About this journal

Aims and scope

Aim of the Journal
The Journal of Global Sport Management (JGSM) aims to be the global platform for focused, rigorous, and interdisciplinary research that has originality, depth, and clarify of insights into significant issues and developments of interest to sport management. Its main objectives: to advance research; to enhance practice; and to facilitate good policy-making decisions.

Scope of Research and Topics
The JGSM will publish peer-reviewed conceptual and empirical papers with a theoretical foundation, and cases of original works. Typically, theory-driven empirical studies are considered by JGSM, but conceptual and theoretical papers are also considered when they have clear contributions to advancing out theoretical/conceptual understanding of sport management issues; for example, building new theories and proposing propositions, but a simple review of literature is not normally considered. The JGSM covers a wide range of topics including the following topical areas:

1. sport organization and governance;
2. sport marketing;
3. sport media and communication;
4. sport human resource management;
5. sport policy;
6. legal issues in sport management;
7. sport consumer psychology;
8. sport event and tourism;
9. sport development; and
10. sport, culture, and management
11. sport economics and finance

Contributors and Readership
Contributors of articles typically come from academic backgrounds. However, the articles are written in an accessible style to benefit both scholars and practitioners; also, manuscripts are to be received and accepted from every corner of the world to reach the global readership.

Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymized and submission is via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

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Journal metrics

Usage

  • 57K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 4.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.181 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.517 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 46 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 108 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 19 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 18% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief
Kihan Kim, Seoul National University, Korea

Senior-Editors
Packianathan Chelladurai, Troy University, US
Ian Henry, Loughborough University, UK
Leigh Robinson, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

Managing Editor
Kyung Hoon Kim, Changwon National University, Korea

Chinese Associate Editor
Deyan Zou
, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China

Editorial Assistant
Hannah Kim, Seoul National University, Korea

Area 1: Sport Organization and Governance
Associate-Editor

Borja Garcia, Loughborough University, UK

Editorial Board Members
Jean-Loup Chappelet, University of Laussanne, Switzerland
Vassil Girginov, Brunel University, UK
Henk Erik Meier, Münster University, Germany
Jürgen Mittag, German Sports University, Cologne, Germany
Una Hong, Ewha Womans University, Korea
Steve Swanson, Deakin University, Australia
Russell Hoye, LaTrobe University, Australia
Paul Jonson, UTS Sydney, Australia
Christos Anagnostopoulos, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar
Ivan Coste-Maniere, SKEMA Business School, France
James Bostock, University of Derby, UK
Emmanuel Bayle, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Stacie Gray, University of Northampton, UK
Michel Cutait, Fédération Internationale de Sports d'Obstacles, Switzerland
Jörg Krieger, Aarhus University, Denmark
Qi Peng, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Area 2: Sport Policy
Associate-Editor

Veerle De Bosscher, Vrije University Brussel, Belgium

Editorial Board Members
Henk Erik Meier, Münster University, Germany
Michael Groll, German Sports University, Cologne, Germany
Brennan Berg, University of Memphis, US
Mark Rosentraub, University of Michigan, US
Simon Shibli, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Hiroaki Funahashi, Chukyo University, Japan
Svein Andersen, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
Rein Haudenhuyse, Vrije University Brussel, Belgium
Julian Woolf, University of Illinois-Champaign, US
Girish Ramchandani, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Steven Vos, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Area 3: Sport Media and Communication
Associate-Editor

Andrew Billings, University of Alabama, US

Editorial Board Members
Pirrko Markula, University of Alberta, Canada
Cheryl Cooky, Purdue University, US
Michael Butterworth, The University of Texas at Austin, US
Edward Kian, Oklahoma State University, US
Paul M. Pedersen, Indiana University Bloomington, US
Tim Breitbarth, CBS International Business School, Germany
Dan Kim, University of North Carolina, US
John Fortunato, Fordham University, US
Jung-Woo Lee, University of Edinburgh, UK
Kenon A. Brown, University of Alabama, US
Seungae Suzy Lee, Hanyang University, Korea
Olan Scott, Brock University, Canada
Sun Joo Ahn, University of Georgia, US
Alex Gang, Washington State University, US
Seungmo Kim, Hong Kong Baptist University, US

Area 4: Sport Development
Associate-Editor

Richard Giulianotti, Loughborough University, UK

Editorial Board Members
Kevin Hylton, Leeds Beckett University, UK
Xiaoyan Xing, Capital University of Physical Education and Sports, China
Martha Saavedra, University of California (Berkeley), US
Hans Hognestad, University of Southeast, Norway
Jon Welty Peachey, Gordon College, US
Michael Sagas, University of Florida, US
NaRi Shin, University of Michigan, US
Mi Ryoung Chung, Florida International University, US

Area 5: Sport Human Resource Management
Associate-Editor

Gonzalo Bravo, West Virginia University, US

Editorial Board Members
Ye Hoon Lee, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea
David Shonk, James Madison University, US
Tracy Taylor, Victoria University, Australia
Brian Turner, The Ohio State University, US
Boyun Woo, Endicott College, US
Terry Engelberg, James Cook University, Australia
Joshua Pate, Lees McRae College, US
Per Svensson, Louisiana State University, US

Area 6: Sport Consumer Psychology
Associate-Editor

Choong Hoon Lim, Seoul National University, Korea

Editorial Board Members
Masayuki Yoshida, Hosei University, Japan
Kostas Alexandris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Patrick Walsh, Syracuse University, US
Wooyoung Lee, Central Missouri University, US
Dae Hee Kwak, University of Michigan, US
Wonseok Jang, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
Joon Sung Lee, Yonsei University, Korea
Sebastian Uhrich, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Do Young Pyun, Loughborough University, UK
Cindy Lee, West Virginia University, US
Yong-Chae Rhee, Washington State University, US
Shintaro Sato, Waseda University, Japan
Jee Yoon Kim, Syracuse University, US
Jee In Yoon, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Ho Keat Leng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Kyungyeol (Anthony) Kim, Kongju National University, Korea
Wonyul Bae, Ithaca College, US
Joon Young Han, Yeungnam University, Korea
Rui Biscaia, University of Bath, UK
Teddy Eddy, University of Windsor, Canada
James Du, Florida State University, US
Lamar Reams, Ohio University, US 
Junsang Ahn, Kyungil University, Korea
Hyun-Woo Lee, Texas A&M University, US

Area 7: Sport Event and Tourism
Associate-Editor

Marijke Taks, University of Ottawa, Canada

Editorial Board Members
James Higham, University of Otago, New Zealand
Rachel Batty, Massey University, New Zealand
T. Christopher Greenwell, University of Louisville, US
Mike Weed, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Laurence Chalip, George Mason University, US
Kiki Kaplanidou, University of Florida, US
Holger Preuss, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
Sheranne Fairley, The University of Queensland, Australia
Kyoung Tae Kim, Kean University, US
Heetae Cho, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Claudio Rocha, University of Stirling, UK

Area 8: Sport Marketing
Associate-Editor

YuKyum Kim, Seoul National University, Korea

Editorial Board Members
Galen Trail, Seattle University, US
Joshua Newman, Florida State University, US
YongJae Ko, University of Florida, US
Marshall Magnusen, Baylor University, US
Timothy Kellison, Florida State University, US
Yonghwan Chang, University of Florida, US
Damon Andrew, Florida State University, US
Jörg Königstorfer, Technische Universität München, Germany
Brenda Pitts, Georgia State University, US
Kevin K. Byon, Indiana University, US
Jonathan Jensen, University of North Carolina, US
Michel Desbordes, University Paris Sud, France
Herbert Woratschek, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Hirotaka Matsuoka, Waseda University, Japan
George Foster, Stanford University, US
Gashaw Abeza, Towson University, US
Chanmin Park, Inha University, Korea
Michael Naraine, Brock University, Canada
Stephen Shapiro, University of South Carolina, US
James Zhang, University of Georgia, US
Beth Cianfrone, Georgia State University, US
Brendan Dwyer, Virginia Commonwealth, US
Brian Gordon, University of Kansas, US
Alan Morse, University of Northern Colorado, US
Nels Popp, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
Liz Sattler, Illinois State University, US
Yongjin Hwang, University of South Carolina, US
Zack Pedersen, Texas Tech University, US

Area 9: Sport, Culture, and Management
Associate-Editor

Eunju Ko, Yonsei University, Korea

Editorial Board Members:
Angella Kim, Cal Poly Pomona, US
Hao Zhang, Northeastern University, China
Hakil Moon, Eastern Michigan University, US
Akinori Ono, Keio University, Japan
Anthony Di Benedetto, Temple University, US
Charles R. Taylor, Villanova University, US
Arch Woodside, Boston College, US
John Cadogan, University of Leicester, UK
Dominic Malcolm, Loughborough University, UK

Area 10: Legal Issues in Sport Management
Associate-Editor

Sungho Cho, Bowling Green State University, US

Editorial Board Members
Natasha Brison, Texas A&M University, US
David McArdle, University of Stirling, UK
John Grady, University of South Carolina, US
Thomas Baker III, University of Georgia, US
Mark Dodds, State University of New York, US
John Holden, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, US
Dylan Williams, University of Alabama, US
Lauren Coffey, Winthrop University, US 
Jeffrey Levine, Drexel University, US
Alicia Jessop, Pepperdine University, US

Area 11: Sport Economics and Finance
Associate Editor

Dongfeng Liu, Shanghai University of Sport, China

Editorial Board Members
Joel Maxcy, Drexel University, US
Paul Downward, Loughborough University, UK
Kirstin Hallmann, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Chen-Yueh Chen, National Taiwan Sport University, Taiwan
Christopher Hautbois, Université Paris Saclay, France
James Skinner, Loughborough University London, UK
Rob Wilson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Luke Mao, University of New Mexico, US
Yoon Tae Sung, University of North Colorado, US
Scott Tainsky, Wayne State University, US
Hojun Sung, Incheon National University, Korea
Taeyeon Oh, University of Mississippi, US
Nicholas Watanabe, University of South Carolina, US
Sean Pradhan, Menlo College, US
Nola Agha, University of San Francisco, US
Dominik Schreyer, WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
Peter Dawson, University of East Anglia, UK
Cristina Muniz, University of Oviedo, Spain
Johan Rewilak, University of South Carolina, US
Alexander Cardazzi, Old Dominion University, US
Hua Gong, Rice University, US
Moonsup Hyun, Utica University, US

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Global Sport Management is abstracted / indexed in:

  • Scopus
  • Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC)
  • OCLC
  • Exlibris
  • SportDiscus with Full Text (EBSCO)
  • Korean Citation Index (KCI)

Open access

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  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

  • Now indexed in Clarivate Analytics' Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

Alliance information

1. Global Alliance of Marketing & Management Associations

Journal of Global Sport Management is an official journal of the Global Alliance of Marketing & Management Associations (GAMMA), a premier academic organization that hosts conferences such as Global Marketing Conference and Global Fashion Management Conference and publishes academic journals.

GAMMA

is founded to fulfill following missions: a) global benefits for members of participating organizations, b) global cooperation among participating organizations.

For More Information:
http://gamma20.org/
[email protected]


2. Institute of Sport Science, Seoul National University

Journal of Global Sport Management is an official journal of the Department of Physical Education and the Institute of Sport Science at Seoul National University (SNU).

Founded in 1978 as a non-profit research organization in SNU, the Institute of Sport Science has been the leader in performing both academic and professionally oriented research projects in a range of topics in sport disciplines. The Institute publishes academic journals, and hosts conferences on a regular basis.

As the academic hub of Asia with established global reputation, SNU is an ideal institution to house and support the Institute of Sport Science to excel on research performance and to further spread the research outcomes to serve the society.


JGSM Editorial Office
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +82-2-880-7792
Address: Room 508 Bldg. 71-1, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Korea 08826

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