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European Journal for Sport and Society

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN2380-5919

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.69

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.437

Total Worksi

504

Total Citationsi

6,241

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism; Sociology and Political Science; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications504

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

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?

2380-5919

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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

493

2019

639

2020

638

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 ScienceQ1

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSports, Gender, and SocietyPhysical Education and PedagogySports Analytics and PerformanceMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsSport Psychology and PerformanceNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringDoping in SportsYouth Development and Social SupportHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about European Journal for Sport and Society

Is European Journal for Sport and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Journal for Sport and Society: 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 European Journal for Sport and Society?

European Journal for Sport and Society 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 1.35.

Is European Journal for Sport and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Journal for Sport and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of European Journal for Sport and Society?