Journal profile
Health Promotion Physical Activity
ISSN 2544-9117 · University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, Poland · Poland
Health Promotion Physical Activity: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Promotion Physical Activity is published by University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, Poland. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Physical Activity and Health, Physical Education and Training Studies and Sports and Physical Education Studies, together about 30.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The quarterly Health Promotion & Physical Activity (Health Prom Phys Act) is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal that publishes articles concerning disciplines related to medical sciences and health sciences, available in Open Access mode (open-access journal). The publisher of the periodical is the University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, Poland. The journal has been published under its current name since 2017, and is derived from the biannual Tarnow Scientific Colloquia established in 2016. Health Promotion & Physical Activity is only published in an electronic version and in the English language. The mission of the journal is to disseminate and popularise the latest knowledge in the fields of physiotherapy, nursing, medicine, obstetrics, occupational therapy, pharmacy, health management standards and physical culture understood in a broad sense. The journal Health Promotion & Physical Activity publishes the following types of articles: Type of work Indexed Reviewed original article ✔ ✔ review article ✔ ✔ research report ✔ ✔ meta-analysis ✔ ✔ scientific review ✔ ✔ recommendations / guidelines ✔ case study ✔ ✔ letter to the editor ✔ post-conference report ✔ editorial ✔ Assigned scientific disciplines medical sciences health sciences physical culture sciences pharmaceutical sciences medical biology Abstracting and Indexing Academic Journals ARIANTA CEON Crossref DOAJ Index Copernicus Library of Science PBN The Health Promotion & Physical Activity publisher informs, that the 2019 edition of the journal was financed from the funds of Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education on the basis of contract number 682 / P-DUN / 2019 of July 10, 2019; Task number and name: 2. Digitization of scientific publications and monographs in order to ensure open access to them via the Internet; and tasks: 3. Creating English-language versions of published publications; the amount of funds from DUN: PLN 123,600.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Eligiusz MadejskiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 12, Ukraine 7, United States 2, Czechia 2, United Kingdom 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine12.6%
- Physical Education and Training StudiesHealth Professions9.4%
- Sports and Physical Education StudiesSocial Sciences8.9%
- Physical Education and PedagogyHealth Professions7.3%
- High Altitude and HypoxiaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.3%
- Travel-related health issuesMedicine5.8%
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions4.7%
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal DisordersPsychology4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CrossrefPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 256 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 23 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 52 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 41 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 26 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 20 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 12 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 3 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Templates
- Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
© by Authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC–BY–SA 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No publication fee (no APC). Model summary
The journal Health Promotion & Physical Activity does not charge a publication fee.
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
- University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, Poland
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2544-9117
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Promotion Physical Activity
How long does peer review take at Health Promotion Physical Activity?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Health Promotion Physical Activity?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Templates: Word. 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 Health Promotion Physical Activity based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (12), Ukraine (7) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Health Promotion Physical Activity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Promotion Physical Activity is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Health Promotion Physical Activity open access, and what is the APC?
Health Promotion Physical Activity is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .