Aims and scope

The Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed, open access online journal that welcomes research, reviews and commentaries. The journal is of interest to orthopedic surgeons and specialists, sports medicine physicians, athletic trainers, team physicians and physical therapists.

The Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.

Topics covered by the journal include:

Orthopedic sports medicine
Basic science relevant to clinical sports medicine
Epidemiology of sports injuries
The female athlete
Joint injury
Rehabilitation and training
Paralympic sport
Injury prevention
Older adult and elderly sport participation
Sport psychology