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Physiology International is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.7), WoS SCIE. Published by Akademiai Kiado.
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ISSN 2498-602XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Akademiai Kiado
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 51 / 257 | 80th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 74 / 340 | 78th | Q1 |
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 29 / 115 | 75th | Q1 |
| Physiology (medical) | 50 / 117 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.7.
Physiology International is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 51 of 257), Q1 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 74 of 340) and Q1 in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (rank 29 of 115), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Physiology International is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 4.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 80th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.572, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 40.
Physiology International is published by Akademiai Kiado. Its ISSN is 2498-602X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Physiology International has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 1.4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #112 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
Physiology International published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 41. 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 (2023–2026), authors are most often from Hungary (22.7%), China (18.4%) and Türkiye (7.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (5.7 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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