Journal of Sport & Social Issues

The Journal of Sport & Social Issues is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of sociology. The journal's editor is C. L. Cole (University of Illinois). It has been in publication since 1977 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.

Journal of Sport & Social Issues
LanguageEnglish
Edited byC. L. Cole
Publication details
History1977 -present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
1.953 (2019)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Sport Soc. Issues
Indexing
ISSN0193-7235
LCCN79643459
OCLC no.731011150
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Scope

The Journal of Sport & Social Issues publishes research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. The journal is of an international, interdisciplinary perspective and aims to examine pressing, topical questions about sport. The Journal of Sport & Social Issues studies the impact of sport on in areas such as psychology, cultural studies and anthropology.

Abstracting and indexing

The Journal of Sport & Social Issues is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 1.093, ranking it 78 out of 146 journals in the category ‘Sociology’.[1] and 40 out of 50 journals in the category ‘Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism’.[2]

References
  1. OF SPORT & SOCIAL ISSUES&journal=J SPORT SOC ISSUES&edition=SSCI "Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology" Check |url= value (help) (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters 2017 Journal Citation Reports. 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  2. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism" (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters 2017 Journal Citation Reports. 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
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