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Journal of Global Sport Management
ISSN 2470-4067 · eISSN 2470-4075 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Global Sport Management: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 320 days to acceptance (41 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Global Sport Management 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 Sports Analytics and Performance, together about 64.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Global Sport Management (JGSM) aims to be the global platform for focused, rigorous, and interdisciplinary research that has originality, depth, and clarify of insights into significant issues and developments of interest to sport management. Its main objectives: to advance research; to enhance practice; and to facilitate good policy-making decisions. Scope of Research and Topics The JGSM will publish peer-reviewed conceptual and empirical papers with a theoretical foundation, and cases of original works. Typically, theory-driven empirical studies are considered by JGSM, but conceptual and theoretical papers are also considered when they have clear contributions to advancing out theoretical/conceptual understanding of sport management issues; for example, building new theories and proposing propositions, but a simple review of literature is not normally considered. The JGSM covers a wide range of topics including the following topical areas: sport organization and governance; sport marketing; sport media and communication; sport human resource management; sport policy; legal issues in sport management; sport consumer psychology; sport event and tourism; sport development; and sport, culture, and management sport economics and finance Contributors and Readership: Contributors of articles typically come from academic backgrounds. However, the articles are written in an accessible style to benefit both scholars and practitioners; also, manuscripts are to be received and accepted from every corner of the world to reach the global readership. Peer Review Policy: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymized and submission is via ScholarOne Manuscripts. STAR: Taylor & Francis/Routledge are committed to the widest possible dissemination of its journals to non-profit institutions in developing countries. Our STAR initiative offers individual researchers in Africa, South Asia and many parts of South East Asia the opportunity to gain one month’s free online access to 1,300 Taylor & Francis journals. For more information, please visit the STAR website.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management
Editor-in-chief Kihan KimPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Korea 4, United Kingdom 2, United States 1, Canada 1, Netherlands 1 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences26.5%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences25.2%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.1%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences3.2%
- Doping in SportsSocial Sciences3%
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences2.7%
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPsychology2.2%
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 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, OCLC, Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC), OCLC Exlibris, SportDiscus with Full Text (EBSCO), Korean Citation Index (KCI)Publisher website
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
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.79Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 84,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 322 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 21 | 9 | 22 |
| 2024 | 28 | 8 | 104 |
| 2023 | 21 | 6 | 125 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5 | 152 |
| 2021 | 49 | 16 | 708 |
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
320 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 271 days – 363 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 46 days (41 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 373 days
- Sample
- 41 articles with submission and acceptance dates (46 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 ·
- Submission to first decision
- 132 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 133 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 48 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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- simple review of literature
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- research articlehe Case of Babar Azam Ali Hasaan et al. Research Article | Published online: 29 Jun 2026 Word-of-Mouth Rave When the League Brand Is Cool: Roles of Percemain text ≤ 2,026 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal (Taylor & Francis Open Select). Model summary
Journal of Global Sport Management 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 discover…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review; submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All peer review is double-anonymized and submission is via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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
- 2470-4067
- Electronic ISSN
- 2470-4075
- Society / sponsor
- GAMMA and the Institute of Sport Science in Seoul National University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Global Sport Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Global Sport Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Global Sport Management is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism / Management. 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 Journal of Global Sport Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 28.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Global Sport Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 41 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 320 days (interquartile range 271–363 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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 Journal of Global Sport Management based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (4), United Kingdom (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Global Sport Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Global Sport Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Global Sport Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Global Sport Management 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: .