Journal profile · Social Sciences-Health (social science)
Journal of Intercollegiate Sport
ISSN 1941-6342 · eISSN 1941-417X · University of Kansas Libraries · United States
Journal of Intercollegiate Sport: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Intercollegiate Sport is published by University of Kansas Libraries. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Physical Education and Sports Studies, Sports, Gender, and Society and Sports Analytics and Performance, together about 60.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Intercollegiate Sport (JIS) provides an exciting forum for research specifically addressing sport in college and university settings. This interdisciplinary journal publishes articles from the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and professional fields, providing a complete look at all factors affecting intercollegiate sport. The research presented crosses traditional academic boundaries and challenges current views and practices while maintaining an informative rather than editorial focus. Published two to three times per year by the University of Kansas Libraries, JIS contains peer-reviewed research with both theoretical and practical significance. As such, the journal contributes to further research and understanding of intercollegiate athletics, as well as provides ideas on how to improve or change current policies and practices. There are no fees charged to publish in the Journal of Intercollegiate Sport.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Health (social science)
Editor-in-chief Matt HumlPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Physical Education and Sports StudiesSocial Sciences25.7%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences22.4%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology9.4%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences7.8%
- Sports and Physical Education StudiesSocial Sciences2.6%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychology1.9%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences1.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | Q3 | 290/387 | 25th |
| Decision Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 36/46 | 22nd |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | Q4 | 200/254 | 21st |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 102OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.96OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 386 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 193 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 272 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 247 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 295 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 268 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 317 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
1. License. You retain the copyright for your work. All articles in the Journal of Intercollegiate Sport are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-ND) License. You here by grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable license to: Reproduce, distribute and display the edited manuscript in t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the use or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Manuscripts undergo a double-anonymous peer review. The identities of the author and the reviewers are hidden from each other.
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
- University of Kansas Libraries
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1941-6342
- Electronic ISSN
- 1941-417X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Intercollegiate Sport
How long does peer review take at Journal of Intercollegiate Sport?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Intercollegiate Sport?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journal of Intercollegiate Sport?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Intercollegiate Sport is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Intercollegiate Sport open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Intercollegiate Sport is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .