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Journal of Sports Economics
ISSN 1527-0025 · eISSN 1552-7794 · SAGE
Journal of Sports Economics: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.68; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Sports Economics is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sports Analytics and Performance, Sports, Gender, and Society and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, together about 70.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance34.6%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences19.4%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences16.5%
- Gambling Behavior and TreatmentsPsychology5%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences4%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting3%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.2%
- American Sports and LiteratureArts and Humanities2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.68LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 603OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,098 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | 36 | 21 | 43 |
| 2024 | 41 | 19 | 146 |
| 2023 | 35 | 12 | 196 |
| 2022 | 42 | 17 | 426 |
| 2021 | 47 | 14 | 688 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1527-0025
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-7794
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Sports Economics
What CAS zone is Journal of Sports Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Sports Economics is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics / Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Sports Economics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.68; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 82.
Which databases index Journal of Sports Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Sports Economics is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Sports Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Sports Economics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .