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Biology of Sport is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Institute of Sport.
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ISSN 0860-021XVerify ISSN ↗2083-1862Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Sport
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 5 / 257 | 98th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 9 / 340 | 97th | Q1 |
| Physiology (medical) | 12 / 117 | 90th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.7.
Biology of Sport is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 5 of 257), Q1 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 9 of 340) and Q1 in Physiology (medical) (rank 12 of 117), by CiteScore 2025.
Biology of Sport is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 10.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.987, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 57.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$480 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Biology of Sport is published by Institute of Sport. Its print ISSN is 0860-021X and its online ISSN is 2083-1862.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Biology of Sport has an h-index of 66 and a 2-year mean of 3.64 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #19 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
Biology of Sport published 114 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 142. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Spain (20.8%), China (15.9%) and United Kingdom (11%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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