Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Last updated ISSN 0895-2779
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology is published by Human Kinetics in psychology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Sports Performance and Training
- Physical Activity and Health
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Sports Analytics and Performance
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
Key facts
| Publisher | Human Kinetics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0895-2779, 1543-2904 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,761 |
| Publishing since | 1988 |
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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