Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Sportmedizin

Aims & Scope

The Deutsche Zeitschrift fuer Sportmedizin - German Journal of Sports Medicine has been founded in 1951 and is dedicated to the biomedical science and clinical practice of Sports Medicine and its border fields which investigate the influence of exercise, physical training and sports as well as lack of exercise to healthy and sick people of all age-groups, related to prevention, diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation and physical training.

Manuscripts which deal with actual scientific and medical findings, new hypotheses, actual controversies and problems in real life will be published.

Possible Topics are physiology and pathophysiology of exercise, medical and biological findings, the medical therapy of exercise-related medical problems, epidemiology of sedentary lifestyle and related disorders, therapy of sports injuries - especially the conservative postoperative treatment of injuries -, medical training and rehabilitation medicine, as well as special social, cultural, psychological and special science-related aspects of the entire scientific field.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Health Professions and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Whole-Body Electromyostimulation – The Need for Common Sense! Rationale and Guideline for a Safe and Effective Training

  Citation: 60

  Authors: W, M, S, H

• Repeated sprint training in hypoxia – an innovative method

  Citation: 55

  Authors: GP, O, A, F

• Match analysis, Big Data and tactics: current trends in elite soccer

  Citation: 52

  Authors: D, R

• Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): scientific, clinical, andpractical implications for the female athlete

  Citation: 43

  Authors: HE, SR, AE, AC

• Sport, exercise and COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus

  Citation: 43

  Authors: H, R, K, M, P, S, E, P, M

• Recommended Contraindications for the Use of Non-Medical WB-Electromyostimulation

  Citation: 39

  Authors: W, A, S, M, O, J, S, S, M, H, U, N, B, K, C, J, C, S, J, S, T, M, S

• Footstrike patterns in runners: concepts, classifications, techniques, and implicationsfor running-related injuries

  Citation: 31

  Authors: T, T, K

• Neurophysiological Adaptations in Response to Balance Training

  Citation: 25

  Authors: W

• Health in Elite Sports – a “Bio-Psycho-Social” Perspective

  Citation: 23

  Authors: A, A, S, S, J

• Current knowledge and new challenges in exercise immunology

  Citation: 23

  Authors: K*, C*, K