Journal profile · Sport Sciences
ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal
ISSN 1091-5397 · eISSN 1536-593X · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1997
ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.92; JCR Q3 (journal website); subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 105 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Physical Activity and Health, Cardiovascular and exercise physiology and Sports injuries and prevention, together about 29.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Explore ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal, featuring peer‑reviewed articles, clinical studies, and the latest medical research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Sport Sciences
Editor-in-chief Paul M. GalloPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine14.6%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine7.4%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine7.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.2%
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine6.9%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine6.4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Muscle metabolism and nutritionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · SPORT SCIENCES · rank 76/136
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.92LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 140OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,526 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 105 | 1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 103 | 2 | 220 |
| 2023 | 105 | 5 | 246 |
| 2022 | 104 | 5 | 381 |
| 2021 | 104 | 2 | 463 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (91% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1091-5397
- Electronic ISSN
- 1536-593X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal
What CAS zone is ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Sport Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.92; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, SPORT SCIENCES Q3 (76/136). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal open access, and what is the APC?
ACSMʼs Health & Fitness Journal is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .