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Journals for “Sports Science and Education”
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Topic match is relative to the best match in this search (100% = best). Under each journal, "Publishes on" shows which of the matched topics it publishes and what share of its recent papers they make up. Fees are shown only where DOAJ records them; "Not recorded" does not mean the journal is free.
| # | Journal | Topic match | ITS Journal Score | Global rank | Papers 2021–2025 | Open access | Fee (APC) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeitschrift für sportpädagogische Forschung Nomos Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (28%) | 100% | 28.2 | #42,733 | 115 | 25% | Not recorded | |
| 2 | German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research Springer Nature · Germany Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (19%) | 67% | 63.1 | #10,980 | 398 | 74% | Not recorded | |
| 3 | Leipziger Sportwissenschaftliche Beiträge Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (20%) | 70% | 27.6 | #43,430 | 103 | 2% | Not recorded | |
| 4 | Теория и методика физической культуры Kazakhstan Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (19%) | 69% | 23.4 | #48,818 | 287 | 14% | Not recorded | |
| 5 | Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger Elsevier BV · Germany Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (10%) | 35% | 66.2 | #9,055 | 906 | 28% | Not recorded | |
| 6 | This bulletin of the Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University Physical education Sport and Human Health Ukraine Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (14%) | 51% | 32.7 | #36,981 | 143 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 7 | SCIENCE AND SPORT current trends Volga Region Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism · Russia Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (14%) | 50% | 31.6 | #38,373 | 532 | 6% | Not recorded | |
| 8 | Scientific Journal of National Pedagogical Dragomanov University Series 15 Scientific and pedagogical problems of physical culture (physical culture and sports) National Pedagogical Dragomanov University · Ukraine Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (10%) | 36% | 51.0 | #18,832 | 2,747 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 9 | Journal of Tianjin University Science and Technology Tianjin University · China Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (12%) | 44% | 34.8 | #34,286 | 901 | 99% | Not recorded | |
| 10 | Слобожанський науково-спортивний вісник Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture · Ukraine · DOAJ Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (10%) | 37% | 49.0 | #20,248 | 223 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 11 | Єдиноборства Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture · Ukraine · DOAJ Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (11%) | 38% | 44.0 | #24,438 | 197 | 100% | 500 UAH | |
| 12 | Теорія і методика фізичного виховання і спорту National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine · Ukraine Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (10%) | 35% | 45.4 | #23,160 | 244 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 13 | Scientific and educational basics in physical culture and sports Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (13%) | 48% | 20.4 | #52,182 | 162 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 14 | Current Issues of Sports Psychology and Pedagogy Ural Federal University · Russia Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (13%) | 44% | 24.5 | #47,386 | 166 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 15 | Journal of Learning Theory and Methodology OVS LLC · Ukraine · DOAJ Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (10%) | 34% | 42.3 | #25,964 | 95 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 16 | MODERN ISSUES OF MEDICINE AND MANAGEMENT University Geomedi · Georgia Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (13%) | 45% | 21.7 | #50,726 | 95 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 17 | Physical culture sports and health of the nation Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University · Ukraine Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (10%) | 37% | 34.5 | #34,701 | 310 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 18 | Forum Kinder- und Jugendsport Springer Nature · Germany Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (9%) | 31% | 42.6 | #25,615 | 154 | 55% | Not recorded | |
| 19 | B&G Bewegungstherapie und Gesundheitssport Georg Thieme Verlag · Germany Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (8%) | 27% | 40.8 | #27,499 | 352 | 5% | Not recorded | |
| 20 | Physical Culture Sport Tourism Motor Recreation Chelyabinsk State University · Russia · DOAJ Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (10%) | 35% | 25.1 | #46,753 | 355 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 21 | Sports games Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture · Ukraine · DOAJ Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (8%) | 29% | 32.2 | #37,588 | 110 | 100% | 500 UAH | |
| 22 | Mathematische Semesterberichte Springer Science+Business Media · Germany Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (7%) | 26% | 37.1 | #31,547 | 112 | 81% | Not recorded | |
| 23 | International Journal of Physical Education Nomos · Germany Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (8%) | 30% | 29.2 | #41,431 | 96 | 44% | Not recorded | |
| 24 | Strength and conditioning journal Lippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (3%) | 10% | 65.6 | #9,440 | 359 | 14% | Not recorded | |
| 25 | JURNAL MASYARAKAT NEGERI ROKANIA Universitas Rokania · Indonesia Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (10%) | 34% | 17.6 | #55,103 | 62 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 26 | Pedagogy, Psychology, Society Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (8%) | 29% | 23.8 | #48,281 | 211 | 94% | Not recorded | |
| 27 | Sports Bulletin of the Dnieper Ukraine Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (6%) | 22% | 35.0 | #34,035 | 343 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 28 | Sportphysio Georg Thieme Verlag · Germany Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (8%) | 27% | 25.6 | #46,098 | 256 | 12% | Not recorded | |
| 29 | The Annals of Dunarea de Jos University of Galati Fascicle XV Physical Education and Sport Management University of Galați · Romania Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (9%) | 30% | 19.3 | #53,473 | 109 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 30 | Health-saving technologies rehabilitation and physical therapy Publishes on: Sports Science and Education (8%) | 27% | 22.3 | #50,066 | 85 | 100% | Not recorded |
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How the ITS Journal Score works
One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.
A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.
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