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Journal of Aging and Physical Activity is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.4), WoS SCIE/SSCI. Published by Human Kinetics Publishers Inc..
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ISSN 1063-8652Verify ISSN ↗1543-267XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation | 55 / 172 | 68th | Q2 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 94 / 257 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Gerontology | 17 / 40 | 58th | Q2 |
| Geriatrics and Gerontology | 70 / 123 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.4.
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity is Q2 in Rehabilitation (rank 55 of 172), Q2 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 94 of 257) and Q2 in Gerontology (rank 17 of 40), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, 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 3.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.639, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 76.
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity is published by Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. Its print ISSN is 1063-8652 and its online ISSN is 1543-267X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity has an h-index of 92 and a 2-year mean of 1.1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #83 of 168 Scopus journals in Rehabilitation.
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity published 90 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 126. 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 (22.6%), Brazil (13%) and Canada (11.1%).
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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