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Journal of Human Sport and Exercise

Asociacion Espanola de Analisis del Rendimiento Deportivo · Spain · Est. 2006

ISSN1988-5202eISSN1988-5202

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-10-28). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.379

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.467

Total Worksi

1,484

Total Citationsi

13,098

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sport Sciences; Education; Health (social science); Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Sports Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 96 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,484

Publisher OrgUniversity of Alicante

OA Since2005

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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?

Asociacion Espanola de Analisis del Rendimiento Deportivo

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1988-5202 / 1988-5202

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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

109

1.1k

2019

140

970

2020

199

2021

2022

168

2023

114

543

2024

126

106

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.

EducationQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ3

Sports ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sport Sciences

Scopus Categories

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSports Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports Performance and TrainingSports injuries and preventionCardiovascular and exercise physiologyMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsSport Psychology and PerformanceSports Analytics and PerformancePhysical Education and Training StudiesChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentSports and Physical Education ResearchPhysical Education and Pedagogy

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Human Sport and Exercise

Is Journal of Human Sport and Exercise a predatory journal?

Journal of Human Sport and Exercise was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-10-28). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Human Sport and Exercise?

Journal of Human Sport and Exercise 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 1.94.

Is Journal of Human Sport and Exercise indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Human Sport and Exercise is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Human Sport and Exercise?