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Managing Sport and Leisure

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2375-0480

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.738

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.141

Total Worksi

632

Total Citationsi

6,954

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Managing Sport and Leisure provides a forum for communication between academics and practitioners of sport and leisure. The journal aims to be contemporary, integrated, and relevant to practitioner training.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 78 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications632

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2375-0480

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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

600

2019

117

3.3k

2020

759

2021

643

2022

356

2023

236

2024

180

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.

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Management

Scopus Categories

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSports, Gender, and SocietySports Analytics and PerformanceRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementSport Psychology and PerformanceNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsYouth Development and Social SupportConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationAdventure Sports and Sensation Seeking

Frequently asked questions about Managing Sport and Leisure

Is Managing Sport and Leisure a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Managing Sport and Leisure: 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 Managing Sport and Leisure?

Managing Sport and Leisure 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 1.38.

Is Managing Sport and Leisure indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Managing Sport and Leisure is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.