Journal profile · Sport Sciences
Quest
ISSN 0033-6297 · eISSN 1543-2750 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1963
Quest: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.05; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 67 days (first decision after review, publisher); community-reported acceptance: 24%; 53 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Quest is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Physical Education and Pedagogy, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports and Sports, Gender, and Society, together about 44% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. Quest provides a public forum for scholarship, creative thought, and research relevant to a broad range of interests held by faculty and leaders in higher education today. Quest publishes: 1) manuscripts that address issues and concerns relevant and meaningful to the field of kinesiology; 2) original research reports that address empirical questions that are contextualized within higher education and hold significance to a broad range of faculty and administrators in kinesiology; and 3) reviews of literature and/or research of interest to one or more sub-disciplines in kinesiology. Quest does not publish papers focused on sport (e.g., amateur, collegiate, professional) that are contextualized outside of kinesiology in higher education.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Sport Sciences
Editor-in-chief Mara SimonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Physical Education and PedagogyHealth Professions24.2%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychology10.4%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences9.4%
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and SportSocial Sciences8.9%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences8%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology7.1%
- Children's Physical and Motor DevelopmentPsychology4.2%
- Doping in SportsSocial Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases (Online), Agricultural Economics Database, Environmental Impact, Global Health, Leisure Tourism Database, Nutrition and Food Sciences Database, Rural Development Abstracts (Online), Tropical Diseases Bulletin (Online), Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Current Abstracts, Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson), Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Education Index (Online), Education Research Complete, Education Research Index, Education Source, Humanities & Social Sciences Index, OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson), Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source, SPORTDiscus with Full Text, TOC Premier (Table of Contents), E-psyche, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Focus On: Sports Science and Medicine, Academic OneFile, Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection
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
- 2.05LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.56Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.76Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 104OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 832OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 151,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,965 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 87 | 24 | 18 |
| 2025 | 53 | 16 | 122 |
| 2024 | 37 | 17 | 185 |
| 2023 | 37 | 12 | 187 |
| 2022 | 22 | 6 | 219 |
| 2021 | 26 | 6 | 325 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
67 daysfirst decision after review · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 24%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 64 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 67 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Quest is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of you…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Rigorous peer review for every open access article Model summary
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1963
- ISSN
- 0033-6297
- Electronic ISSN
- 1543-2750
- Society / sponsor
- National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 78, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Quest
What CAS zone is Quest in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Quest is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Sport Sciences / Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Quest?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.05; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 104.
How long does peer review take at Quest?
The publisher reports about 67 days (first decision after review); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “24%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16%. 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 Quest in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Education.
Which databases index Quest?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Quest is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, CAB Abstracts, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Quest open access, and what is the APC?
Quest is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .