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Journal of Sports Economics

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1527-0025eISSN1552-7794

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.775

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.561

Total Worksi

1,092

Total Citationsi

26,247

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Sports Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyBimonthly, 2007-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,092

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-0025 / 1552-7794

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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

591

2019

612

2020

681

2021

428

2022

195

2023

144

2024

2025

2026

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1

Sports ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsHospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Sports Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports Analytics and PerformanceSports, Gender, and SocietySport and Mega-Event ImpactsGambling Behavior and TreatmentsExperimental Behavioral Economics StudiesConsumer Market Behavior and PricingEconomic and Environmental ValuationAmerican Sports and LiteratureLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsDoping in Sports

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Sports Economics

Is Journal of Sports Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Sports Economics: 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 Journal of Sports Economics?

Journal of Sports Economics 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 1.47.

Is Journal of Sports Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Sports Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Sports Economics?