About this journal
Aims and scope
Journal metrics
Usage
- 230K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.7 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 5.0 (2023) 5 year IF
- 9.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 2.281 (2023) SNIP
- 1.429 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 17 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 81 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 15 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 7% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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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
Pamm Phillips, Deakin University, Australia
Associate Editors:
Kevin Filo, Griffith University, Australia
Larena Hoeber, University of Regina, Canada
Yuhei Inoue, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Daniel Lock, Bournemouth University, UK
Pamela Wicker, Bielefeld University, Germany
Masayuki Yoshida, Hosei University, Japan
Editorial Board:
Kostas Alexandris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Katherine Babiak, University of Michigan, USA
Rui Biscaia, University of Bath, UK
Christoph Breuer, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Laurence Chalip, George Mason University, USA
Adam Cohen, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Graham Cuskelly, Griffith University, Australia
George Cunningham, University of Florida, USA
Elizabeth B. Delia, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Alison Doherty, Western University, Canada
Paul Downward, Loughborough University, UK
Sheranne Fairley, The University of Queensland, Australia
Lesley Ferkins, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
B. Christine Green, George Mason University, USA
Kirstin Hallmann, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Bob Heere, University of South Carolina, USA
Russell Hoye, La Trobe University, Australia
Kyriaki Kaplanidou, University of Florida, USA
Shannon Kerwin, Brock University, Canada
Yukyoum Kim, Seoul National University of Korea, South Korea
Annelies Knoppers, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Thilo Kunkel, Temple University, USA
Eric MacIntosh, University of Ottawa, Canada
Brian Mills, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Laura Misener, Western University, Canada
Matthew Nicholson, La Trobe University, Australia
Daniel O'Brien, Bond University, Australia
Ravi Pappu, University of Queensland, Australia
Milena Parent, University of Ottawa, Canada
Leigh Robinson, University of Stirling, UK
Steven Salaga, The University of Georgia, USA
Mikihiro Sato, University of Illinois
Nico Schulenkorf, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Sally Shaw, University of Otago, New Zealand
Emma Sherry, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
David Shilbury, Deakin University, Australia
James L. Skinner, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Brian Soebbing, University of Alberta, Canada
Katie Sveinson, University of Massachusetts, USA
Tracy Taylor, RMIT, Australia
Nicholas D. Theodorakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Galen T. Trail, Seattle University, USA
Nefertiti Walker, University of Massachusetts
Jon Welty-Peachey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Seattle University, USA
Past Editors:
Sheranne Fairley (2020-2022)
George Cunningham (2017-2019)
Alison Doherty (2014-2016)
Tracy Taylor (2011-2013)
Graham Cuskelly (2008-2010)
Christine Green (2005-2007)
David Shilbury (2002-2004)
Laurence Chalip (1998-2001)
Abstracting and indexing
Open access
Sport Management Review is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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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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