British Journal of Sports Medicine

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About British Journal of Sports Medicine

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Aims and Scope
British Journal of Sports Medicine is an international peer review journal covering the latest advances in clinical practice and research. Topics include all aspects of sports medicine, such as the management of sports injury, exercise physiology, sports psychology, physiotherapy and the epidemiology of exercise and health. To ensure international coverage BJSM has dedicated North American editors, as well as Editorial Board members from countries including Canada, Australia, Scandinavia and South Africa.

Each issue includes selected summaries from SportsMedUpdate, an evidence based journal watch service coordinated in South Africa.

British Journal of Sports Medicine is the official journal of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine and has been published since 1974

Editor	Karim Khan The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Email: kkhan{at}interchange.ubc.ca
Editorial Office	British Journal of Sports Medicine BMA House Tavistock Square London, UK WC1H 9JR Email: bjsm{at}bmjgroup.com Tel: +44 (0) 20 7874 7024 Fax +44 (0) 20 7383 6668
Frequency	12 times a year plus supplements
Launch date	1966
ISSN BJSM	0306-3674
ISSN BJSM Online	1473-0480
Readership	Includes sports physicians, primary care physicians, exercise scientists, physiotherapists, trainers, medical advisors to sporting organisations, kinesiologists, orthopaedic consultants/ surgeons, osteopaths, consultants in emergency medicine, paediatricians, growth development specialists, cardiologists, occupational therapists, chiropodists and podiatrists, pain specialists, behavioural psychologists, dieticians and obesity specialists, exercise immunologists, rheumatologists, rehabilitation specialists and public health specialists
Print circulation	1650 (58% UK (including BASEM members); 17% USA and Canada; 11% Europe; 5% Far East and Australasia, 9% other) Not including online only or consortia customers
Indexed by	Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase)
Impact factor	The 2007 impact factor is 2.463 (ISI Web of Science) To see how the impact factor has risen since 1995, click here
Submitting to BJSM	All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press, our online submission and review system. BJSM welcomes: Original papers Review articles Editorials (usually commissioned) Case reports BJSM will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on BJSM Online Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial Office
Lead times	Time from submission to first decision: median 5 weeks Time from acceptance to print publication: approximately 8 months (original papers) This journal also features Online First
Acceptance rate	28%
Subscriptions	Information on rates and how to subscribe - Personal print subscribers receive access to BJSM Online at no additional cost - Personal and institutional subscribers may purchase access to BJSM Online separately - Subscriptions can start with any issue and refunds are given upon cancellation for outstanding issues - Non-subscribers may purchase individual articles for US$8 or access the whole site for 30 days for US$25
Rights	Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide BJSM with an exclusive licence to publish. Corresponding authors are provided with a toll-free link to their published article on BJSM Online.
Permissions	Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of BMJ Publishing Group Ltd Please refer to our Copyright and Permission Guidelines Authors may reproduce their own work in other publications and host on their own website or that of their institution (non-commercial only) without prior permission; we do ask that all material is clearly acknowledged with the original source and a link to the website included where possible
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Royalties from Reprint Sales	For commercial reprint sales in excess of £2000, BMJ Journals is pleased to offer authors a 10% royalty of net receipts less any sales commission. The corresponding author will be contacted automatically should such a sale be secured to determine how the royalty should be paid. The royalty will be offered for up to five years after publication.
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