About this journal
Aims and scope
The launch of the Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture (AJSH&C) in 2022, as an independent journal, is a reflection of the remarkable growth of academic and policy interest focused on Asia in general, and more specifically on analysis of Asian sport policy, its history, and culture, over the period since the beginning of the 21st century.
AJH&C aims to provide a defined outlet for stimulation of fully refereed (English language) articles, with a disciplinary base in the Social Science and Humanities, which address contemporary and historical developments in Asia sport. Thus papers from the fields of anthropology, comparative studies, history, management, policy analysis and policy evaluation, politics and sociology, will be particularly welcome. The journal also seeks to engage with issues across the Asian continent, reflecting the range and diversity of sub-national, national and regional contexts.
AJSH&C will initially publish three issues per year, with one issue normally focusing on a defined special issue. All submissions are subject to double anonymized review, including invited papers.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 6K annual downloads/views
Speed/acceptance
- 35 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 42 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 56% 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
Prof. FAN Hong - Shanghai University of Sport, China
Academic Editors
Dr. Mahfoud AMARA - Qatar University, Qatar
Prof. Ian HENRY - Loughborough University, UK
Dr. LU Zhouxiang - National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland
Book Reviews Editors
Dr. Guy PODOLER (Senior Book Reviews Editor) - University of Haifa, Israel
Dr. Marcus Pok CHU - Lingnan University,Hong Kong
Prof. Gwang OK - Chungbuk National University, South Korea
Prof. ZHENG Guohua - Shanghai University of Sport, China
Prof. LIU Li - Anhui Normal University, China
Editorial Board
Prof. Mohd Salleh Bin AMAN - University of Malaya, Malaysia
Dr. Nick APLIN - Singapore Sports Bureau, Singapore
Dr. Aurélien BOUCHER - The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China
Prof. Paul BOWMAN - Cardiff University, UK
Professor Simon CHADWICK - SKEMA Business School, France
Dr. CHEN Shushu - University of Birmingham, UK
Prof. Simon CREAK - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. DONG Jinxia - Peking University, China
Prof. James M. DORSEY - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. FANG Qianhua - Fujian Normal University, China
Dr. FENG Jing - Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, China
Prof. Adam D. FRANK - University of Central Arkansas, USA
Prof. Gerald Robert GEMS - North Central College, USA
Dr. GUAN Zhixun - Zhejiang Normal University, China
Prof. HU Xiaoqian - Tsinghua University, China
Prof. HUANG Fuhua - Jinan University, China
Prof. Peter HERRMANN - Central South University, China
Dr. Benjamin JUDKINS - Cornell University, USA
Dr. Kohei KOGISO - Hiroshima University, Japan
Dr. KO Ling-Mei - South Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Dr. Jörg KRIEGER - Aarhus University, Denmark
Dr. LEE Jung Woo - University of Edinburgh, UK
Prof. LEE Ping-Chao - National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan
Dr. Peng Han LIM - Independent Researcher
Prof. LIU Huimei - Zhejiang University, China
Prof. Peter LORGE - Vanderbilt University, USA
Prof. Rusli LUTAN - Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia
Prof. Amung MA'MUN - University Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia
Dr. MIN Ge - University of Chester, UK
Prof. Toho Cholik MUTOHIR - The State University of Surabaya, Indonesia
Dr. Udo MERKEL - University of Brighton, UK
Prof. Udo MOENIG - Youngsan University, South Korea
Dr. Souvik NAHA - University of Glasgow, UK
Prof. NA Young-Il - Seoul National University, South Korea
Prof. Gertrud Ursula PFISTER - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Dr. Steven POPE - China University of Petroleum, China
Dr. Rakesh RAMAMOORTHY - The University of Kerala, India
Dr. Ronojoy SEN - National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr. SHENG Liang - Shanghai University, China
Prof. Satoshi SHIMIZU - University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Friederike TROTIER - University of Passau, Germany
Dr. TAN Guangxin - South China Normal University, China
Prof. TAN Tien-Chin - National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Prof. Wray VAMPLEW - University of Stirling, UK
Prof. WANG Runbin - Fujian Normal University, China
Dr. Ben WEINBERG - Independent Researcher
Prof. XIONG Huan - Shanghai University of Sport, China
Prof. XU Jian - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Prof. XUE Lan - Zhejiang Normal University, China
Prof. YANG Hua - Beijing Sport University, China
Prof. YANG Shiru - Guizhou University of Minorities, China
Prof. ZHANG Aihong - Beijing Sport University, China
Dr. ZHANG Huijie - South China Normal University, China
Dr. ZHANG Jie - Shenzhen University, China
Dr. ZHANG Ling - Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
Prof. ZHANG Xiaoyi - Beijing Sport University, China
Dr. ZHENG Jinming - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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