Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine (JPFSM) is an Open Access journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles on modern physical fitness and sports medicine.

Our scope encompasses a wide range of topics, including physical fitness, sports medicine, exercise physiology and metabolism, muscle biology, biomechanics, bone homeostasis, training sciences, aging and stress responses, health sciences, circadian biology, rehabilitation, and other interdisciplinary sciences.

As the official peer-reviewed journal of the Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, JPFSM serves as a leading platform for the physical fitness and sports medicine community, particularly in Asia.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Google Scholar

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Health Professions and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

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APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Health Professions and Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 40,000.00 JPY. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Motor imagery and sport performance

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Nobuaki, Hiroki, Yusuke, Kazuyuki

• Group exercise for adults and elderly: Determinants of participation in group exercise and its associations with health outcome

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Satoru, Tomoko, Shigeru

• Aging and thermoregulation

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Manabu, Kazunobu, Yoshimitsu

• Training-induced changes in architecture of human skeletal muscles: Current evidence and unresolved issues

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Ryoichi, Ryota, Taku, Yasuo

• Effect of exercise on HIF-1 and VEGF signaling

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Hideki, Ken, Takuya, Junetsu, Yoshikazu, Shogo, Kazuhiko, Hitoshi, Takako

• Epidemiology of sarcopenia in elderly Japanese

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Atsumu, Fujiko, Rei, Yasumoto, Atsushi, Hiroshi

• Sex-differences in age-related grip strength decline: A 10-year longitudinal study of community-living middle-aged and older Japanese

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Rumi, Fujiko, Heung Youl, Atsumu, Rei, Hiroshi

• Regular exercise history as a predictor of exercise in community-dwelling older Japanese people

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Rumi, Fujiko, Heung Youl, Taina, Hiroshi

• An optimal protocol for dynamic stretching to improve explosive performance

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Taichi, Kojiro

• Cardiolocomotor phase synchronization during rhythmic exercise

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Kyuichi, Tadashi