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Physical Activity Review

PPHU Projack · Poland · Est. 2013

ISSN2300-5076eISSN2300-5076

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.555

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.708

Total Worksi

294

Total Citationsi

1,600

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Physical Activity Review aims to facilitate and enhance communication across all sub-disciplines of the sport sciences. The emphasis of the journal is on the human sciences, broadly defined, applied to sport and exercise. Manuscripts dealing with original investigations of exercise, validation of technological innovations in sport or comprehensive reviews of topics relevant to the scientific study of sport will be considered for publication.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications294

OA Since2014

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

PPHU Projack

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2300-5076 / 2300-5076

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-review

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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

158

2019

201

2020

186

2021

103

2022

145

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.

EducationQ2

Health (social science)Q2

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ2

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sport Sciences

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationHealth (social science)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports Performance and TrainingPhysical Education and Training StudiesChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentSports and Physical Education ResearchSports injuries and preventionMartial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and EducationPhysical Activity and HealthObesity, Physical Activity, DietCardiovascular and exercise physiologyMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Frequently asked questions about Physical Activity Review

Is Physical Activity Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physical Activity Review: 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 Physical Activity Review?

Physical Activity Review 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 1.62.

Is Physical Activity Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physical Activity Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.