Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Soccer & Society
ISSN 1466-0970 · eISSN 1743-9590 · Taylor & Francis
Soccer & Society: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 80 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 28% (journal website); 125 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Soccer & Society is published by Taylor & Francis 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, Gender, and Society, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts and Sports Analytics and Performance, together about 77.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Soccer, the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, is a game where humanity comes alive with one goal. But beyond its obvious entertainment aspect, the game has become a major social phenomenon since the late nineteenth century. Through the social prism of soccer, scholars across the world have tended to understand various aspects of life - politics, culture, economy, religion, aesthetics, media, tourism, and so on. Soccer & Society, the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world, covering all aspects of soccer impacting society from a wide array of perspectives - anthropological, cultural, historical, sociological, political, economic and aesthetic. It intends to serve as an inter-disciplinary forum to respond to the ever-growing relationship between soccer and various significant areas of modern life. The journal intends to become truly international in terms of content, perspective and space. It is committed to encouraging original empirical research from scholars across the world. Peer Review Policy Soccer & Society is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge. All manuscript submissions 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. You can submit to the journal by clicking here.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, India 2, Ireland 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences34.1%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences30.3%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.1%
- Physical Education and PedagogyHealth Professions2.6%
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences2.3%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology2.1%
- Sports and Physical Education StudiesSocial Sciences1.7%
- Physical Education and Sports StudiesSocial Sciences1.7%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, EBSCOhost
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.51Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.01Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 603OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 113LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 268,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,760 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 33 | 17 |
| 2025 | 125 | 48 | 72 |
| 2024 | 82 | 34 | 162 |
| 2023 | 82 | 45 | 330 |
| 2022 | 88 | 34 | 626 |
| 2021 | 70 | 21 | 367 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
80 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 73 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 80 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Soccer & Society is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and reader…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Soccer & Society is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1466-0970
- Electronic ISSN
- 1743-9590
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 27, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Soccer & Society
What CAS zone is Soccer & Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Soccer & Society 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 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Soccer & Society?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 55.
How long does peer review take at Soccer & Society?
The publisher reports about 80 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Soccer & Society based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), India (2) and Ireland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Soccer & Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Soccer & Society is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Soccer & Society open access, and what is the APC?
Soccer & Society is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .