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Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
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ISSN 1728-869XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 20 / 257 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 74 / 725 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.1.
Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 20 of 257) and Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 74 of 725), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness 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 7.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.226, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 39.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,150 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness is published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd. Its ISSN is 1728-869X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness has an h-index of 43 and a 2-year mean of 3.27 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #24 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness published 74 papers in 2025. 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (40.7%), Hong Kong SAR China (7.5%) and South Korea (6.6%).
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.
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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