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SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1993

ISSN2162-4097

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.333

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.416

Total Worksi

573

Total Citationsi

2,012

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology and Political Science; Education; Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 7 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications573

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2162-4097

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

117

2019

292

2020

2021

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

EducationQ3

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSociology and Political ScienceEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementSport and Mega-Event ImpactsSports, Gender, and SocietyOnline and Blended LearningEducational Games and GamificationDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesManagement and Marketing EducationOutdoor and Experiential EducationEvaluation of Teaching PracticesHigher Education Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education

Is SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education a predatory journal?

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What is the impact factor of SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education?

SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.333.

Is SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education?