Sociology of Sport Journal
Last updated ISSN 0741-1235
Sociology of Sport Journal 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 Sociology of Sport Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Sports Analytics and Performance
- Doping in Sports
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- American Sports and Literature
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
Key facts
| Publisher | Human Kinetics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0741-1235, 1543-2785 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,511 |
| Publishing since | 1984 |
| Journal website | journals.humankinetics.com/journal/ssj |
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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