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Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8). Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 1932-0191Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$2,712 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 155 / 257 | 39th | Q3 |
| Applied Psychology | 182 / 258 | 29th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–2025, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity is Q3 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 155 of 257) and Q3 in Applied Psychology (rank 182 of 258), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity 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 1.8, quartile Q3, 39th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.300, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,712 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 Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its ISSN is 1932-0191.
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.
Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0.71 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #172 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity published 8 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 19. 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 48 research articles (2021–2025), authors are most often from United States (40.6%), United Kingdom (9.4%) and France (8.3%).
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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