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Journal of Sport for Development is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3), ABDC B, WoS ESCI. Published by jfsd.org.
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ISSN 2330-0574Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: jfsd.org
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 423 / 1530 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Development | 125 / 314 | 60th | Q2 |
| Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | 92 / 156 | 41st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.
Journal of Sport for Development is Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 423 of 1530), Q2 in Development (rank 125 of 314) and Q3 in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (rank 92 of 156), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Sport for Development is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.325, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 10.
Journal of Sport for Development is published by jfsd.org. Its ISSN is 2330-0574.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Commercial services.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Sport for Development has an h-index of 0 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,360 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
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.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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