Journal profile · Multiple
Sport Marketing Quarterly
ISSN 1061-6934 · eISSN 1557-2528 · FiT Publishing
Sport Marketing Quarterly: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.75; hybrid open access; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sport Marketing Quarterly is published by FiT Publishing 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 46.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences20.8%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences13.7%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.3%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting8.6%
- Geological Modeling and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences5.3%
- Geochemistry and Geologic MappingComputer Science5.2%
- Electrical and Electromagnetic ResearchPhysics and Astronomy3.8%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.1%
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 | Business | 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 | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.75LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 354OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 59.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,064 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 30 | 16 | 37 |
| 2024 | 34 | 14 | 84 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 134 |
| 2022 | 28 | 11 | 220 |
| 2021 | 34 | 16 | 294 |
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
- FiT Publishing
- ISSN
- 1061-6934
- Electronic ISSN
- 1557-2528
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sport Marketing Quarterly
What CAS zone is Sport Marketing Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sport Marketing Quarterly is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business / 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.
What is the impact factor of Sport Marketing Quarterly?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.75; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 70.
Which databases index Sport Marketing Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sport Marketing Quarterly is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Sport Marketing Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Sport Marketing Quarterly 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .