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Sporting Heritage: Theory and Practice
Volume 43, Issue 3, 2023 pages 267-386
BSSH 40th anniversary: reflecting on the past, present and future of the British Society of Sports History
Volume 42, Issue 4, 2022 pages 439-569
Racism, protest and the antecedents of the Black Lives Matter movement in the world of sports
Volume 42, Issue 3, 2022 pages 315-437
Women in sports history: ten years on
Volume 40, Issue 4, 2020 pages 411-596
Masculinities in Martial Arts and Combat Sports – an Interdisciplinary Issue
Volume 40, Issue 3, 2020 pages 291-410
Upfront and Onside: Women, Football, History and Heritage Special Edition Part Two. Guest Editors. Jean Williams, Amanda Callan-Spenn and Jo Halpin
Volume 39, Issue 4, 2019 pages 369-483
Hemingway and sport, Guest editor: Thomas Bauer
Volume 39, Issue 3, 2019 pages 251-367
Upfront and Onside: Women, Football, History and Heritage Special Edition Part One. Guest Editors. Kay Biscomb, Alison Forbes, Kathryn Leflay, Tina Smith and Jean Williams
Volume 39, Issue 2, 2019 pages 121-250
Special Issue: International Sports Organisations
Volume 37, Issue 3, 2017 pages 265-394
Special Issue: Amateurism: New Directions
Volume 37, Issue 2, 2017 pages 121-264
Special Issue: Records, Language, and Discourses: New Histories of Scottish Sport
Volume 36, Issue 3, 2016 pages 295-437
The Origins and Birth of ‘l’Europe du football’
Volume 35, Issue 4, 2015 pages 491-ebi
Sport's Relationship with other Leisure Industries II
Volume 35, Issue 3, 2015 pages 323-489
Kit: Fashioning the Sporting Body
Volume 35, Issue 1, 2015 pages 1-194
The British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Volume 34, Issue 3, 2014 pages 383-518
Sport's Relationship with Other Leisure Industries. Part I: Sites of Interaction
Volume 34, Issue 2, 2014 pages 183-382
Sporting Icons: Past and Present
Volume 33, Issue 4, 2013 pages 417-ebi
Gender and British climbing histories
Volume 33, Issue 3, 2013 pages 223-416
Britain, Britons and the Olympic Games
Volume 32, Issue 2, 2012 pages 129-360
Boxing, History and Culture
Volume 31, Issue 4, 2011 pages 357-523
Sport and the British – 21 Years On
Volume 31, Issue 2, 2011 pages 135-256
Women and Sport
Volume 30, Issue 2, 2010 pages 189-349
Coaching Cultures
Volume 30, Issue 1, 2010 pages 1-187
Sport as History: Essays in Honour of Wray Vamplew
Volume 29, Issue 3, 2009 pages 331-552
Sport and Literature
Volume 29, Issue 2, 2009 pages 127-329
The British Upper Classes and Sport
Volume 28, Issue 3, 2008 pages 351-545
The Aesthetics of Sport: Responses to Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht's ‘In Praise of Beauty’
Volume 28, Issue 1, 2008 pages 1-211
1907–2007 Centenary of International Rugby League
Volume 27, Issue 3, 2007 pages 343-504
Amateurism in Britain. For the Love of the Game?
Volume 26, Issue 3, 2006 pages 345-539
The Sporting Barrier: Historical and Cultural Interpretations of the Four-Minute Mile
Volume 26, Issue 2, 2006 pages 191-344

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The proposers should make a case why the issue would be of interest to the Sport in History readership and include details of probable contributors.

If accepted, any proposal for a special issue will have one of the Academic Editors appointed as a Reporting Editor to assist the Guest Editor/s and ensure the quality of the issue.

Guest Editors should acknowledge that they will adhere to these Sport in History regulations:

  1. There must be a nominated editor to whom all correspondence will be directed.
  2. All papers must be in the approved journal style. Information on this is available on the Sport in History website.
  3. The overall word length must not exceed 80,000 words (and preferably be less than 75,000) unless prior permission to exceed the limit has been obtained from the Editor-in-Chief of Sport in History .
  4. At least two referees will be required for all articles. The Guest Editor will have access to the ScholarOne system so that the process is transparent to all parties. The Reporting Editor reserves the right to request additional refereeing.
  5. The ‘final’ version of papers should be made available to the Reporting Editor at least a month before the due submission date for comment and approval.
  6. Guest editor/s must assist in the final proofing along with the Reporting Editor, the Editor-in-Chief and individual authors.