Sport in History is concerned with all aspects of sport and associated forms of leisure and recreation in the past. The journal is the academic arm of the British Society of Sports History and is committed to publishing original, archive-based research on the history of sport from a variety of disciplines. The journal offers its readers substantive and lively articles on a variety of themes throughout history, as well as historiographical debates, review articles and wide-ranging book reviews.
Sport in History publishes high quality historical research on sport, combining a wide range of topics and approaches, attracting a mix of leading historians and younger scholars, with excellent special issues - 'amateurism', 'the aesthetics of sport', and ‘sports literature', are recent examples. It is interdisciplinary, serious, accessible and lively with meticulous and expert editorial direction." Professor Richard Holt,De Montfort University, UK
Peer Review Statement Sport in History is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge. All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Click here to be taken to the submission site.
Journal metrics
Usage
61K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
0.7 (2023) 5 year IF
0.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.000 (2023) SNIP
0.195 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
54 days avg. from submission to first
decision
15 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
35% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
Editor-In-Chief Dr Robert J. Lake – Douglas College, Canada
Editors Dr Tom Fabian – University College Dublin Dr George N Kioussis – California State University, USA Dr Souvik Naha – University of Glasgow, UK Dr Samantha-Jayne Oldfield – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Reviews Editor Dr Lisa Taylor – Independent Scholar
Assistant Reviews Editor Dr Alec S. Hurley – Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
Social Media Editor Dr George N Kioussis – California State University, USA
Editorial Board Professor Tony Collins – De Montfort University, UK Professor Dave Day – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Dr Heather Dichter – De Montfort University, UK Professor Paul Dietschy – Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France Professor Philip Dine – National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Professor Susanna Hedenborg – Malmö University, Sweden Professor Mike Huggins – University of Cumbria, UK Professor Charlotte MacDonald – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Dr Malcolm MacLean – Independent Scholar, UK Dr Matthew McDowell – University of Edinburgh, UK Dr Rafaelle Nicholson – Bournemouth University, UK Dr Carol Osborne – Independent Scholar, UK Professor Catriona M. Parratt – University of Iowa, USA Professor Martin Polley – De Montfort University, UK Professor Dilwyn Porter – De Montfort University, UK Professor Greg Ryan – Lincoln University, New Zealand Professor Kay Schiller – Durham University, UK Professor Fiona Skillen – Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Professor Matthew Taylor – De Montfort University, UK Professor Wray Vamplew – University of Stirling, UK Professor Patricia Vertinsky – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Professor Christopher Young – University of Cambridge, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Sport in History is covered by the following abstracting & indexing services:
EBSCOhost -America: History and Life, 4/1/2006- ;Current Abstracts, 1/1/2005- ;SPORTDiscus with Full Text, 1/1/2005- ;TOC Premier(Table of Contents), 1/1/2005-
Elsevier BV -Scopus, 2010- ; National Library of Medicine;PubMed
ProQuest -British Humanities Index (Online), Core;Physical Education Index (Online), Core
Thomson Reuters- Emerging Sources Citation Index
Open access
Sport in History 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.
The purpose of the British Society for Sport History is to promote the study of the history of sport.
Our work includes activities as diverse as encouragement of research within and beyond academic settings, support for the preservation of the sporting record, collaboration with the museum and heritage sector, promotion of the study of the history of sport in higher and further education as well as by those in secondary school, and engagement with the broader public media. We are committed to sharing ideas, information and a passion for the study of the history of sport in a wide range of historical settings.
As part of this promotion, we organise an annual conference and publish the journal Sport in History, as well as work with the broader sports history community to organise and support local and regional activities. Alongside these activities, we are building and supporting networks of post-graduate students and links with other social history groups.
Membership
The BSSH has members across the world, and we welcome anyone with an interest in the history of sport to become a member. Membership rates and a list of member benefits, which includes access to the journal Sport in History, can be found here.
Social Media
Watch a video interview with the Sport in History PreviousEditor-in-Chief Matthew Taylor: http://vimeo.com/72029323
Print ISSN:
1746-0263
Online ISSN:
1746-0271
4 issues per year
Currently known as:
Sport in History
(2003 - current)
Formerly known as
The Sports Historian
(1982 - 2002)
Proposing a Special Issue
If you wish to discuss the possibility of a themed special issue please contact the Editor-in-Chief, Kay Schiller, at [email protected]. pasting
The proposers should make a case why the issue would be of interest to the Sport in History readership and include details of probable contributors.
If accepted, any proposal for a special issue will have one of the Academic Editors appointed as a Reporting Editor to assist the Guest Editor/s and ensure the quality of the issue.
Guest Editors should acknowledge that they will adhere to these Sport in History regulations:
There must be a nominated editor to whom all correspondence will be directed.
All papers must be in the approved journal style. Information on this is available on the Sport in History website.
The overall word length must not exceed 80,000 words (and preferably be less than 75,000) unless prior permission to exceed the limit has been obtained from the Editor-in-Chief of Sport in History.
At least two referees will be required for all articles. The Guest Editor will have access to the ScholarOne system so that the process is transparent to all parties. The Reporting Editor reserves the right to request additional refereeing.
The ‘final’ version of papers should be made available to the Reporting Editor at least a month before the due submission date for comment and approval.
Guest editor/s must assist in the final proofing along with the Reporting Editor, the Editor-in-Chief and individual authors.
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