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Discobolul: Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal

Universitatea Naţională de Educaţie Fizică şi Sport (UNEFS) · Romania

ISSN1454-3907eISSN2286-3702
✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Discobolul – Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal aims to publish original scientific articles, reviews, and case studies in the fields of physical education, sports, and kinetotherapy. The journal seeks to contribute to the development of knowledge in these areas by presenting honest, reliable, and clear results from authors.

General Information

Country / RegionRomania
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published—
Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications—
Publisher OrgDiscobolul Publishing House
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Universitatea Naţională de Educaţie Fizică şi Sport (UNEFS)
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
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Is the ISSN verified?
1454-3907 / 2286-3702
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Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
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Peer review process documented?
Anonymous peer review
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
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Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
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Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
57
62
2019
54
98
2020
59
62
2021
47
16
2022
26
13
2023
23
5
2024
19
5
2025
3
0
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports Performance and TrainingPhysical Education and Training StudiesSports and Physical Education ResearchMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsSports injuries and preventionChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentSport Psychology and PerformanceSports Analytics and PerformancePhysical Education and PedagogyPhysical Education and Gymnastics

Frequently asked questions about Discobolul: Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal

Is Discobolul: Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discobolul: Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Discobolul: Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal?

Discobolul: Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Discobolul: Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Discobolul: Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Discobolul: Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal?

Discobolul – Physical Education, Sports and Kinetotherapy Journal aims to publish original scientific articles, reviews, and case studies in the fields of physical education, sports, and kinetotherapy. The journal seeks to contribute to the development of knowledge in these areas by presenting honest, reliable, and clear results from authors.

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref