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Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego im. Bronislawa Czecha w Krakowie.
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Publisher: Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego im. Bronislawa Czecha w Krakowie
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 191 / 257 | 25th | Q3 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 254 / 340 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.1.
Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences is Q3 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 191 of 257) and Q3 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 254 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 1.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 25th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.243, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 4.
Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences is published by Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego im. Bronislawa Czecha w Krakowie. Its ISSN is 2956-4581.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences has an h-index of 8 and a 2-year mean of 0.93 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #151 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 35. 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 98 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Poland (38%), Slovakia (12.8%) and Türkiye (7%).
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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