Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
European Journal for Sport and Society
ISSN 1613-8171 · eISSN 2380-5919 · Taylor & Francis
European Journal for Sport and Society: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 329 days to acceptance (48 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal for Sport and Society is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Sports, Gender, and Society and Physical Education and Pedagogy, together about 57.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The most important function of a sport sociological journal like the European Journal for Sport and Society (EJSS) is to enable an international discussion about current socio-cultural and sociological issues in sport, and to foster collaboration between researchers from the sociology of sport and related academic sub-disciplines. The EJSS is therefore a platform for multi-thematic reflections from a broad variety of topic areas, using a wide range of theoretical approaches and empirical methods. The EJSS is open for articles which focus particularly upon sport, physical education, and exercise. However, papers that focus upon recreation, and/ or upon embodied movement cultures are also welcome. The journal welcomes sociological approaches to understanding sport, as well as papers from socio-psychological, political and economic perspectives that emphasize the socio-cultural significance of sport in all its guises. Peer Review Policy The European Journal for Sport and Society is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to social scientific knowledge from across the world. The EJSS contains various forms of contribution: articles (7,000-8,500 words), reports (2,000-3,000 words), study reports (up to 6,000 words), conference reports (up to 2,000 words) and book reviews (up to 2,000 words). All peer review is double anonymized.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Editor-in-chief Anne TjønndalPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Norway 3, Germany 1, Netherlands 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences27.3%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences23.7%
- Physical Education and PedagogyHealth Professions6.3%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychology4.3%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology3.9%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences3.3%
- Doping in SportsSocial Sciences2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, OCLC - PsychFIRST, ProQuest - Professional
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.69Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.51Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 183OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 113,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 518 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 16 | 1 |
| 2025 | 26 | 16 | 37 |
| 2024 | 21 | 17 | 80 |
| 2023 | 19 | 9 | 66 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6 | 94 |
| 2021 | 37 | 14 | 646 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
329 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 224 days – 392 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (48 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 345 days
- Sample
- 48 articles with submission and acceptance dates (51 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 210 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- articlesThe EJSS contains various forms of contribution: articles (7,000-8,500 words), reports (2,000-3,000 words), study reports (up to 6,000 words), conference report…Length not stated
- book reviewference reports (up to 2,000 words) and book reviews (up to 2,000 words). All peer review is double anonymized. Journal metrics Usamain text ≤ 2,000 words
- book reviewsThe EJSS contains various forms of contribution: articles (7,000-8,500 words), reports (2,000-3,000 words), study reports (up to 6,000 words), conference report…Length not stated
- conference reportds), study reports (up to 6,000 words), conference reports (up to 2,000 words) and book reviews (up to 2,000 words). All peer review is dmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- conference reportsThe EJSS contains various forms of contribution: articles (7,000-8,500 words), reports (2,000-3,000 words), study reports (up to 6,000 words), conference report…Length not stated
- reportsThe EJSS contains various forms of contribution: articles (7,000-8,500 words), reports (2,000-3,000 words), study reports (up to 6,000 words), conference report…Length not stated
- study reportsThe EJSS contains various forms of contribution: articles (7,000-8,500 words), reports (2,000-3,000 words), study reports (up to 6,000 words), conference report…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
European Journal for Sport and Society is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the disc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
The European Journal for Sport and Society is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to social scientific knowledge from across the world. The EJSS contains various forms of contribution: articles (7,000-8,500 words), reports (2,000-3,000 words), study reports (up to 6,000 words), conference reports (up to 2,000 words) and book reviews (up to 2,000 w…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1613-8171
- Electronic ISSN
- 2380-5919
- Society / sponsor
- European Association for the Sociology of Sport
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Journal for Sport and Society
What CAS zone is European Journal for Sport and Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Journal for Sport and Society is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Journal for Sport and Society?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.2, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at European Journal for Sport and Society?
Based on the dates recorded on 48 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 329 days (interquartile range 224–392 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of European Journal for Sport and Society based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Norway (3), Germany (1) and Netherlands (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Journal for Sport and Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal for Sport and Society is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Journal for Sport and Society open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal for Sport and Society is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .