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Journal of Physical Activity and Health is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.9), WoS SSCI. Published by Human Kinetics Publishers Inc..
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ISSN 1543-3080Verify ISSN ↗1543-5474Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 73 / 257 | 71st | Q2 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 110 / 340 | 67th | Q2 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 260 / 725 | 64th | Q2 |
| Epidemiology | 71 / 173 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.9.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health is Q2 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 73 of 257), Q2 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 110 of 340) and Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 260 of 725), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health is indexed in the 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 3.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.845, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 100.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health is published by Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. Its print ISSN is 1543-3080 and its online ISSN is 1543-5474.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health has an h-index of 122 and a 2-year mean of 2 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #67 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health published 264 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (25.7%), Iran (11%) and Brazil (10.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 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.
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