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American Journal of Sports Medicine — Impact Factor
The 2025 Impact Factor of American Journal of Sports Medicine is 5.4 (Q1 in Orthopedics; subscription or hybrid).
- Impact Factor
- 5.4 JCR 2025
- JCR category
- Orthopedics
- Quartile
- Q1 in Orthopedics
- Publisher
- SAGE (AOSSM)
- Open access
- subscription or hybrid
- Abbreviations
- AJSM
- IF source
- bioxbio.com
Position within the field
Ranked 9 of the 40 journals in Orthopedics on this site (top 25%).
Orthopedics journals with a similar Impact Factor
- Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy IF 5.5
- Bone & Joint Research IF 5.5
- Osteoporosis International IF 5.4
- The Spine Journal IF 5.1
- Bone & Joint Journal IF 4.8
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) IF 4.5
About this value
American Journal of Sports Medicine is abbreviated AJSM. The Journal Impact Factor of American Journal of Sports Medicine (JCR 2025, released June 2026) is 5.4. Values are compiled by cross-checking figures published by publishers and societies against public aggregators; this is not a reproduction of Clarivate Journal Citation Reports™. Confirm the current value on the publisher's page or in JCR before deciding where to submit. The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's relative position within its JCR category; Q1 means the top 25%.
Last updated September 2026. Report errors via the contact form. Other journals in the same category: Orthopedics.