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International Journal of Sport and Society is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.8), ABS / AJG 1. Published by Common Ground Research Networks.
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ISSN 2152-7857Verify ISSN ↗2152-7865Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Professions (miscellaneous) | 57 / 101 | 44th | Q3 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 496 / 744 | 33rd | Q3 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 350 / 466 | 25th | Q3 |
| Urology | 94 / 123 | 23rd | Q4 |
| Education | 1332 / 1698 | 21st | Q4 |
| Psychology (miscellaneous) | 95 / 118 | 19th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.8.
International Journal of Sport and Society is Q3 in Health Professions (miscellaneous) (rank 57 of 101), Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 496 of 744) and Q3 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 350 of 466), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Sport and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q3, 44th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.176, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 5.
International Journal of Sport and Society is published by Common Ground Research Networks. Its print ISSN is 2152-7857 and its online ISSN is 2152-7865.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Sector Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Sport and Society has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 1.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 97 Scopus journals in Health Professions (miscellaneous).
International Journal of Sport and Society published 28 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 32. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 21 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Denmark (19%), United Kingdom (11.9%) and Australia (9.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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