About this journal
Aims and scope
Aims and Scope
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
(RQES) publishes scientific research focusing on human movement as it relates to exercise and sport. The journal is particularly interested in theoretically-driven rather than descriptive work and the expectation is that a paper must significantly advance and impact on knowledge within the field. The journal accepts quantitative and qualitative work that presents new information, substantiation or contradiction of previous findings, or an application of new or improved techniques. The journal is currently not accepting narrative reviews unless invited or with prior approval from the Editor. The journal does accept systematic and meta-analytic reviews from leading research groups and scientists. The goals of RQES are to provide a scholarly outlet for knowledge that: (1) contributes to the study of human movement, particularly its cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary nature; (2) impacts theory and practice regarding human movement; (3) stimulates research about human movement; and (4) provides theoretical reviews and tutorials related to the study of human movement.
Diversity on the Editorial BoardAugust 2021
SHAPE America and the journal Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport strongly values equity, diversity and inclusion in research across the various academic disciplines that it serves. We believe that the authors, reviewers, and editors engaged with the journal must reflect the diversity that is evident within the broad academic communities that it serves.
A challenge remains how to gather accurate data that reflects the current level of diversity in the field as whole. The problem is confounded by the fact that the journal is multi-disciplinary, encompassing a wide number of sub-disciplines. Moreover, while the journal is US based, its reach and impact is global. We will explore better ways to collect and aggregate such data so that the nature of the community that the journal serves may be better defined.
As we move forward, we will continue to explore ways to better gather demographic data and continue with our efforts to recruit a proportionate number of authors, reviewers and editors that match favourably with the levels of diversity that are evident in the various fields of science that the journal serves.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 264K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- 2.3 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.226 (2023) SNIP
- 0.748 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 1 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 82 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 49 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 7% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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Journal metrics in brief
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 the following metrics (find out why).
- 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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Mark Williams, Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition, USA
PUBLICATIONS MANAGER
Laura Strecker, SHAPE America
EDITORIAL BOARD
Ali Brian, University of South Carolina, USA
Peijie Chen, Shanghai University of Sport, China
Yong Gao, Boise State University, USA
Justin Haegele, Old Dominion University, USA
Kin-Kit (Ben) Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dawn Penney, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Arja Sääkslahti, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Ping Xiang, Texas A&M University, USA
Weimo Zhu, Past Editor-in-Chief, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Xihe Zhu, Old Dominion University, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Biomechanics and Motor Behavior
David I. Anderson, San Francisco State University, USA
Hunter J. Bennett, Old Dominion University, USA
John J. Buchanan, Texas A&M University, USA
Harjiv Singh, University of Nevada (Las Vegas), USA
Luis Augusto Teixeira, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Songning Zhang, University of Tennessee, USA
Exercise Physiology
Michael Kingsley, La Trobe University, AustraliaJeremy Loenneke, University of Mississippi, USA
Sam Shepherd, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Measurement and Evaluation
Daniel Boullosa, Universidad de León, Spain
Yong Gao, Boise State University, USA
Rodolphe J. Gentili, University of Maryland, USA
Miguel A. Gomez, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
Kristin L. Sainani, Stanford University, USAKoya Suzuki, Juntendo University, Japan
Israel Teoldo da Costa, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil
Pedagogy
Ali Brian, University of South Carolina, USA
Weiyun Chen, University of Michigan, USA
Sixto González-Víllora, University of Castilla (La Mancha), Spain
Physical Activity and Health Behavior
Timothy A. Brusseau, University of Utah, USA
Senlin Chen, Louisiana State University, USA
Zan Gao, University of Tennessee (Knoxville), USA
Amy S. Ha, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Louisa Peralta, University of Sydney, Australia
Psychology and Social Sciences
David W. Eccles, Florida State University, USA
Rebecca Ellis, Georgia State University, USA
Zoe Franklin, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Vicky Gottwald, Bangor University, UK
Matthew Kwan, Brock University, Canada
Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen, Yale New Haven Hospital , USA
Abstracting and indexing
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° CINAHLComplete
° CINAHL Plus
° CINAHL Plus with Full Text
° Current Abstracts
° Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson)
° Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
° Education Index (Online)
° Education Research Complete
° Education Research Index
° Education Source
° Ergonomics Abstracts (Online)
° Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
° MasterFILE Complete
° MasterFILE Elite
° MasterFILE Premier
° OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)
° Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source
° Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
° SocINDEX,
° SocINDEX with Full Text
° SPORTDiscus with Full Text
° STM Source
° Teacher Reference Center
° TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
° Women's Studies International
• Elsevier BV
° Scopus
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
• Focus On: Sports Science and Medicine
• Gale
° Academic ASAP
° Academic OneFile
° Business, Economics and Theory Collection
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• National Library of Medicine
° PubMed
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• Ovid
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• ProQuest
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° MEDLINE
Open access
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 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.
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- 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)
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Society information
SHAPE America is the Society of Health and Physical Educators in the United States. It serves as the voice for 200,000+ health and physical education professionals.
Members of SHAPE America can select one or more of the SHAPE journals depending on their membership type. In addition, SHAPE America sponsors the journal Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science and members can receive an individual print and online subscription at a special society member rate. Please see the subscribe page for details. SHAPE America members also receive special rates on other Taylor & Francis sports science journals.
The society publishes four journals:
American Journal of Health Education
Strategies Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Open Access)
Discover all the SHAPE America publications and offers on the SHAPE publications page.
For submission information read the instructions for authors.
To register as a peer reviewer visit the journal’s submission site. For reviewer training opportunities, discover our Peer Reviewer Training Network.
4 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (1980 - current)
Formerly known as
- Research Quarterly. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (1979 - 1979)
- Research Quarterly. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (1974 - 1978)
- Research Quarterly. American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (1939 - 1973)
- Research Quarterly. American Association for Health and Physical Education (1938 - 1938)
- Research Quarterly. American Physical Education Association (1930 - 1937)
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