About This Journal
Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity (Balt J Health Phys Act), published by Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport (Poland), was launched – as a yearbook in print - in 1994. The journal has undergone many significant changes since then, and now it is a peer-reviewed high-quality online quarterly journal. The journal is published quarterly (March, June, September, December issues). The only version of the journal is an online version.
The topics of articles published in Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity cover a wide spectrum of issues related to physical education, health sciences, human physiology, sports medicine, sports and recreation, sports theory, and public health. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must contain novel data from theoretical and experimental research or be of practical application in the field of sport and health sciences.
Members of the Scientific Board include international specialists, representing various fields of studies, which guarantees a peer review process and a high scientific level of the journal.
Manuscripts are considered for publication on condition that they are submitted solely to this journal and, therefore, have not been and will not be published elsewhere, in part or in whole. Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity must receive in writing the exclusive assignment of the Copyright Agreement along with the manuscript submission.
To ensure the highest level of scientific and editorial ethics, the journal strives to follow the guidelines set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
In order to enhance our internationalization and competitiveness, the journal uses Elsevier’s Digital Commons editorial system for submitting, tracking and publishing manuscripts online.
Costs
The submission of the article itself is free of charge, although we charge a fee of EUR 250 (or its equivalent in PLN) for the publication of an article. Once the paper has been accepted for publication, authors will be informed about the details of payment via e-mail. The paper will be published provided that the appropriate fee has been credited to the pointed bank account.
This regulation enters into force on January 1, 2025 and applies to works submitted to the editorial system from January 1, 2025 inclusive.
Co-Financing
In the years 2022-2023 Gdansk University of Sport and Physical Education, the publisher of Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, was financially supported in the amount of 50 000 PLN by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science as part of the program named "the Development of Scientific Journals" (No. RCN/SP/0079/2021/1).
