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International Sports Studies

INT SOC COMPARATIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT · Spain · Est. 1999

ISSN1443-0770eISSN1443-0770

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.127

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.096

Total Worksi

157

Total Citationsi

318

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism; Applied Psychology; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications157

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

INT SOC COMPARATIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1443-0770 / 1443-0770

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Applied PsychologyQ4

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Physical Education and PedagogySports, Gender, and SocietySport and Mega-Event ImpactsMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsInclusion and Disability in Education and SportSport Psychology and PerformanceSports Analytics and PerformanceSports and Physical Education ResearchChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentSports injuries and prevention

Frequently asked questions about International Sports Studies

Is International Sports Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Sports Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of International Sports Studies?

International Sports Studies is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.32.

Is International Sports Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Sports Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Sports Studies?