About this journal
Aims and scope
The International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology ( IJSEP ) publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in the science of physical activity, human movement, exercise, and sport. The journal’s Editors and Editorial Board encourage researchers and scholars worldwide to submit their work for publication, since the journal emphasizes its international perspective. Innovative applications, cultural and cross-cultural research and position statements of international organizations are especially welcomed.
The primary purposes of IJSEP are to promote understanding of sport psychology research and practice around the world, enhance theoretical and practical knowledge in these fields and promote high-quality scientific and applied work in sport and exercise psychology.
Sections in the Journal are devoted to areas including group dynamics, moral and ethical issues, social aspects in sport and exercise, and biological aspects of behavior.
The International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP)
Students and professional members of the ISSP receive the journal as a direct membership benefit.
Members of the ISSP are also eligible for a discount of 20% on the standard Open Access Article Publishing Charge (APC).
ISSP members are also entitled to a discounted rate to Taylor & Francis' proprietary publication, International Review of Sport & Exercise Psychology, at just $15 a year.
The ISSP provides a forum for individuals who are interested in theory, research, practice and professional development in the discipline of sport psychology throughout the world. The Society exists to (a) encourage and promote the study of human behaviour within sport, physical activity, and health settings; (b) facilitate the sharing of knowledge through books, journals, newsletters, meetings and a quadrennial congress, and (c) improve the quality of research and professional practice in sport psychology. The Society also endeavours to foster peace and understanding among people from all countries.
The ISSP is the only worldwide organisation of scholars explicitly concerned with sport psychology.
Peer Review Integrity
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent expert referees.
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Disclaimer
The International Society of Sport Psychology ( ISSP) and our publisher Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in our publications. However, the ISSP and our publisher Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by the ISSP and our publisher Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. The ISSP and our publisher Taylor & Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to or arising out of the use of the Content. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 271K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.3 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.9 (2023) 5 year IF
- 7.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.389 (2023) SNIP
- 0.940 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 4 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 80 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 16% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor in Chief
Robert J. Schinke - Laurentian University, CanadaCo-Editor
Yu-Kai Chang - National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Assistant Editors
Feng-Tzu Chen - National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Cole Giffin - Laurentian University, Canada
Associate Editors
Brandon Alderman - Rutgers University, USA
Paul Appleton - University of Birmingham, UK
Vassilis Barkoukis - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Maurizio Bertollo - Università degli Studi 'G. d'Annunzio' Chieti - Pescara, Italy
Ang Chen - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Nikos Comoutos (Zourbanos) - University of Thessaly, Greece
Suzanne Cosh - University of New England, Australia
Kitrina Douglas - University of West London, UK
Edson Filho - Boston University, USA
Philip Furley - German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Andreas Ivarsson - Halmstad University, Sweden
Young-Ho Kim - Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea
Kazutoshi Kudo - University of Tokyo, Japan
Todd Loughead - University of Windsor, Canada
Daniel Memmert - German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Krista Munroe-Chadler - University of Windsor, Canada
Alessandro Quartiroli - University of Wisconsin La Crosse, USA
André Roca - St Mary's University, UK
Roy David Samuel - Reichman University, Israel
Natalia Stambulova - Halmstad University, Sweden
Richard Thelwell - University of Portsmouth, UK
Stewart Vella - University of Wollongong, Australia
Chun-Qing Zhang - Sun Yat-sen University, China
Liye Zou - Shenzhen University, China
Founding Editors
Dieter Hackfort and Gershon Tenenbaum (2003-2007)
Past Editors in Chief/Co-Editor
Athanasios Papaioannou and Jean Cote (2008-2010)
Athanasios Papaioannou (2011-2015)
Rob Schinke and Athanasios Papaioannou (2016-2023)
Advisory Board
Joan L. Duda - University of Birmingham, UK
Dieter Hackfort - University of Munich, Germany
Howard K. Hall - York St. John University, UK
Gershon Tenenbaum - Florida State University, USA
Robert Weinberg - Miami University, USA
Editorial Board
Joe Baker - University of Toronto, Canada
Filip Boen - KU Leuven, Belgium
Boris Cheval - University of Geneva, Switzerland
I-Hua Chu - Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
Paul Davis - Umeå University, Sweden
Faye Didymus - Leeds Beckett University, UK
Bradley Donohue - University of Nevada, USA
Michael (Blair) Evans - Western University, Canada
Cornelia Frank - Universität Osnabrück, Germany
James Hardy - Bangor University, UK
Laura Healy - Notthingham Trent University, UK
Fabian Herold - University of Potsdam, Germany
Denise Hill - Swansea University, UK
Shu-Shih Hsieh - Kingston University, UK
Chung-Ju Huang - University of Taipei, Taiwan
Zhijian Huang - Hubei University, China
Shih-Chun Kao - Purdue University, USA
Jeemin Kim - Michigan State University, USA
Garry Kuan - Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Colin D. McLaren - Cape Breton University, Canada
Alexander T. Latinjak - University of Thessaly, Greece
Barbi Law - Nipissing University, Canada
Chunxiao Li - South China Normal University, China
Christopher Mesagno - Victoria University, Australia
Johan Ng - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, UK
Rita de Oliveira - London South Bank University, UK
Kyle Paradis - Ulster University, UK
Saengryeol Park - Chonnam National University, UK
Scott Pierce - Illinois State University, USA
Paul Rucavina - Adelphi University, USA
Xavier Sanchez - Université d'Orléans, France
Mustafa Sarkar - Nottingham Trent University, UK
Wei-Jiun Shen - National Taiwan Sport University, Taiwan
Gangyan Si - Hong Kong Sports Institute, Hong Kong
Brett Smith - Durham University, UK
Juliette Stebbings - University of Portsmouth, UK
Louise Storm - University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen - Columbia University, USA
Christian Swann - Southern Cross University, Australia
Miquel Torregrossa - Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Symeon Vlachopoulos - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Svenja Wolf - Florida State University, UK
Minjung Woo - University of Ulsan, South Korea
Paul Wylleman - Vrije Universiteit, Belgium
Gal Ziv - The Academic College at Wingate, Israel
Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
is currently indexed in PsycINFO, Scopus and SSCI.Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.063
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.827
Open access
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
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- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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