Journal profile

Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport

ISSN 2450-6605 · Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland - University Sports Center · Poland

Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 59 articles in 2025.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartile—No CiteScore rank
Review timeabout 4 weeksCommunity average
APCCharged, amount not publishedFully open access
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year592025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport is published by Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland - University Sports Center. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Physical Education and Training Studies, Human Health and Disease and Sports and Physical Education Research, together about 36.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport eISSN 2450-6605 is a Humanistic Journal with an international reach, published in line with top standards applicable in scientific journals. Each issue contains original and review papers, and case reports of different specialties associated with Multidisciplinary Education Sections: Physical Culture Sciences; Health Sciences; Medical Sciences; Pedagogy; Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Cultural and Religious Sciences; Proceeding; Book of Abstracts, is a double anonymized scientific quarterly published by the University Center for Sports Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. This journal has been launched in order to promote and promote the results of research on physical culture, especially the pedagogical and psychological aspects of sport. The journal has an interdisciplinary character, where the pillar of each article is sport, taking into account the multidimensional and multidirectional nature of sport, health, recreation, tourism, physiotherapy, and physical education. Due to the fact that the founders of the journal are the environment of scientists representing the science of physical culture, health sciences and social sciences, the leading trend of the articles is physical culture, sport, recreation, tourism, physical education, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, management. Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport is: a Humanistic Journal with a Global International Reach.Journal does not charge any fees from authors for publishing and accepting print text.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Physical Education and Training StudiesHealth Professions19%
  2. Human Health and DiseaseMedicine12.3%
  3. Sports and Physical Education ResearchHealth Professions5.2%
  4. Sports injuries and preventionMedicine4.3%
  5. Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine3.8%
  6. Healthcare Systems and Public HealthMedicine3.8%
  7. Education and Professional DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.8%
  8. Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine3.3%

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

Indexed in: no record yet.

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

DOAJPublisher website

Other: Polska Bibliografia Naukowa, PBN, Akademicka Platforma Czasopism Naukowych, Google Scholar, BASE, CrossRef, WorldCat, Arianta, Baidu Scholar, J-Gate, JournalTOCs, Microsoft Academic, POL-index

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
9OpenAlex ·
i10-index
5OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.28OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 243 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202632323
2025595923
2024110
2023110
2022110
2021222254

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 4 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

Fully open accessOpenAlex

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
LetPubNo APCYes—
Publisher websiteEUR 125——

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 accepted3
  1. case reportsEach issue contains original and review papers, and case reports of different specialtiesLength not stated
  2. original papersEach issue contains original and review papers, and case reports of different specialtiesLength not stated
  3. review papersEach issue contains original and review papers, and case reports of different specialtiesLength not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
License & copyright Copyright Notice

The periodical offers access to content in the Open Access system under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review

Double anonymized peer review Model summary

is a double anonymized scientific quarterly

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
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland - University Sports Center
Country or region
Poland
Language
English
ISSN
2450-6605
Latest issue on the website
Volume 32 (2026)
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport

How long does peer review take at Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport?

Authors report an average review time of about 4 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 Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport?

The journal's website lists DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.

Is Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport open access, and what is the APC?

Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .