Research Guides: Sport Management: Sport Management Journal Metrics

Journal Metrics

Journal Impact Factor
Google Scholar Publication Metrics

"The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR [Journal Citation Report] year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of citable items (i.e., Articles and Reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years. The JCR year is the last complete year within that year's JCR data set. For example, the JCR year for the 2025 release is 2024."

Source: Journal Citation Reports Reference Guide

Learn more about the Journal Impact Factor Calculation.

Journal Citation Reports: Science and Social Sciences
Authoritative source for the impact factor of a journal. Three categories focusing on sport management:

Sport Sciences
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Management

Cabells Journalytics Academic
The focus of Cabells is on helping authors find an appropriate venue for their work. Each journal entry provides the journal's impact factor, a journal level altmetric report, and submission information. To browse sport management journals, filter by discipline/topics:

Psychology
Sports & Leisure

Google Scholar Metrics provides top publications in multiple disciplines using the h5-index and h5-median.

"The “h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2020-2024 have at least h citations each.”
"The “h5-median for a publication is the median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index.”

Learn more about Google Scholar Metrics.

Physical Education & Sports Medicine