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Injury Prevention and Health Protection

Injury Prevention and Health Protection (IPHP) is an extra edition of the BJSM sponsored and edited by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC Medical and Scientific Commission are responsible for the editing of four extra issues of the BJSM each year. These four issues are dedicated to Injury Prevention & Health Protection from elite sports to the recreational level, and are the official scientific forum of the IOC for the publication of medical research conducted at the Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games, and as a result of IOC consensus meetings and projects conducted at the IOC Research Centres.

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BJSM, published semi-monthly and co-owned with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine, is a membership benefit for 25 leading international sports medicine and physiotherapy organisations who have over 10,000 members. For more information please refer to the affiliations section below.

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Impact Impact Factor category: Sport Sciences Impact Factor (JCR): 18.6 Impact Factor rank: 1/87 5 year Impact Factor: 17.4 Journal Citation Indicator: 4.25 Eigenfactor: 0.03831 Citescore: 25.1 Citescore rank: 1/298 Scimago Journal Rank (SJR): 4.764

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