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Journal of Park and Recreation Administration

Sagamore Publishing LLC · United States · Est. 1981

ISSN2160-6862

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.282

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.413

Total Worksi

1,321

Total Citationsi

15,434

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Urban Studies; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,321

Publisher OrgSagamore-Venture 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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sagamore Publishing LLC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2160-6862

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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

571

2019

208

2020

2021

165

2022

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Urban StudiesQ2

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ3

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesTourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Nature and Landscape Conservation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementEconomic and Environmental ValuationUrban Green Space and HealthDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSport and Mega-Event ImpactsYouth Development and Social SupportUrban Transport and AccessibilityDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsPlace Attachment and Urban Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Park and Recreation Administration

Is Journal of Park and Recreation Administration a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Park and Recreation Administration: 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 Park and Recreation Administration?

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 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 0.41.

Is Journal of Park and Recreation Administration indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Park and Recreation Administration?