Sport Management Review is published as a service to sport industries worldwide. It is a multidisciplinary journal concerned with the management, marketing, and governance of sport at all levels and in all its manifestations -- whether as an entertainment, a recreation, or an occupation. The journal encourages collaboration between scholars and practitioners. It welcomes submissions reporting new research, new applications and advances in theory. The language of publication is English. Submissions are peer reviewed.
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
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.
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.
Editors: 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
Sport Management Review is abstracted/indexed in: Scopus; Social Sciences Citation Index.
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.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
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
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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