Journal profile · Geriatrics & Gerontology
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity
ISSN 1813-7253 · eISSN 1861-6909 · BioMed Central · GERMANY · Semiannual · Founded 2006
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.69; fully open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 120 days to acceptance (73 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity is published by BioMed Central 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 Physical Activity and Health, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, together about 47.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity (EURAPA) disseminates research on the biomedical and behavioural aspects of physical activity and aging. The main issues addressed by EURAPA are the impact of physical activity or exercise on cognitive, physical, and psycho-social functioning of older people, physical activity patterns in advanced age, and the relationship between physical activity and health.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Geriatrics & Gerontology
Editor-in-chief Antoine LangeardPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 5, France 4, Netherlands 3, Finland 3, Switzerland 2 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine20.3%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions19.3%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine8.3%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine8.1%
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersMedicine4.2%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine4.1%
- Frailty in Older AdultsMedicine3.9%
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine3.6%
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 | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 4.69LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 245OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 472,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 436 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 41 | 21 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 107 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 363 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 338 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 548 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 1,013 |
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 103 days – 177 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (73 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 147 days
- Sample
- 73 articles with submission and acceptance dates (79 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,290 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,190 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,590 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,290 / USD 3,090 / EUR 2,690 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted5
- brief reportResearch article Review article Brief report Comment CorrespondenceLength not stated
- commentResearch article Review article Brief report Comment CorrespondenceLength not stated
- correspondenceResearch article Review article Brief report Comment CorrespondenceLength not stated
- research articleResearch article Review article Brief report Comment CorrespondenceLength not stated
- review articleResearch article Review article Brief report Comment CorrespondenceLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
CC0 data policy Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
CC BY licence Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity articles are published open access under a CC BY (Creative Co…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1813-7253
- Electronic ISSN
- 1861-6909
- Society / sponsor
- European Group for Research on Aging and Physical Activity
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Review of Aging and Physical Activity
What CAS zone is European Review of Aging and Physical Activity in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Review of Aging and Physical Activity is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Geriatrics & Gerontology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Review of Aging and Physical Activity?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.69; CiteScore 6.4, h-index 61.
How long does peer review take at European Review of Aging and Physical Activity?
Based on the dates recorded on 73 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 103–177 days); 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 are the manuscript requirements of European Review of Aging and Physical Activity?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; 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 Review of Aging and Physical Activity based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (5), France (4) and Netherlands (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Review of Aging and Physical Activity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Review of Aging and Physical Activity is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Review of Aging and Physical Activity open access, and what is the APC?
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,090.
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: .