference held in San Francisco, California, May 2012 and 2nd International Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 20132014 · 643 citations
• The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes on fall induced injuries in community dwelling older adults2013 · 426 citations
• A comprehensive strength testing protocol offers no clinical value in predicting risk of hamstring injury: a prospective cohort study of 413 professional football players2017 · 140 citations
• Effectiveness of taping for the prevention of ankle ligament sprains.1990 · 58 citations
• Incidence of sports injuries in elite competitive and recreational windsurfers2006 · 45 citations
• Sport-specific concomitant injuries, return-to-sport rates and second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in adolescents with ACL reconstruction2025 · 17 citations
• Focus areas and methodological characteristics of North American-based health disparity research in sports medicine: a scoping review2024 · 8 citations

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