Journal History
| 2013 | The inaugural issue was released. Sports was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Sports was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science. |
| 2018 | Sports was indexed in PubMed. |
| 2019 | Sports adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2020 | Sports was indexed in Scopus—Elsevier. |
| 2022 | Sports received its first CiteScore (2021) of 4.5, ranked 41/218 (Q1) in “Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation”, and ranked 57/284 (Q1) in "Orthopedics and Sports Medicine". |
| 2023 | The year 2023 marked the 10th Anniversary of Sports. Sports received its first Impact Factor (2.7), ranked 43/121 (Q2) in “Sport Sciences”. Sports received its CiteScore (2022) of 5.2, ranked 36/226 (Q1) in "Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation", and ranked 55/289 (Q1) in "Orthopedics and Sports Medicine". |
| 2024 | Sports received its 2023 Impact Factor (2.2), ranked 41/127 (Q2) in “Sport Sciences”. Sports received its CiteScore (2023) of 4.1, ranked 70/247 (Q2) in "Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation", and ranked 101/321 (Q2) in "Orthopedics and Sports Medicine". |
| 2025 | Sports received its 2024 Impact Factor (2.9), ranked 31/133 (Q1) in “Sport Sciences”. Sports received its CiteScore (2024) of 4.1, ranked 67/254 (Q2) in “Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation”, and ranked 97/332 (Q2) in “Orthopedics and Sports Medicine”. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2013–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eling Douwe de Bruin |
