It is published by Elsevier on behalf of Sports Medicine Australia and the editor-in-chief is Tim Meyer (Saarland University).

It was established in 1984 as the Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, which was a merger of two earlier journals, the Australian Journal of Sports Medicine and Exercise Sciences and the Australian Journal of Sport Sciences.

[1] A companion open-access journal JSAMS Plus was established in 2022, initially with the same editor-in-chief (Tim Meyer)[2] who has now been succeeded by Jessica Orchard.

[3] The Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport is the official society journal of Sports Medicine Australia,[4] which joins medical professionals working in the sports medicine field and allied health professionals working in sports medicine or sports science.

Other affiliated societies are: the Australasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine, Exercise and Sports Science Australia, Australian Physiotherapy Association-Sports Physiotherapy Australia, College of Sport Psychologists, Sports Dietitians Australia, Sports Doctors Australia, and Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians.