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International Journal of Exercise Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.1), DOAJ. Published by Western Kentucky University.
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ISSN 1939-795XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Western Kentucky University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occupational Therapy | 16 / 33 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 141 / 257 | 45th | Q3 |
| Health (social science) | 214 / 387 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.1.
International Journal of Exercise Science is Q2 in Occupational Therapy (rank 16 of 33), Q3 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 141 of 257) and Q3 in Health (social science) (rank 214 of 387), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Exercise Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2, 53rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.462, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 21.
International Journal of Exercise Science is published by Western Kentucky University. Its ISSN is 1939-795X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Exercise Science has an h-index of 45 and a 2-year mean of 1.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #13 of 32 Scopus journals in Occupational Therapy.
International Journal of Exercise Science published 103 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 148. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (64.7%), Canada (7%) and Brazil (6.7%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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.
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