Journal profile · Sport Sciences
Journal of Sport Management
ISSN 0888-4773 · eISSN 1543-270X · Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1987
Journal of Sport Management: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.43; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 53 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Sport Management is published by Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. 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 61.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Sport Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences25.2%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences25.1%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences5.6%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology2.5%
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences2.4%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences2.4%
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 | Sport Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 4.43LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 119OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 898OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 19.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.82%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,541 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 11 | 16 |
| 2025 | 53 | 10 | 146 |
| 2024 | 39 | 12 | 198 |
| 2023 | 44 | 15 | 473 |
| 2022 | 32 | 15 | 631 |
| 2021 | 121 | 15 | 939 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
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
- Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1987
- ISSN
- 0888-4773
- Electronic ISSN
- 1543-270X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Sport Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Sport Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Sport Management is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Sport Sciences / Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Sport Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.43; CiteScore 7.1, h-index 119.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Sport Management?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Sport Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Sport Management is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Sport Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Sport Management 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .