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MHSaludopen access

Country

Costa Rica

Universities and research institutions in Costa Rica
Media Ranking in Costa Rica

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Universidad Nacional

Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in Scimago Institutions Rankings

SJR 2024

0.189 Q4

H-Index

6

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

1659097X

Coverage

2019-2024

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

revistamhsalud@una.ac.cr

Scope

Purpose: MHSalud Journal purpose is to disseminate scientific knowledge of quality generated in the field of Human Movement Sciences and Health through a digital, scientific, international, bilingual and multidisciplinary journal. Thematic coverage: The areas in which manuscripts will be received are all those related to the Human Movement and Health sciences such as, Physical Education, Promotion of Physical Health, Exercise Physiology, Motor Behavior, Sports Performance, Movement Medicine human, Physical Therapy, Nutrition and human movement, Psychology and human movement, Physical Activity, among others. Target audience: It is aimed at professionals in the Human Movement and Health Sciences and the general public. Language: The publication of articles is done in both Spanish and English. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Biophysics2020Q4
Biophysics2021Q4
Biophysics2022Q4
Biophysics2023Q4
Biophysics2024Q4
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine2020Q4
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine2021Q4
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine2022Q4
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine2023Q4
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine2024Q4
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation2020Q4
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation2021Q4
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation2022Q4
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation2023Q4
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation2024Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2020Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2021Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2022Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2023Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2024Q4
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20200.151
20210.141
20220.150
20230.168
20240.189
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
201910
202015
202116
202222
202325
202420
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.900
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.520
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.585
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.587
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20240.705
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.900
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.520
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.585
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.585
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20240.667
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.900
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.520
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.452
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20240.681
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20190
Self Cites20201
Self Cites20215
Self Cites20224
Self Cites20234
Self Cites20242
Total Cites20190
Total Cites20209
Total Cites202113
Total Cites202224
Total Cites202331
Total Cites202442
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20190
External Cites per document20200.800
External Cites per document20210.320
External Cites per document20220.488
External Cites per document20230.509
External Cites per document20240.635
Cites per document20190.000
Cites per document20200.900
Cites per document20210.520
Cites per document20220.585
Cites per document20230.585
Cites per document20240.667
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
201920.00
202026.67
202118.75
202231.82
202316.00
202440.00
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20190
Non-citable documents20200
Non-citable documents20210
Non-citable documents20220
Non-citable documents20230
Non-citable documents20240
Citable documents20190
Citable documents202010
Citable documents202125
Citable documents202241
Citable documents202353
Citable documents202463
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20190
Uncited documents20205
Uncited documents202117
Uncited documents202224
Uncited documents202334
Uncited documents202441
Cited documents20190
Cited documents20205
Cited documents20218
Cited documents202217
Cited documents202319
Cited documents202422
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
201935.29
202028.30
202130.77
202222.97
202328.21
202417.74
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20190
Overton20200
Overton20210
Overton20220
Overton20230
Overton20240
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20194
SDG20204
SDG20211
SDG20224
SDG20238
SDG20244
Estimated APC

It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality.

YearEst. APC (USD)
2019
20202349
20212335
20222339
20232354
20242374
Estimated financial value

It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output.

YearEst. value (USD)
2019
202035240
202172378
2022123951
2023183582
2024232651
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