About the Journal

About the Journal

The Sport and Tourism Central European Journal (STCEJ) is an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary academic journal published by Jan Dlugosz University Publishing House. The Journal covers research in sport, physical activity, health, physical culture, tourism, and recreation and welcomes contributions from researchers worldwide.

Detailed information on the thematic profile of the Journal is available in Aims and Scope .

Journal information

Publisher: Jan Dlugosz University Publishing House

Publication frequency: Quarterly

Publication language: Primarily English

Peer review: Double-blind; at least two independent reviewers

Open access: Immediate

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Author fees: None

p-ISSN: 2545-3211
e-ISSN: 2657-4322

Journal metrics and evaluation

Polish Ministry of Science evaluation: 40 points (list dated January 5, 2024)

Scopus CiteScore: 1.0

Median time from submission to acceptance in the current issue: 127 days

Mean time from submission to acceptance in the current issue: 143 days

Brief history

The Journal has been published continuously since 1997.

  • Since 2018: Sport and Tourism Central European Journal (ISSN 2545-3211)
  • 2005–2018: Research Papers of the Jan Dlugosz University of Częstochowa – Physical Culture Studies and Research (ISSN 1895-8680)
  • 1997–2004: Research Papers. Physical Culture (ISSN 1505-4241)

Abstracting and indexing

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Digital preservation

The journal participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), which provides distributed long-term preservation of published journal content using LOCKSS-based preservation infrastructure.