Journal profile · Health Professions-Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Human Movement
ISSN 1732-3991 · eISSN 1899-1955 · University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw · Poland
Human Movement: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1.2 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 55 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Human Movement is published by University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention and Children's Physical and Motor Development, together about 42.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Human Movement is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences. Human Movement aims to promote research in sport sciences. The journal publishes research papers in five fields as follows: – Physical activity, fitness and health – Applied sport sciences – Biomechanics and motor control – Physiological aspects of sports – Psychological diagnostics of sport and exercise. Human Movement publishes written in English original papers, review papers, empirical research, book reviews, letters to the Editor, communications about forthcoming meetings and congresses and reports from scientific meetings. The journal is published only online. Copyright: © Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences. This is an Open Access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode), allowing third parties to download and share its works but not commercially purposes or to create derivative works. The rights to the article are usually transferred by the authors to the owner of the journal, who makes it available under the Creative Commons license. However, if the author does not want to transfer the copyright to the publisher, he/she may contact the editorial office and set separate rules - under which the editorial office may publish an article in the journal. For the detailed information, please contact with editorial office. This is to certify the conformity with PN-EN-ISO 9001:2015. The journal is co-financed by the Ministry of Education and Science for the following tasks: Dissemination and internationalization of scientific articles and information about the journal, including the costs of adapting technical means - task financed under the agreement No. RCN/SP/0446/2021/1 by the Minister of Education and Science. Upowszechnianie i umiędzynarodowienie artykułów naukowych oraz informacji o czasopiśmie, w tym koszty dostosowania środków technicznych - zadanie finansowane w ramach umowy Nr RCN/SP/0446/2021/1 ze środków Ministra Edukacji i Nauki. The task of verifying and correcting abstracts and scientific articles accepted for publication in the Journal - task financed under the agreement No. RCN/SP/0446/2021/1 by the Minister of Education and Science. Realizacja zadania polegającego na dokonywaniu weryfikacji i korekty streszczeń i artykułów naukowych zaakceptowanych do publikacji w czasopiśmie - zadanie f
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Editor-in-chief Agnieszka SzpalaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine22.6%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine13.7%
- Children's Physical and Motor DevelopmentPsychology6%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine5.5%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering4.1%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering4%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology3.9%
- Physical Education and Training StudiesHealth Professions3.7%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.39Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 228OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 841 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 41 | 2 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 67 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | 110 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 95 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 214 |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | 590 |
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
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | EUR 250 / PLN 1,200 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 450 | — | — |
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 accepted7
- book reviewsbook reviewsLength not stated
- communications about forthcoming meetings and congressescommunications about forthcoming meetings and congressesLength not stated
- empirical researchempirical researchLength not stated
- letters to the editorletters to the EditorLength not stated
- original papersoriginal papersLength not stated
- reports from scientific meetingsreports from scientific meetingsLength not stated
- review papersreview papersLength not stated
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 School of Physical Education in Wroclaw
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1732-3991
- Electronic ISSN
- 1899-1955
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 27 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Human Movement
What CAS zone is Human Movement in?
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 Human Movement?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Human Movement?
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 Human Movement?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Human Movement is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Human Movement open access, and what is the APC?
Human Movement 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: .