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NEW Call for papers: Evidencing the Impact of Diet on Sports Performance
We are pleased to announce that BMC Nutrition and BMC Sports Science, Medicine, and Rehabilitation are now accepting submissions to a new cross-journal article collection covering basic and clinical research into how diet influences sport performance and exercise.
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Article Collection published on High-intensity training
High-intensity training: It’s not just for athletes anymore. Read about the benefits of this exercise type on metabolism, cardiac rehabilitation, musculoskeletal pain, and pulmonary disorders.
BMC Series Focus Issues
April: Our Changing Environment
In preparation for Earth Day on 22nd April, the BMC Series presents a focus issue on Our Changing Environment, highlighting research from across the journals on climate change, conservation, pollution, and the impact of environmental changes on human health and disease.
March: Rare diseases
With the 28th of February marking World Rare Diseases day, the BMC Series this month looks at highlighting research on the Rare diseases that together affect around 10% of the population. Read the full collection of articles here.
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Athletic identity and sport commitment in athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction who have returned to sports at their pre-injury level of competition
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The effects of a high-intensity exercise bout on landing biomechanics post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a quasi-experimental study
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Effect of Transversus abdominis muscle training on pressure-pain threshold in patients with chronic low Back pain
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Effect of speed and gradient on plantar force when running on an AlterG® treadmill
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Understanding acute ankle ligamentous sprain injury in sports
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Clinical examination of the knee: know your tools for diagnosis of knee injuries
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Role of biomechanics in the understanding of normal, injured, and healing ligaments and tendons
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How to squat? Effects of various stance widths, foot placement angles and level of experience on knee, hip and trunk motion and loading
The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 12:7
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The treatment of medial tibial stress syndrome in athletes; a randomized clinical trial
Aims and scope
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is an open access, peer reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of sports medicine and the exercise sciences, including rehabilitation, traumatology, cardiology, physiology, and nutrition.
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Ciarán Martin Fitzpatrick, BioMed Central, UK
Assistant Editor
Danielle Talbot, BioMed Central, UK
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Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy, Technology (SMARTT)
The journal Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy, Technology (SMARTT), has transferred to the BMC series of journals and has been re-launched as BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation. All previous content published in SMARTT is available from the BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation website.
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
54 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
43 days to first decision for all manuscripts
173 days from submission to acceptance
21 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
1.979 - 2-year Impact Factor
1.289 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.767 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
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