Journal profile · Health Professions-Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
ISSN 2411-5142 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.5 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 37 days to acceptance (147 articles, last 24 months); 489 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 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 Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, together about 42.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (ISSN: 2411-5142) provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects and advancement of anatomy, histology, orthopedics and sports medicine, physical therapy, sports therapy, rehabilitation and rheumatology. It publishes reviews papers, research articles, communications, case reports, and short notes, as well as Special Issues on particular subjects. The aim of JFMK is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, the journal has no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. Full experimental details should be provided so that the results can be reproduced. We also encourage the publication of timely reviews and of commentaries on hot topics of interest for the scientific community.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Editor-in-chief Giuseppe MusumeciPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 13, United States 5, Greece 3, Germany 2, United Kingdom 1 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine19.2%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine16.5%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine7.3%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering4.3%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology3.9%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine3.8%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering3.8%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions3.5%
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 | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | 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 · Sport Sciences
- CiteScore Q2 · Anatomy
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPubMedPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 426OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 482LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,867 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 371 | 371 | 107 |
| 2025 | 489 | 489 | 1,277 |
| 2024 | 283 | 283 | 1,529 |
| 2023 | 174 | 174 | 1,647 |
| 2022 | 118 | 118 | 1,797 |
| 2021 | 104 | 104 | 2,272 |
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
37 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 30 days – 52 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 3 days (147 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 42 days
- Sample
- 147 articles with submission and acceptance dates (954 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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 20.1 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2.6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 43 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CHF 1,600 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,600 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,600 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | CHF 2,600 | — | — |
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 papers8, by deadline
- Advances in Gait Analysis and Lower Limb Movement MechanicsDeadline
- Optimizing Training Load for Athletic Performance and Injury PreventionDeadline
- The Effects of Aquatic Activities on Health and MobilityDeadline
- Behavioral Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Participation in Sedentary PopulationsDeadline
- Exercise Interventions in Cardiovascular HealthDeadline
- Understanding Sports-Related Health Issues, 3rd EditionDeadline
- 10th Anniversary of JFMK: Advances in Physical Exercise for Health PromotionDeadline
- Advances in Physiology of Training—3rd EditionDeadline
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- articleArticle: These are original research manuscripts. The work should report scientifically sound experiments and provide a substantial amount of new information.Length not stated
- editorialAll peer-reviewed articles published by MDPI are assessed by our independent Academic Editors, and MDPI staff are not involved in any editorial decisions regard…Length not stated
- reviewReview: Reviews offer a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature within a field of study, identifying current gaps or problems.Length not stated
- scoping reviewA Scoping Review type can be submitted as a Review.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Free format submission accepted with required sections. Model summary
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Research data sharing encouraged; FAIR principles recommended. Model summary
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
JFMK is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in JFMK will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and condi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
Authors must suggest three potential reviewers. Model summary
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work only; no prior publication or concurrent submission. Model summary
Manuscripts submitted to JFMK should neither be published previously nor be under consideration for publication in another journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
JFMK accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates independently o…
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
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2411-5142
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
What CAS zone is Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 147 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 37 days (interquartile range 30–52 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, Sport Sciences Q2. JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Templates: LaTeX and Word; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (13), United States (5) and Greece (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .