The Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (TJACSM) is a peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Sports Medicine publishing articles that discuss the translational implications of basic, clinical, and policy science to everyday real-world practice.
ISSN: 2379-2868
Journal Impact Factor: 3.0
Eigenfactor Score: 0.00056
Cited Half-Life: 3.8 years
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Specifically, studies that apply basic and clinical research findings to move discovery and knowledge into clinical practice and community settings will be published.
I am pleased to introduce the Fall 2026 compendium of the Translational Journal of The American College of Sports Medicine (TJACSM). We have had a very strong response to our Call for Papers on Warfighter Health and Readiness! This compendium includes three articles on warfighter injury and injury prevention: Functional Movement Changes in U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Training: Implications for Injury Prevention Program Design by de la Motte et al., Quantifying Injury-Related Limited Duty Days in Temporary Medical Profiles of U.S. Army Soldiers by Inscore et al., and Perceived Health and Readiness for Duty Following Return to Duty from a Musculoskeletal Injury in U.S. Army Soldiers by Rhon et al.
TJACSM is also leading the way for the Exercise is Medicine® initiative. This compendium includes an interesting article by Halliwell et al. entitled Physician Referrals and Patient Sex are Associated with Higher Completion Rates in Exercise Referral Schemes. It included data from 30,303 adults who received exercise referral schemes (ERS). They found that those who received their referrals from physicians were more likely to complete their prescribed programs than those who received their referrals from other healthcare professionals, and that although females were more likely to start their prescribed ERS, males were more likely to complete the programs. This compendium also includes the Sport and Physical Activity Among Transgender People: American College of Sports Medicine Call to Action Statement, highlighting the need for policies and environments that enable sustainable physical activity for all.
Finally, TJACSM continues to publish a wide array of research on the role of exercise in healthy aging and community-based programs for older adults. This Fall compendium includes two articles on community programs entitled Progressive Functional Improvements in Older Adults After Repeated Participation in a Community Exercise Program by Leadbetter et al., and Adapting, Piloting, and Refining an Organizational Physical Activity Initiative for Adult Supervised Care Settings by Willis et al.
TJACSM uses a continuous publication approach with articles bundled into four quarterly compendiums after appearing online. This immediate online free access to articles is offered without publication fees to authors or readers. I hope that you will consider TJACSM as the outlet of choice for your translational research with real world applications for physical activity.
Tamerah N. Hunt, Erica M. Taylor, Melissa K. Kossman, Zachary K. Winkelmann, Carolina P. Quintana, Christina L. Master
José Carlos Ponce-Bordón, David Lobo-Triviño, Javier Raya-González, Borja Sanabria-Pino, Rodrigo dos Santos Guimarães, Juan José Pulido, Tomás García-Calvo
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