Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Materiales para la Historia del Deporte
ISSN 2340-7166 · Universidad Politécnica de Madrid · Spain
Materiales para la Historia del Deporte: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Materiales para la Historia del Deporte is published by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid 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 and Physical Education Studies, Sports, Gender, and Society and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, together about 54.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La revista Materiales para la Historia del Deporte nace en 2003 fruto de las tareas de coordinación inspiradas por la Asociación Andaluza de Historia del Deporte y gracias a la inestimable colaboración del Instituto Andaluz del Deporte. Después de su paso por la Universidad Pablo de Olavide, desde septiembre de 2019 forma parte del catálogo de revistas de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, siendo el Grupo de Investigación “Estudios Sociales y Humanistas en Actividad Física y Deporte” de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF), el responsable de su explotación y difusión. Materiales para la Historia del Deporte es una revista semestral, indizada y revisada por pares, que aglutina estudios e investigaciones relacionados con los orígenes y la evolución de las actividades físicas, así como de las ciencias sociales y humanidades vinculados con el deporte en general, con el fin primordial de favorecer su difusión en la comunidad científica.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 2, Portugal 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports and Physical Education StudiesSocial Sciences30.5%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences12.7%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences11.7%
- Physical Education and Sports StudiesSocial Sciences9.5%
- Doping in SportsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Physical Education and PedagogyHealth Professions4.5%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.9%
- Physical education and sports games researchPsychology2.7%
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 | 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 | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 90.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 319 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 2 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 9 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 4 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–300 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted2
- recensionesMateriales admite la publicación de: Trabajos originales RecensionesLength not stated
- trabajos originalesMateriales admite la publicación de: Trabajos originales RecensionesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Model summary
Esta obra está bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivar 4.0 Internacional
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
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2340-7166
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Materiales para la Historia del Deporte
What CAS zone is Materiales para la Historia del Deporte in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Materiales para la Historia del Deporte is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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.
How long does peer review take at Materiales para la Historia del Deporte?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Materiales para la Historia del Deporte?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–300 words; Keywords: 3–5; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Materiales para la Historia del Deporte based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (2) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Materiales para la Historia del Deporte?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Materiales para la Historia del Deporte is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Materiales para la Historia del Deporte open access, and what is the APC?
Materiales para la Historia del Deporte 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .