Journal profile · Physiology
European Journal of Applied Physiology
ISSN 1439-6319 · eISSN 1439-6327 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · GERMANY · Monthly · Founded 1928
European Journal of Applied Physiology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.87; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,890; median 120 days to acceptance (128 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 410 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal of Applied Physiology is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, Sports Performance and Training and Exercise and Physiological Responses, together about 40.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The European Journal of Applied Physiology (EJAP) aims to promote mechanistic advances in integrative and translational physiology. Physiology is viewed broadly, having overlapping context with related disciplines such as biomechanics, biochemistry, endocrinology, ergonomics, immunology, motor control, and nutrition. EJAP welcomes studies dealing with exercise, training and performance. Studies addressing physiological mechanisms are preferred over descriptive studies. Papers dealing with animal models or pathophysiological conditions are not excluded from consideration, but must be clearly relevant to human physiology. This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if the guest editor(s) authors an article in their special issue, they will not handle the peer review process.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Physiology
Editor-in-chief Michael I. LindingerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 13, United Kingdom 13, Italy 6, Canada 6, Switzerland 5 (63 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine16%
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine15.6%
- Exercise and Physiological ResponsesMedicine9.2%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering8.3%
- Muscle metabolism and nutritionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.4%
- Thermoregulation and physiological responsesMedicine6.4%
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine6%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINECASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 2.87LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 118LetPub ·
- h-index
- 223OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,145OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.47%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 361LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,500,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 12,217 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 337 | 179 | 111 |
| 2025 | 410 | 231 | 961 |
| 2024 | 301 | 176 | 1,784 |
| 2023 | 265 | 153 | 1,992 |
| 2022 | 252 | 122 | 3,519 |
| 2021 | 295 | 156 | 5,253 |
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
120 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 73 days – 154 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (128 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 137 days
- Sample
- 128 articles with submission and acceptance dates (809 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,890 / EUR 4,390 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted16
- commentsThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies.Length not stated
- editorialThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
- editorialsThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies.Length not stated
- invited reviewsThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies.Length not stated
- letterThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
- letters to the editorThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
- literature reviewThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
- meta-analysisThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
- narrative reviewThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
- original articleThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
- original articlesThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies.Length not stated
- perspectiveThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
- perspectivesThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies.Length not stated
- repliesThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies.Length not stated
- reviewThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
- systematic reviewThe journal publishes Original Articles, Editorials, Invited Reviews, Comments, Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and Replies. Instructions for Invited Revie…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author Contribution Statement
Originality and exclusivity of submissions required. Model summary
Authors must provide a short description of the contributions made by each listed author (please use initials). This will be published in a separate section in front of the Acknowledgments. For example: AM and DB conceived and designed research. AM and BB conducted experiments. GR contributed new reagents or analytical tools. AM and GR analyzed data. AM wrote the manuscript. All authors read and a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
Author contributions and competing interests must be declared at submission. Model summary
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data transparency expected. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Permissions required for previously published material. Model summary
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in European Journal of Applied Physiology, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1928
- ISSN
- 1439-6319
- Electronic ISSN
- 1439-6327
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 126, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Applied Physiology
What CAS zone is European Journal of Applied Physiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Journal of Applied Physiology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Physiology / Sport Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Journal of Applied Physiology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.87; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 223.
How long does peer review take at European Journal of Applied Physiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 128 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 73–154 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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 are the manuscript requirements of European Journal of Applied Physiology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of European Journal of Applied Physiology based?
Of the 63 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (13), United Kingdom (13) and Italy (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Journal of Applied Physiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal of Applied Physiology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Journal of Applied Physiology open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal of Applied Physiology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,890.
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: .