Quest

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1963

ISSN1543-2750

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.556

H-Indexi

102

SNIPi

0.965

Total Worksi

1,907

Total Citationsi

47,458

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Quest publishes research in Health Professions and Social Sciences. It also covers topics related to Physical Education, Physical Activity, Health, and Fitness, examining social and cultural factors that influence these areas.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

Annual Volume~ 42 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,907

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1543-2750

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

765

2019

371

2020

320

2021

214

2022

173

2023

176

2024

108

2025

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

EducationQ2

Sports ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchSport Sciences

Scopus Categories

Sports ScienceEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Physical Education and PedagogyMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsSports, Gender, and SocietyInclusion and Disability in Education and SportSport and Mega-Event ImpactsSport Psychology and PerformanceChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentDoping in SportsYouth Development and Social SupportPhysical Activity and Health

Frequently asked questions about Quest

Is Quest a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Quest: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Quest?

Quest is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.55.

Is Quest indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Quest is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.