Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing
ISSN 1475-8962 · eISSN 1740-2808 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing: subscription journal; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sports, Gender, and Society, Physical Education and Sports Studies and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, together about 46.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences17.3%
- Physical Education and Sports StudiesSocial Sciences16%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting13.2%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences11.3%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.6%
- Marketing and Advertising StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences5%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business and International Management | Q4 | 375/456 | 17th |
| Strategy and Management | Q4 | 424/506 | 16th |
| Management Science and Operations Research | Q4 | 194/225 | 14th |
| Marketing | Q4 | 192/221 | 13th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 184OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 650 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 297 |
| 2025 | 21 | 3 | 437 |
| 2024 | 27 | 3 | 405 |
| 2023 | 59 | 5 | 526 |
| 2022 | 38 | 7 | 504 |
| 2021 | 31 | 5 | 567 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 1475-8962
- Electronic ISSN
- 1740-2808
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing
Which databases index International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing is indexed in Scopus.
Is International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .