International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport

International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport is published by University of Wales Institute, Cardiff and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sports Performance and Training, Sports Analytics and Performance and Sports injuries and prevention, together about 63.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Aims and scopeJournal metrics Editorial board Aim The International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport aims to present current original research into sports performance. In so doing, the journal contributes to our general knowledge of sports performance making findings available to a wide audience of academics and practitioners. Scope The International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Centre for Performance Analysis, Cardiff School of Sport at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and in association with the International Society of Performance Analysis in Sport (ISPAS), ISPAS-Asia and the Spanish Association of Sports Performance Analysis (SASPA). The emphasis is on the analysis of actual performance in sport and exercise. Studies using observational methods, biomechanical analysis, self-report emanating from actual sports performance, qualitative observation and measurements such as heart rate response during actual sports performance are all within the scope of the journal. Laboratory studies of key techniques within sports are also of interest where such techniques are clearly important and cannot be analysed in detail during actual competition. Such techniques include tennis serves and golf swings. There may be other contributions that do not analyse sports performance at all that are within the scope of the journal. For example, interview studies or meta-analyses may lead to theoretical contributions explaining the nature of sports performance, tactics used and factors influencing performance. In addition to original research, review articles, clinical case studies, short communications/ technical reports are considered. Contributors wishing to clarify whether papers they are writing are within the scope of the journal are welcome to contact the Editors-in-Chief. The demand to have papers published in the journal makes it very competitive, and only papers with a genuine chance of being published can be reviewed. Authors should use the most recent issues of the journal to understand the required quality. Authors should ask themselves the following questions when preparing a paper. (a) Does the paper report on a substantive research exercise? If the data could be gathered and analysed over a single weekend, the authors should consider submitting the work for poster presentation at a conference. (b) Is the research sufficiently original? Does the paper make a contribution to our knowledge of som

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Editor-in-chief Carlos Lago PeñasPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 2, Spain 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q2 · 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

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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.

Impact

Impact factor

2.01LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.1Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.4Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

3.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

3.5Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.66LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.66Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

1.29LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.29Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

15LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

75OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

815OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.27OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

14.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

9.36%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

78LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

196,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

8%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

2 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

35 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

9 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

University of Wales Institute, Cardiff

Country or region

United Kingdom

Language

English

ISSN

2474-8668

Electronic ISSN

1474-8185

Latest issue on the website

Volume 26, Issue 4 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website