Home›Search›Sports Psychiatry

Sports Psychiatry

Hogrefe Publishing GmbH · Germany · Est. 2016

ISSN2674-0052

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.477

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

141

Total Citationsi

493

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Sports Psychiatry publishes original research articles, reviews, meta-analyses, consensus statements, brief reports, editorials, and letters to the editor. The journal covers sports psychiatry, exercise psychiatry, mental disorders diagnosis, therapy for mental disorders, mental disorders prevention, and sports medicine.

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

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications141

Publisher OrgHogrefe Verlag

OA Since2021

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Hogrefe Publishing GmbH

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2674-0052

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

2016

210

2022

148

2023

110

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.

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sport Psychology and PerformanceSports injuries and preventionPhysical Activity and HealthCardiovascular Effects of ExerciseTraumatic Brain Injury ResearchPsychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsEating Disorders and BehaviorsBehavioral Health and InterventionsSports Performance and Training

Frequently asked questions about Sports Psychiatry

Is Sports Psychiatry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sports Psychiatry: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Sports Psychiatry?

Sports Psychiatry is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.477.

Is Sports Psychiatry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sports Psychiatry is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.