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Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.4), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 0730-3084Verify ISSN ↗2168-3816Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 1077 / 1698 | 36th | Q3 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 171 / 257 | 33rd | Q3 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 234 / 340 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.4.
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance is Q3 in Education (rank 1077 of 1698), Q3 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 171 of 257) and Q3 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 234 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 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 1.4, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 36th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.306, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 21.
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0730-3084 and its online ISSN is 2168-3816.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance has an h-index of 62 and a 2-year mean of 1.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #792 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance published 107 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 140. 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.
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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