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Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.1). Published by Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine.
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ISSN 0039-906XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 332 / 340 | 2nd | Q4 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 253 / 257 | 1st | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1958–present (also 1956), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.1.
Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine is Q4 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 332 of 340) and Q4 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 253 of 257), by CiteScore 2025.
Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine 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 0.1, quartile Q4, 2nd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.109, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 14.
Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine is published by Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine. Its ISSN is 0039-906X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #317 of 331 Scopus journals in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.
Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine published 191 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 207. 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.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0 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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