With a focus on social science scholarship, Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education publishes conceptually rich contributions in all areas of health and physical education, including those derived from empirical, philosophical, sociological, and/or policy-related investigations.
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education invites submission of papers of approximately 7000 words that focus on the forms, contents and contexts of health and physical education as they relate to schools, universities and other forms of educational practice. The journal welcomes original contributions that analyse the ways in which the social and institutional conditions of education and schooling interact with the field of health and physical education and associated fields, such as outdoor education, recreation and sport. Curriculum is interpreted broadly in the journal as a focus for framing a wide range of educational issues involving policies, practices and outcomes. This includes the lived experiences of teachers and learners in educational settings and the forces within and beyond education (current and historical) that shape the construction and implementation of curriculum. While it is not expected that all manuscripts are directly focused on curriculum issues it is encumbered on authors to make explicit how the research connects with, informs or has implications for, curriculum across contexts relevant to the areas of schooling and education detailed above.
Contributions should make reference to other critical work and/or discuss particular issues of practice-focused research within health and physical education and associated professional fields. They may, for example, engage with social and cultural studies; policy; reform and innovation; leadership; teaching and learning; teacher education; curriculum development; extra-curricular engagement and assessment. Editorial decisions will privilege those papers that explore and provide a depth of understanding of the complex inter-relationship between developing/improving policies, practices and outcomes through the production of knowledge. The journal does not subscribe to any particular methodology or theory. As the prime international source for health and physical education curriculum research, Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education publishes papers accessible to the discipline-defined communities that form its readership. What are you reading?
The “What are you reading?” review section is an invitation to (early-mid career) researchers to review a body of scholarly work (book, collection of chapters etc) that they believe is of significance to theirs/others ongoing research in fields connected to the Aims and Scope of the Journal.
More specifically, we are inviting potential reviewers to focus on scholarly works that might stimulate new directions for inquiry and think afresh what we take for granted about the familiar features of research related to HPE curriculum (be it theoretical or methodologically framed). We envisage that the “What are you reading?” review section will provide resources for academics at various stages of their careers to continuously grapple with what else research and education related to HPE might do or become.
The following questions can be used as a guide to frame What are you reading? review submissions (600-900 words):
Why did you choose this work? What specific elements are so interesting about it? What about this work has inspired you and your research?
How did the chosen work orient your research in HPE in a new way? What impact did it have on your projects and insights?
What is the relevance of the chosen work for the wider field of HPE?
If you would like to contribute or have any queries about the section please do not hesitate to contact the “What are you reading?” editor directly, Dr Leanne Coll.
About
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education (CSHPE) is the official research journal of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Inc. (ACHPER) the professional association representing teachers and professionals in the fields of health and physical education.
Journal metrics
Usage
93K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
3.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.828 (2023) SNIP
0.663 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
2 days avg. from submission to first
decision
71 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
13 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
21% acceptance rate
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However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
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Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-chief Chris Hickey (Deakin University, AUS)
Editorial Executive Laura Alfrey (Monash University, AUS) Trent Brown (Deakin University, AUS) Göran Gerdin (Linnaeus University, Sweden) Amanda Mooney (Deakin University, AUS) Alan Ovens (University of Auckland, NZ) John Quay (University of Melbourne, AUS) Valeria Varea (Edith Cowan University, AUS)
What are you reading? Editor Leanne Coll (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Book Reviews Editor Leanne Coll (Deakin University, AUS)
Editorial Board Dean Barker (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Antonio Calderon (University of Limerick, Ireland) Katie Fitzpatrick (University of Auckland, NZ) Tim Fletcher (Brock University, Canada) Robyne Garrett (University of South Australia, AUS) Shirley Gray (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) Peter Hastie (Auburn University, USA) Richard Light (University of Canterbury, NZ) Jennifer Walton-Fisette (Kent State University, USA) Dawn Penney (Edith Cowan University, AUS) Kirsten Petrie (University Waikato, NZ) Richard Pringle (Monash University, AUS) Kevin Richards (University of Alabama, USA) Takahiro Sato (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Annette Stride (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
Abstracting and indexing
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education is abstracted and indexed in: ERIC; EBSCOhost; SPORTDiscus; TOC Premier; Education Research Complete; Educational Research Index; Australian Education Index; Article First; Educational Research Abstracts; ProQuest; EdResearch Online; Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts; Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases (Online); Agricultural Economics Database; CAB Abstracts (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux); Environmental Impact; Global Health; Leisure Tourism Database; Nutrition and Food Sciences Database; Rural Development Abstracts (Online); Tropical Diseases Bulletin (Online); World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts (Online)
Open access
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
(2018 - current)
Formerly known as
Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education
(2010 - 2017)
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
Special Edition Information
The editors welcome proposals for Special Editions that address issues in the areas of research and scholarship within the journal’s Aims and Scope, as long as they meet the requirements specified.
Each edition of the Journal (normally) comprises six (6) manuscripts of approximately 6,500 words. All manuscripts must have an abstract of up to 150 words (see author guidelines). The composition of a Special Edition should be broadly in keeping with this framework and overall word allocation. It is anticipated that Special Edition editors will include a ‘prologue’ of around 2,000 words providing an overview of the organizing theme and the contributing parts.
Proposals for Special Editions will be judged on the grounds that the collection of manuscripts:
has a particular focus on social science research-based articles that make reference to other critical work in the field and/or discuss particular issues of practice-focused research broadly related to curriculum in health and physical education;
explore and provide a depth of understanding of the complex inter-relationship between developing/improving practice through the production of knowledge;
include contributions from lead scholars who have international/national standing in the thematic area being presented; and
has broad appeal to the Journal subscribers and that the theme is relevant and timely.
Proposals for Special Issues should be submitted by email attachment to the Chief Editor Prof Chris Hickey
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