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Journal of Sports Analytics

SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2215-020XeISSN2215-0218

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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 ↗

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

225

Total Citationsi

1,495

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Recreation. Leisure: Sports. Topics: sports analytics, game evaluation, player evaluation, game strategies, sports psychology

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications225

Publisher OrgIOS Press

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2215-020X / 2215-0218

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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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

123

2019

242

2020

185

2021

119

2022

107

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & TourismSocial Sciences, Mathematical MethodsSport Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports Analytics and PerformanceSports Performance and TrainingSports Dynamics and BiomechanicsSports, Gender, and SocietySport Psychology and PerformanceSport and Mega-Event ImpactsSports injuries and preventionConsumer Market Behavior and PricingForest ecology and managementGambling Behavior and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Sports Analytics

Is Journal of Sports Analytics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Sports Analytics: it is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ, 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 Analytics?

Journal of Sports Analytics 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 0.97.

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

Journal of Sports Analytics is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ.

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