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International Journal of Sport Communication

Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1936-3907

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.654

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.928

Total Worksi

829

Total Citationsi

11,663

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Business and International Management; Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications829

Publisher OrgHuman Kinetics

Visit Journal Website

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?

Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1936-3907

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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

426

2019

2020

208

2021

450

2022

445

2023

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.

CommunicationQ1

Business and International ManagementQ2

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementBusiness and International ManagementCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports, Gender, and SocietySport and Mega-Event ImpactsSports Analytics and PerformanceDigital Games and MediaMedia Studies and CommunicationMedia Influence and HealthPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationImpact of Technology on AdolescentsConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationDigital Marketing and Social Media

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Sport Communication

Is International Journal of Sport Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Sport Communication: 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 Journal of Sport Communication?

International Journal of Sport Communication 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 0.98.

Is International Journal of Sport Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Sport Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Sport Communication?