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Physical Culture and Sport, Studies and Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Sciendo.
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ISSN 1899-4849Verify ISSN ↗2081-2221Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sciendo
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 148 / 1434 | 89th | Q1 |
| Education | 716 / 1698 | 57th | Q2 |
| Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | 102 / 156 | 34th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.7.
Physical Culture and Sport, Studies and Research is Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 148 of 1434), Q2 in Education (rank 716 of 1698) and Q3 in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (rank 102 of 156), by CiteScore 2025.
Physical Culture and Sport, Studies and Research 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 2.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.364, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 16.
Physical Culture and Sport, Studies and Research is published by Sciendo. Its print ISSN is 1899-4849 and its online ISSN is 2081-2221.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Physical Culture and Sport, Studies and Research has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 1.78 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #75 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
Physical Culture and Sport, Studies and Research published 27 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 36. 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 97 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Poland (16.2%), Spain (14.8%) and Hungary (10.3%).
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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