| # | Journal | Articles | Citations | R ARank | R CRank |
|---|
| 1 | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 76 | 16,876 | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy | 16 | 2,620 | 20 | 8 |
| 3 | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 18 | 1,606 | 231 | 102 |
| 4 | Sports Medicine | 16 | 1,558 | 17 | 39 |
| 5 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 12 | 1,331 | 159 | 139 |
| 6 | Circulation Research | 7 | 1,034 | 447 | 465 |
| 7 | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 4 | 1,000 | 996 | 950 |
| 8 | Clinical Biomechanics | 20 | 905 | 8 | 24 |
| 9 | Journal of Athletic Training | 16 | 897 | 26 | 22 |
| 10 | Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine | 7 | 814 | 34 | 17 |
| 11 | Journal of Orthopaedic Research | 6 | 714 | 336 | 94 |
| 12 | Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine | 20 | 694 | 22 | 9 |
| 13 | Nature Medicine | 1 | 551 | 5.2K | 5.7K |
| 14 | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport | 6 | 471 | 165 | 66 |
| 15 | Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | 10 | 458 | 216 | 158 |
| 16 | Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research | 4 | 380 | 685 | 211 |
| 17 | Sports Health | 4 | 368 | 39 | 21 |
| 18 | Journal of Sport Rehabilitation | 6 | 349 | 28 | 12 |
| 19 | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 3 | 319 | 617 | 325 |
| 20 | Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, The | 1 | 266 | 420 | 54 |
| 21 | Journal of Knee Surgery | 6 | 243 | 68 | 27 |
| 22 | Journal of Applied Physiology | 1 | 238 | 3.9K | 1.2K |
| 23 | Physician and Sportsmedicine | 7 | 225 | 20 | 9 |
| 24 | Journal of Biomechanics | 8 | 223 | 377 | 859 |
| 24 | Current Sports Medicine Reports | 3 | 223 | 36 | 18 |
| 26 | Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews | 1 | 215 | 182 | 86 |
| 27 | Clinics in Sports Medicine | 2 | 214 | 47 | 28 |
| 28 | Gait and Posture | 6 | 209 | 323 | 493 |
| 29 | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2 | 200 | 22.4K | 20.0K |
| 30 | Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology | 1 | 181 | 886 | 182 |
| 31 | Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 5 | 150 | 356 | 499 |
| 32 | Pediatrics | 1 | 147 | 4.8K | 4.0K |
| 33 | Circulation | 1 | 139 | 10.8K | 12.0K |
| 34 | North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy: NAJSPT | 4 | 129 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy | 12 | 78 | 7 | 60 |
| 36 | Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports | 3 | 74 | 382 | 712 |
| 37 | Physical Therapy | 3 | 66 | 361 | 1.1K |
| 38 | Journal of Applied Biomechanics | 1 | 65 | 375 | 179 |
| 39 | Annals of Biomedical Engineering | 4 | 53 | 317 | 2.0K |
| 40 | Journal of Physical Activity and Health | 1 | 49 | 934 | 709 |
| 40 | Journal of Dance Medicine and Science | 4 | 49 | 9 | 16 |
| 42 | Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation | 1 | 46 | 219 | 22 |
| 43 | PLoS ONE | 1 | 45 | 49.2K | 64.5K |
| 43 | Antioxidants and Redox Signaling | 1 | 45 | 1.7K | 4.0K |
| 45 | FASEB Journal | 1 | 44 | 19.3K | 12.7K |
| 46 | Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation | 1 | 38 | 395 | 398 |
| 47 | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 1 | 36 | 598 | 643 |
| 48 | Cardiovascular Research | 2 | 35 | 1.6K | 6.3K |
| 48 | Transgenic Research | 1 | 35 | 499 | 926 |
| 50 | Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports | 1 | 27 | 46 | 32 |
| 51 | Frontiers in Pediatrics | 1 | 25 | 2.0K | 1.8K |
| 51 | Instructional Course Lectures | 1 | 25 | 55 | 47 |
| 53 | Knee | 2 | 24 | 368 | 969 |
| 54 | Foot | 1 | 19 | 156 | 176 |
| 55 | Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine | 1 | 16 | 61 | 219 |
| 55 | Journal of ISAKOS | 1 | 16 | 110 | 64 |
| 57 | Skeletal Radiology | 1 | 15 | 946 | 1.6K |
| 57 | Orthopedics | 1 | 15 | 464 | 684 |
| 57 | Journal of Athletic Enhancement | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| 60 | Bioengineering | 1 | 13 | 444 | 1.2K |
| 61 | Journal of Physiology | 1 | 9 | 5.2K | 11.9K |
| 61 | Journal of Motor Behavior | 1 | 9 | 363 | 873 |
| 61 | Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy | 1 | 9 | 396 | 873 |
| 64 | Gene Reports | 1 | 4 | 402 | 718 |
| 64 | JBJS Open Access | 1 | 4 | 105 | 751 |
| 66 | Journal of Orthopaedics | 1 | 2 | 448 | 1.4K |
| 67 | Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine | 1 | 0 | 67 | 176 |
