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Journal of Applied Physiology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.8), WoS SCIE. Published by American Physiological Society.
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ISSN 1522-1601Verify ISSN ↗8750-7587Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Physiological Society
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physiology (medical) | 33 / 117 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Physiology | 66 / 196 | 66th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present (also 1948–1976), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.8.
Journal of Applied Physiology is Q2 in Physiology (medical) (rank 33 of 117) and Q2 in Physiology (rank 66 of 196), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Applied Physiology 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 5.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.106, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 276.
Journal of Applied Physiology is published by American Physiological Society. Its print ISSN is 1522-1601 and its online ISSN is 8750-7587.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Applied Physiology has an h-index of 404 and a 2-year mean of 3.29 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 117 Scopus journals in Physiology (medical).
Journal of Applied Physiology published 332 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 408. 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 (46.8%), Canada (8.2%) and Japan (5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 21 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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.
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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