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Journal of Sport and Health Research

Didactic Asociation Andalucia · Spain · Est. 1902

ISSN1989-6239eISSN1989-6239

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2021-09-06). DOAJ's stated reason: Problems with website. 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.247

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.369

Total Worksi

573

Total Citationsi

1,059

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism; Cultural Studies; Complementary and Manual Therapy; Education; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Developmental and Educational Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1902

Annual Volume~ 52 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications573

Publisher OrgDidactic Association Andalucia

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Didactic Asociation Andalucia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1989-6239 / 1989-6239

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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?

N/A

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

2019

2020

2021

2022

110

2023

2024

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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

Complementary and Manual TherapyQ3

EducationQ3

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Manual TherapyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationCultural StudiesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health and Lifestyle StudiesSports and Physical Education StudiesSports Performance and TrainingPhysical Education and PedagogyMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsSports and Physical Education ResearchSports injuries and preventionChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentHealth, Education, and Physical CultureEducational Innovations and Technology

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Sport and Health Research

Is Journal of Sport and Health Research a predatory journal?

Journal of Sport and Health Research was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Problems with website" (2021-09-06). 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 Sport and Health Research?

Journal of Sport and Health Research 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 0.31.

Is Journal of Sport and Health Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Sport and Health Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.