Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Official Journal of Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)
Affiliated Societies:
Australasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine (AAPSM)
Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
Australian Physiotherapy Association - Sports Physiotherapy Australia (SPA)
College of Sport Psychologists (COSP)
Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA)
Sports Doctors Australia (SDrA)
The Australasian College of Sports Physicians (ACSP)
The Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport is an international refereed research publication covering all aspects of sport science and medicine.
The Journal considers for publication Original research and Review papers in the sub-disciplines relating generally to the broad sports medicine and sports science fields: sports medicine, sports injury (including injury epidemiology and injury prevention), physiotherapy, podiatry, physical activity and health, sports science, biomechanics, exercise physiology, motor control and learning, sport and exercise psychology, sports nutrition, public health (as relevant to sport and exercise), and rehabilitation and injury management. Manuscripts with an interdisciplinary perspective with specific applications to sport and exercise and its interaction with health will also be considered.
Only studies involving human subjects will be considered.
Contributors are invited to submit their manuscripts in English to the Editor for critical review. Manuscripts are electronically submitted.
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Editor-in-Chief: Gregory Kolt, PhD
Impact factor: 2.899
5 year impact factor: 2.869
Imprint: Elsevier
ISSN: 1440-2440
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2010 Asics Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport ''Hot topics in the tropics'', 3-6 November 2010
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