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Journal of Sport and Health Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 21.4), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2095-2546Verify ISSN ↗2213-2961Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 2 / 340 | 99th | Q1 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 2 / 257 | 99th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 21.4.
Journal of Sport and Health Science is Q1 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 2 of 340) and Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 2 of 257), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Sport and Health Science is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and 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 21.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.715, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 87.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
Journal of Sport and Health Science is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 2095-2546 and its online ISSN is 2213-2961.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Sport and Health Science has an h-index of 107 and a 2-year mean of 10.27 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 21.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #1 of 331 Scopus journals in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.
Journal of Sport and Health Science published 98 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 122. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (22.3%), United States (21.2%) and Australia (15.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.6 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.
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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