The Journal of Sport & Tourism (JS&T) aims to publish research that makes a clear contribution, substantively, theoretically or methodologically, to the body of knowledge relating to all aspects of the relationship between sport and tourism.
Seeking to be the first port of call for research into the relationship between sport and tourism, JS&T welcomes submissions from all relevant subject areas, such as sport, leisure, physical education and tourism, and from a wide range of disciplines including, but not confined to: sociology, psychology, geography, policy studies, management studies, economics and marketing. Submissions may be empirical or conceptual, but should have a clearly articulated theoretical basis.
JS&T takes an inclusive and wide-ranging view of the definitions of both sport and tourism, and therefore considers professional and amateur, competitive and non-competitive, social, recreational, and informal activities, as well as leisure, business, and day-trip tourism, to fall within its scope. The journal is interested in tourism incorporating any form of sporting interest, not just tourism to actively participate in sport. Consequently, manuscripts relating to tourism where sport is a subsidiary interest or activity are as appropriate for submission to JS&T as manuscripts relating to tourism where sport is the prime purpose.
JS&T also covers wider aspects of the relationship between sport and tourism, such as policy partnerships between sport and tourism agencies or the role of tourism in sports development, and is interested in manuscripts that bring perspectives traditionally associated with the tourism area to the study of sport, and vice-versa.
Peer Review Statement
All manuscripts published in JS&T are anonymously peer reviewed by accomplished scholars in the subject/topic area of the manuscript and in the disciplinary or methodological approach used. The peer review is double-anonymous. The process involves initial screening by the Editor and an Associate Editor prior to double-anonymized peer review by at least two reviewers. As such, all research articles published in JS&T have been scrutinised by at least four scholars working in the field.
Journal metrics
Usage
91K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
5.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.096 (2023) SNIP
0.580 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
78 days avg. from submission to first
decision
31% acceptance rate
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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.
Mike WeedBiography, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Features & Commentaries Editor: Richard Shipway, Bournemouth University, UK
Associate Editors:
Laurence Chalip, University of Illinois, USA Sean Gammon, University of Central Lancashire, UK Heather Gibson, University of Florida, USA B. Christine Green, University of Illinois, USA James Higham, University of Otago, New Zealand Tom Hinch, University of Alberta, Canada Leo Jago, University of Surrey, UK
Holger Preuss, University of Mainz, GermanyEditorial Review Board:
Liza Berdychevsky, University of Illinois, USA
Graham Brown, University of South Australia, Australia Paul Downward, Loughborough University, UK Sheranne Fairley, University of Queensland, Australia John Harris, Glasgow Caldedonian University, UK
Claire Humphreys, University of Westminster, UK
Ian Jones, Bournemouth University, UK
Kyriaki Kaplanidou, University of Florida, USA Millicent Kennelly, Griffith University, Australia Matthew Lamont, Southern Cross University, Australia Laura Misener, Western University, Canada John Nauright, University of Brighton, UK Daniel O'Brien, Bond University, Australia Gregory Ramshaw, Clemson University, USA Arianne Reis, Southerm Cross University, Australia Simon Shibli, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Michael Silk, University of Bath, UK
Andrew Smith, Westminster University, UK
Hagen Waesche, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Pamela Wicker, Bielefeld University, Germany
Vassillios Ziakas, University of St Mark & St John, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Sport and Tourism is covered by the following abstracting & indexing services:
CABI - Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases (Online);Agricultural Economics Database;CAB Abstracts(Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux);Environmental Impact;Global Health;Leisure Tourism Database;Rural Development Abstracts (Online);Soil Science Database;Soils and Fertilizers (Online);Tropical Diseases Bulletin (Online);World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts (Online)
ProQuest - Physical Education Index (Online), Core
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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
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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