Journal metric profile

Journal of Physical Activity & Health

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 2.600 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 137/419 Recorded category rank

Journal of Physical Activity & Health JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Journal of Physical Activity & Health is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.600, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 137 out of 419 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 5,760 total citations, 136 total articles, 151 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.900, which is 0.300 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.770.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Journal of Physical Activity & Health is identified in this record by print ISSN 1543-3080 and electronic ISSN 1543-5474. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameJournal of Physical Activity & Health
Abbreviated journalJ PHYS ACT HEALTH
PublisherHUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,008
ISSN1543-3080
eISSN1543-5474
Total cites5,760
Total articles136
Citable items151
Cited half-life8.3 years
Citing half-life6.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.600
5-Year Impact Factor2.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.770
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank137/419
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Journal of Physical Activity & Health?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Journal of Physical Activity & Health is 2.600 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Journal of Physical Activity & Health?

Journal of Physical Activity & Health is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Journal of Physical Activity & Health?

Journal of Physical Activity & Health is listed as being published by HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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