Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

*Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport*
Discipline	Sports medicine, sports science
Language	English
Edited by	Tim Meyer
Publication details
Former name(s)	Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
History	1984-present
Publisher	Elsevier on behalf of Sports Medicine Australia
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	3.0 (2023)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Sci. Med. Sport
Indexing;
ISSN	1440-2440 (print); 1878-1861 (web);
LCCN	sn98040933
OCLC no.	162240279
Links
	Journal homepage; Online archive;

The Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering sports science and sports medicine. It is published by Elsevier on behalf of Sports Medicine Australia and the editor-in-chief is Tim Meyer (Saarland University). It was established in 1984 as the Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, which was a merger of two earlier journals, the Australian Journal of Sports Medicine and Exercise Sciences and the Australian Journal of Sport Sciences.^[1]

A companion open-access journal JSAMS Plus was established in 2022, initially with the same editor-in-chief (Tim Meyer)^[2] who has now been succeeded by Jessica Orchard.^[3]

Affiliated societies

The Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport is the official society journal of Sports Medicine Australia,^[4] which joins medical professionals working in the sports medicine field and allied health professionals working in sports medicine or sports science. Other affiliated societies are: the Australasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine, Exercise and Sports Science Australia, Australian Physiotherapy Association-Sports Physiotherapy Australia, College of Sport Psychologists, Sports Dietitians Australia, Sports Doctors Australia, and Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians.^[5]