Journal profile · HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Sport Business and Management-An International Journal
ISSN 2042-678X · eISSN 2042-6798 · Emerald
Sport Business and Management-An International Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 53 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sport Business and Management-An International Journal is published by Emerald and is in Zone 3 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 63% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences23.1%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences22.2%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance17.7%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences3.9%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.1%
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology2.7%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| 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.
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
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 227OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 549 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 9 | 30 |
| 2025 | 53 | 14 | 136 |
| 2024 | 25 | 5 | 66 |
| 2023 | 43 | 8 | 336 |
| 2022 | 28 | 13 | 231 |
| 2021 | 41 | 9 | 569 |
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 2042-678X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2042-6798
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sport Business and Management-An International Journal
What CAS zone is Sport Business and Management-An International Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sport Business and Management-An International Journal is in Zone 3 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.
Which databases index Sport Business and Management-An International Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sport Business and Management-An International Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Sport Business and Management-An International Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Sport Business and Management-An International Journal is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .