Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

ISSN 2624-9367 · Frontiers Media · Switzerland · active 2019–2026

Metrics

Best Scimago quartile (2025)
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
2.6
SJR
0.825
h-index
57

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 1 November 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living is Q1 in 2 of its 6 subject categories and Q2 in the other 4. Its best category quartile is Q1.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Frontiers in Sports and Active Living in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
AnthropologyQ1#31 of 535
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ1#58 of 260
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ2#43 of 150
PhysiologyQ2#83 of 198
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2#97 of 340
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2#208 of 728
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
2.77
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
782

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living is Q1 in 2 of its 6 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Anthropology: Q1, #31 of 535), with SJR 0.825 (Scimago) and an h-index of 57 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to acceptance
51 days (median)
Estimated from our library (14 papers)
Acceptance to publication
25 days (median)
Estimated from our library (14 papers)
Submission to publication
90 days (median)
Estimated from our library (14 papers)

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge
Article processing charge (APC): 1,950 CHF per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

sportsperformancetrainingorthopedicsmedicineinjuriespreventionsportpsychologydevelopmentaleducationalcardiovascular

Frequently asked

Is Frontiers in Sports and Active Living a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Frontiers in Sports and Active Living indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Frontiers in Sports and Active Living?

Papers in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living are cited about 2.6 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 57. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living is Q1 in 2 of its 6 subject categories and Q2 in the other 4. By category: Anthropology: Q1, #31 of 535; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: Q1, #58 of 260; Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: Q2, #43 of 150; Physiology: Q2, #83 of 198; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine: Q2, #97 of 340; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: Q2, #208 of 728. Its best category quartile is Q1. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Frontiers in Sports and Active Living is cited about 2.6 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 57.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Frontiers in Sports and Active Living?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q1 in Anthropology and 1 other category, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Frontiers in Sports and Active Living open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living?

Article processing charge (APC): 1,950 CHF per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.

How long does Frontiers in Sports and Active Living take to publish a paper?

Submission to acceptance for Frontiers in Sports and Active Living takes about 51 days (median) — Estimated from our library (n=14 papers). Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Frontiers in Sports and Active Living.

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