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International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.5), WoS SCIE. Published by Human Kinetics Publishers Inc..
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ISSN 1555-0265Verify ISSN ↗1555-0273Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 16 / 257 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 23 / 340 | 93rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.5.
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 16 of 257) and Q1 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 23 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 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 7.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.833, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 109.
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance is published by Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. Its print ISSN is 1555-0265 and its online ISSN is 1555-0273.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance has an h-index of 126 and a 2-year mean of 2.91 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #32 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance published 237 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 271. 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 (2026), authors are most often from Spain (13.4%), Australia (9.6%) and Japan (9.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (2.5 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.
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