Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
European Sport Management Quarterly
ISSN 1618-4742 · eISSN 1746-031X · Taylor & Francis
European Sport Management Quarterly: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.07; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 299 days to acceptance (82 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Sport Management Quarterly is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 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 Sports Analytics and Performance, together about 64% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
In the Association of Business Schools’ Academic Journal Guide 2021 (1,698 business and management journals), ESMQ was rated as 3 – an indicator of 'original and well executed research'. Based on citation scores and the judgements of leading researchers, ESMQ has the distinction of being the highest rated sport management journal in the ranking. European Sport Management Quarterly (ESMQ) is the official journal of the European Association for Sport Management, and is listed in Clarivate Analytics' Journal Citation Reports®. It has an international reputation for publishing high quality articles that contribute to our understanding of sport management and organizations at all levels. The journal is committed to publishing research that advances theory and its application to all aspects of sport management, including the management and governance of sport bodies in the public, voluntary and commercial sectors. ESMQ welcomes high quality original investigations that contribute new knowledge to the field of sport management through theoretical development, critical reflection and review, and empirical application drawing on qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods. The journal welcomes high quality papers that are relevant to any global context. We welcome review articles that critically synthesize and appraise evidence, or advance the conceptual understanding in emerging and established areas of sport management (see author guidelines). Peer review statement Peer review is ‘double blind’. Two reviews are sought, with reviewers providing commentary / feedback to the author(s); together with information confidential to the Editor and Editorial Administrator (and where required the Associate Editor), consisting of an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the submission on 6 criteria and a recommendation in terms of the decision for publication, revision and resubmission, or rejection. The decision to publish, require amendments or reject is based on the recommendations of the reviewers with the Editor adjudicating if a consensus has not been reached. “As founder of the first sport management department in Europe, Co-founder of EASM, Founder and first director of the MEMOS (Executive Masters in Sport Organisation Management) the reference education programme for the International Olympic Committee and National Olympic Committees worldwide, I consider the European Sport Management Quarterly as an indispensible tool for transdisciplinary understanding of
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Editor-in-chief Kathy BabiakPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 2, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences26.8%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences23.8%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.3%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences6.6%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPsychology2.7%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology2.5%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| 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 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- 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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePsycINFOCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, CABI, EBSCOhost, Ovid, Thomson Reuters
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
- 3.07LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 10.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.45LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.45Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 615OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 403,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 948 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 2025 | 46 | 27 | 105 |
| 2024 | 38 | 20 | 239 |
| 2023 | 46 | 26 | 505 |
| 2022 | 56 | 29 | 1,236 |
| 2021 | 75 | 39 | 1,677 |
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
299 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 244 days – 405 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 338 days
- Sample
- 82 articles with submission and acceptance dates (90 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)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 41 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 41 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 20 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 accepted2
- original researchESMQ welcomes high quality original investigations that contribute new knowledge to the field of sport management through theoretical development, critical refl…Length not stated
- review articleWe welcome review articles that critically synthesize and appraise evidence, or advance the conceptual understanding in emerging and established areas of sport …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal Model summary
European Sport Management Quarterly 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 discove…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review statement
Peer review is ‘double blind’. Two reviews are sought, with reviewers providing commentary / feedback to the author(s); together with information confidential to the Editor and Editorial Administrator (and where required the Associate Editor), consisting of an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the submission on 6 criteria and a recommendation in terms of the decision for publication, r…
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
- 1618-4742
- Electronic ISSN
- 1746-031X
- Society / sponsor
- European Association for Sport Management
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Sport Management Quarterly
What CAS zone is European Sport Management Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Sport Management Quarterly is in Zone 2 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 Sport Management Quarterly?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.07; CiteScore 10.6, h-index 82.
How long does peer review take at European Sport Management Quarterly?
Based on the dates recorded on 82 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 299 days (interquartile range 244–405 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (2025). 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.
What JCR quartile is European Sport Management Quarterly in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Management.
Where are the editorial board members of European Sport Management Quarterly based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2), United Kingdom (1) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Sport Management Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Sport Management Quarterly is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PsycINFO and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Sport Management Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
European Sport Management Quarterly 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .