Performance Enhancement and Health

Aims & Scope

Performance Enhancement & Health is an international, peer-reviewed journal that that critically explores the health and social implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological, technological, and other enhancements of the human being.

This multi-disciplinary journal examines the implications of performance enhancement on the human condition.

Performance enhancement may be linked to productivity, identity, social capital or pleasure, while health is envisaged broadly as absence of disease, optimal functioning, and overall wellbeing.

Performance Enhancement & Health welcomes papers, in English, on topics including, but not restricted to, the following: • Human enhancement drugs, novel psychoactive substances, traditional drugs, and doping • Sport, exercise and fitness • Body shape and image, and bodily functions • Workplace and school performance • Quality of life, (anti-)aging, and lifestyle • Cosmetic surgery • Artistic expression • Health technology, digitalisation and virtual reality • Cyborgs and cyber-humans • Dietary practice, nutrition and ergogenic aids • Disability and prosthetics • Fatigue and injury prevention • Sex reassignment surgery and sexual function

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	27

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7802

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	229

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.722

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• The effect of ego depletion or mental fatigue on subsequent physical endurance performance: A meta-analysis

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Louis-Solal, Wanja

• The developmental features of music performance anxiety and perfectionism in school age music students

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Tim, Margaret S.

• To dope or not to dope: Elite athletes’ perceptions of doping deterrents and incentives

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Marie, Mette Lykke, Gertrud

• Predicting adoption and maintenance of physical activity in the context of dual-process theories

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Tilo, Chris, Darko, Ines

• The supply of steroids and other performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs) in one English city: Fakes, counterfeits, supplier trust, common beliefs and access

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Ross, Adele, Gisella Hanley, Michael, Wiebke, Clare

• Post-cycle therapy for performance and image enhancing drug users: A qualitative investigation

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Scott, Richard, Fiona H., Matthew

• Substance use to enhance academic performance among Australian university students

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Jason, Matthew, James, Mai-Lee

• The doping mindset—Part I: Implications of the Functional Use Theory on mental representations of doping

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Andrea

• A qualitative study of the motivations for anabolic-androgenic steroid use: The role of muscle dysmorphia and self-esteem in long-term users

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Charlotte W., Clare

• Understanding harm reduction perspectives of performance and image enhancing drug consumers and health care providers

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Timothy M, Leanne M, Katherine M, Patricia L, Matthew

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