Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Recreational Sports Journal
ISSN 1558-8661 · eISSN 1558-867X · SAGE
Recreational Sports Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Recreational Sports Journal 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 Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management, Sports, Gender, and Society and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, together about 40.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPsychology16%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences12.3%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences12%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychology6.6%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine4.2%
- Youth Development and Social SupportSocial Sciences3.5%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine3.4%
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 161OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,406 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5 | 17 |
| 2024 | 18 | 3 | 59 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5 | 68 |
| 2022 | 22 | 9 | 155 |
| 2021 | 14 | 3 | 113 |
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
- 1558-8661
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-867X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Recreational Sports Journal
What CAS zone is Recreational Sports Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Recreational Sports Journal 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.
Which databases index Recreational Sports Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Recreational Sports Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Recreational Sports Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Recreational Sports Journal 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, 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: .