Journal of Sport Psychology in Action

Journal of Sport Psychology in Action is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sport Psychology and Performance, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports and Youth Development and Social Support, together about 62.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The aim of the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action (JSPA) is to provide psychology practitioners involved in the sport industry with sound information that is immediately applicable to their work. It provides sport psychologists with useful and sensible informed guidance that will make a difference in the way they practice. The scope of JSPA is any information that assists sport psychology practitioners to better understand, assess, and intervene with clients (individuals, families, groups, organizations, community) in order to promote more effective functioning. In all sport settings, practitioners are likely to encounter a range of issues that require understanding of performance enhancement, health and well-being, clinical disorders, ethical guidelines and dilemmas, all forms of diversity, coaching and support, and so forth. Although the core audience of JSPA is psychologists and consultants practicing in the sport domain, we also wish to appeal to a range of other informed delivers and consumers, including students, trainee psychologists, educators and supervisors, sports scientists and medics, sports coaches and parents, performance directors and managers, the media, and athletes themselves. 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 online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. For descriptions of the types of manuscripts considered for publication in JSPA please consult the Editorial in Volume 13, Issue 2, page 71-77, entitled “ Current Reflections on Publishing in the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action”. Prospective authors should note that original research studies or reviews of theory and/or research will not be considered for publication. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Editor-in-chief Robert J. SchinkePublisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United Kingdom 6, Canada 4, United States 2, Mainland China 1, Hong Kong, China 1 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

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

PsycINFOPublisher website

Other: OCLC, EBSCOhost - SPORTDiscus with Full Text - TOC Premier

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.

Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

4.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

4.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.56LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.56Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SNIP 2026-06

0.91LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.91Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

38OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

159OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.03OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

29.2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

19.75%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

29LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

126,000Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

Figures by source

Acceptance rate (publisher)

14%Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to first decision

1 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

48 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

2152-0704

Electronic ISSN

2152-0712

Society / sponsor

Association for Applied Sport Psychology

Latest issue on the website

Volume 17, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website