Journal profile · Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health
Sports Psychiatry
ISSN 2674-0052 · Hogrefe AG · Switzerland
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Sports Psychiatry: fully open access; APC about USD 2,200; review about 9 weeks (community reports); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sports Psychiatry is published by Hogrefe AG. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sport Psychology and Performance, Psychological Treatments and Assessments and COVID-19 and Mental Health, together about 51% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sports Psychiatry is an international, gold open access, single-blind peer reviewed journal providing a platform for advances in all aspects of sports psychiatry, including but not limited to the diagnosis, management, therapy, and prevention of mental disorders in competitive and popular sports, as well as to physical activity in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders. The journal aims to publish high-quality original research articles, reviews, meta-analyses, consensus statements, brief reports, editorials, and letters to the editor for a wide audience of professionals and researchers interested in the field of sports psychiatry. It is the first international scholarly journal in this field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health
Editor-in-chief Malte Christian ClaussenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sport Psychology and PerformancePsychology29%
- Psychological Treatments and AssessmentsPsychology12.7%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology9.2%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine7%
- Physical Education and Sports StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine4.5%
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine3.2%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q2 | 256/580 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher website
Other: SPORTDiscus, PsycArticles, SpoLit, PSYNDEX
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.3OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 142 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 179 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 158 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 116 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 57 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 37 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,200 / CHF 2,100 / EUR 1,950 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | USD 2,200 / CHF 2,100 / EUR 1,950 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,200 / CHF 2,100 / USD 1,650 / CHF 1,575 / USD 1,100 / EUR 975 / CHF 1,050 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted5
- case reportOriginal article, Review, Meta-analysis, Consensus statement, "Perspectives": US$ 2,200 / € 1.950 / CHF 2100Brief report, Case report: US$ 1,650 / € 1.462,50 / …Length not stated
- meta-analysisOriginal article, Review, Meta-analysis, Consensus statement, "Perspectives": US$ 2,200 / € 1.950 / CHF 2100Brief report, Case report: US$ 1,650 / € 1.462,50 / …Length not stated
- original articleOriginal article, Review, Meta-analysis, Consensus statement, "Perspectives": US$ 2,200 / € 1.950 / CHF 2100Brief report, Case report: US$ 1,650 / € 1.462,50 / …Length not stated
- perspectiveOriginal article, Review, Meta-analysis, Consensus statement, "Perspectives": US$ 2,200 / € 1.950 / CHF 2100Brief report, Case report: US$ 1,650 / € 1.462,50 / …Length not stated
- reviewOriginal article, Review, Meta-analysis, Consensus statement, "Perspectives": US$ 2,200 / € 1.950 / CHF 2100Brief report, Case report: US$ 1,650 / € 1.462,50 / …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright
- Publication ethics Publication ethics
It is important to the Hogrefe Publishing Group that our scientific journals and all the people involved adhere to the highest ethical standards. Please take a moment to review our guidelines on what this means for authors, editors, reviewers, and us as a publisher.Learn more
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons licenses (CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, or CC BY-NC-ND) apply to all articles. Model summary
All articles are published with a Creative Commons license (CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, or CC BY-NC-ND).
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.
Before you submit
Five checks before submitting to Sports Psychiatry
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Sport Psychology and Performance, Psychological Treatments and Assessments.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Author guidelines ↗
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4FeesUSD 2,200 (DOAJ), waivers availableFee details
- 5Expected review timeabout 9 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Hogrefe AG
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2674-0052
- Society / sponsor
- International Society for Sports Psychiatry and the Swiss Society for Sports Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sports Psychiatry
How long does peer review take at Sports Psychiatry?
Authors report an average review time of about 9 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Sports Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sports Psychiatry is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Sports Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
Sports Psychiatry is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, 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: .