Sport Sciences for Health
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Aims & Scope
Sport Sciences for Health is an international, interdisciplinary journal devoted to researchers and practitioners involved in sport and physical activity for health. The journal deals with the mechanisms through which exercise can prevent or treat chronic degenerative disease contributing to prevention and personalized treatment of specific diseases and health maintenance with a translational perspective. It publishes original research, case studies and reviews. Areas of interest include sport, physical activities, sports medicine, healthy lifestyles, motor behavior, physical education and adapted physical activity with different methodological approaches such as physiological, clinical, biomechanical, performance, psychological, educational, social and learning perspectives. Sport Sciences for Health is the official journal of the Società Italiana delle Scienze Motorie e Sportive (SISMeS), an Italian scientific society that aims to promote, support and disseminate knowledge and innovations in the sciences of sport and physical activity for health and quality of life.
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisSport Sciences for Health (ISSN: 1824-7490) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Medicine, published by Springer Nature in Germany. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.30, ranking in quartile Q3 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.438 (Q3), an H-index of 31.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of 4 issues per year, an annual output of approximately 160 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,827 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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