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Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal

Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. · United States

ISSN1063-6161eISSN1938-1581
SJR Q1WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
35
/ 100
High Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS ESCI+10
Scopus Q1+25
Total35
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
1.175
H-Index
42
CiteScore
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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
1.026
Total Works
701
Total Citations
7,729
2yr Mean Citedness
0.85
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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on women's experiences in sport and physical activity, focusing on themes such as culture change in aesthetic sports, physical activity engagement for survivors of violence, menstrual cycle impacts on performance, sedentary behavior and health, sprint performance in team sports, gendered experiences in sport, exercise during pregnancy, golf performance perceptions, menstrual cycle tracking, injury prevention in ball sports, menstruation in physical education, hormonal contraceptives and exercise, balance training in adolescents, running biomechanics, youth sport and gender, breaking as a sport, perceptual-cognitive and motor skills related to the menstrual cycle, intermenstrual pelvic pain, research consortia for women in sport, resisted sprint training, sleep in female athletes, and relative energy deficiency in female triathletes.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyBiannual
StatusActive
Total Publications701
Publisher OrgHuman Kinetics
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Review
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/12 · 50%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1063-6161 / 1938-1581
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EducationQ1
Gender StudiesQ1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sport SciencesWomen'S Studies

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports, Gender, and SocietySport and Mega-Event ImpactsPhysical Education and PedagogySports injuries and preventionSport Psychology and Performance
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref