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Journal of Sport and Health Science

Elsevier · Netherlands · Est. 2003

ISSN2095-2546

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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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.

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H-Indexi

102

SNIPi

3.543

Total Worksi

1,200

Total Citationsi

47,177

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Sport and Health Science is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the advancement of sport, exercise, physical activity, and health sciences. Its scope includes sport and exercise medicine, sport and exercise physiology, biomechanics, sport and exercise psychology, motor behavior, sport and exercise biochemistry and nutrition, injury prevention and clinical rehabilitation, public health promotion, physical activity epidemiology, exercise and brain health, physical education, and traditional Chinese sports, exercise and health.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyFour Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,200

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2095-2546

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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)?

DOAJ verified

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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

Citations received

2019

122

9.7k

2020

4.4k

2021

2.3k

2022

1.6k

2023

120

1.9k

2024

437

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & TourismSport Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Physical Activity and HealthObesity, Physical Activity, DietSports injuries and preventionSports Performance and TrainingCardiovascular and exercise physiologyExercise and Physiological ResponsesChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Sport and Health Science

Is Journal of Sport and Health Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Sport and Health Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Sport and Health Science?

Journal of Sport and Health Science 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 7.87.

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

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