Journal profile · HISTORY
Sport History Review
ISSN 1087-1659 · eISSN 1543-2947 · Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
Sport History Review: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 22 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sport History Review is published by Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. and is in Zone 4 of History 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 American Sports and Literature, together about 64.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences30.6%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences23.1%
- American Sports and LiteratureArts and Humanities10.8%
- Canadian Identity and HistorySocial Sciences5.6%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Doping in SportsSocial Sciences3.1%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities2.1%
- Sports and Physical Education StudiesSocial Sciences2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 67OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 850 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6 | 19 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 27 | 11 | 30 |
| 2021 | 28 | 8 | 32 |
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
- Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
- ISSN
- 1087-1659
- Electronic ISSN
- 1543-2947
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sport History Review
What CAS zone is Sport History Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sport History Review is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Sport History Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sport History Review is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Sport History Review open access, and what is the APC?
Sport History Review 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: .