Journal profile · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Biomedical Human Kinetics
ISSN 0043-9630 · eISSN 2080-2234 · Sciendo · Poland
Biomedical Human Kinetics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 14 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 33 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biomedical Human Kinetics is published by Sciendo 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 Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention and Exercise and Physiological Responses, together about 30% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Biomedical Human Kinetics is one of the leading Central European journals dealing with health-related exercise sciences. The journal is a forum for researchers from many countries all over the world for presenting research results of international importance. Our articles follow the international debate on current issues of physical activity.The leading idea is the health-directed quality of life. The journal thus covers many biomedical areas related to physical activity, e.g. physiology, biochemistry, biomechanics, anthropology, medical issues associated with physical activities, physical and motor development, psychological and sociological issues associated with physical activities, rehabilitation, health-related sport issues and fitness, etc.Biomedical Human Kinetics offers open source publication, short waiting time, even as short as only few months. Language correction service is provided for authors from non-English speaking regions. The interdisciplinary, international Editorial Board supports publishing manuscripts of varied scientific origins. Friendly attitude, fair and constructive peer review process should also be emphasized, as well as a promotion of every published article.Rejection Rate40%FacebookPolish Government Financial Support 2022-2024
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Editor-in-chief Jan GajewskiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine13.8%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine8.8%
- Exercise and Physiological ResponsesMedicine7.5%
- Physical Education and Training StudiesHealth Professions7.5%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine6.3%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering5%
- Muscle metabolism and nutritionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
- Children's Physical and Motor DevelopmentPsychology5%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 14Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 20Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | EUR 150 | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0043-9630
- Electronic ISSN
- 2080-2234
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biomedical Human Kinetics
What CAS zone is Biomedical Human Kinetics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Biomedical Human Kinetics is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services. 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 Biomedical Human Kinetics?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 14; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2, h-index 8.
How long does peer review take at Biomedical Human Kinetics?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Biomedical Human Kinetics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biomedical Human Kinetics is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Biomedical Human Kinetics open access, and what is the APC?
Biomedical Human Kinetics is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .