International Journal of Sport Communication
Last updated ISSN 1936-3907
International Journal of Sport Communication is published by Human Kinetics in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in International Journal of Sport Communication concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Sports Analytics and Performance
- Digital Games and Media
- Media Studies and Communication
- Media Influence and Health
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Digital Marketing and Social Media
Key facts
| Publisher | Human Kinetics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1936-3907, 1936-3915 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 852 |
| Publishing since | 2008 |
| Journal website | www.humankinetics.com/IJSC |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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