Journal of Physical Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the State University of Maringá (Brazil). Established in 1989, it publishes original research articles, review papers, book reviews, interviews, and documents related to physical education, sport, leisure, health, and education. The journal is edited by the Department of Physical Education at the State University of Maringá.
Aims and scope The journal disseminates research in the field of physical education, seeking to promote the development of academic and professional knowledge in related areas.
History The journal was discussed in 1988 and launched in 1989 within the Department of Physical Education at the State University of Maringá. It circulated in print from 1989 to 2006 and, in 2007, also moved online using the SEER/OJS platform. In 2007 it also became affiliated with the newly created joint graduate program in Physical Education (UEL–UEM). In 2008 it adopted DOIs for its publications, one of the first Brazilian journals in the field to do so.
Open access and policies The journal is open access under a Creative Commons CC BY license and adopts policies aligned with open science, including acceptance of preprints, encouragement to share data, code and materials in open repositories, citation of datasets, and optional open peer review by agreement of the parties.
Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
Scopus (Source ID 21100812853). SciELO.
It is listed in:
DOAJ. OpenAlex (Source ID S4210198785).
References
External links
State University of Maringá Wiki Projects Hub at Wikiversity (in Portuguese) State University of Maringá Wiki Projects Hub at Wikiversity (in English) UEM Journals Portal project page at Wikiversity (in Portuguese) UEM Journals Portal project page at Wikiversity (in English) Journal of Physical Education project page at Wikiversity (in Portuguese) Journal of Physical Education project page at Wikiversity (in English) Wikimedia Commons category Official website Online archive SciELO page DOAJ entry See also List of education journals – Physical education
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