Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
ISSN 2574-2981 · eISSN 2574-299X · Taylor & Francis
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education: CAS Zone 2 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.3 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 96 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 17% (journal website); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Physical Education and Pedagogy, Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, together about 60.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Editor-in-chief Chris HickeyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Physical Education and PedagogyHealth Professions32.6%
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and SportSocial Sciences20%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychology8.1%
- Children's Physical and Motor DevelopmentPsychology4.4%
- Youth Development and Social SupportSocial Sciences4.2%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences3.9%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences3.7%
- School Health and Nursing EducationHealth Professions3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsERICPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, EBSCOhost, SPORTDiscus, TOC Premier, Education Research Complete, Educational Research Index, Australian Education Index, Article First, Educational Research Abstracts, EdResearch Online, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts, Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases (Online), Agricultural Economics Database, Environmental Impact, Global Health, Leisure Tourism Database, Nutrition and Food Sciences Database, Rural Development Abstracts (Online), Tropical Diseases Bulletin (Online)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.91Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.78LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.78Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.39%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 109,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 236 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 34 | 11 | 55 |
| 2024 | 31 | 17 | 113 |
| 2023 | 22 | 17 | 208 |
| 2022 | 35 | 18 | 410 |
| 2021 | 27 | 13 | 269 |
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 · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 17%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 96 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted2
- research articleResearch ArticleLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis 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? Incr…
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2574-2981
- Electronic ISSN
- 2574-299X
- Society / sponsor
- Australian Council for Health
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
What CAS zone is Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education is in Zone 2 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Education & Educational Research / Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4, h-index 21.
How long does peer review take at Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education?
The publisher reports about 96 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 17%. 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 Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Education.
Which databases index Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education open access, and what is the APC?
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .