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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1479-5868Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 7 / 257 | 97th | Q1 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 13 / 147 | 91st | Q1 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 42 / 466 | 91st | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.2.
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 7 of 257), Q1 in Nutrition and Dietetics (rank 13 of 147) and Q1 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 42 of 466), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 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 10.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.049, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 172.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,177 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.
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1479-5868.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity has an h-index of 211 and a 2-year mean of 7.66 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #3 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity published 172 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 176. 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 States (19.7%), Australia (12.9%) and China (12.3%).
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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