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European Journal of Sport Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc.
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ISSN 1536-7290Verify ISSN ↗1746-1391Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 26 / 257 | 89th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 37 / 340 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2001–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.5.
European Journal of Sport Science is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 26 of 257) and Q1 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 37 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
European Journal of Sport Science 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 6.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.137, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 94.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,680 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.
European Journal of Sport Science is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 1536-7290 and its online ISSN is 1746-1391.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
European Journal of Sport Science has an h-index of 109 and a 2-year mean of 3.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
European Journal of Sport Science published 233 papers in 2025. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (16%), Australia (14%) and Spain (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 per 1,000 papers). 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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