Sport Social Work Journal
Last updated ISSN 2835-5571
Sport Social Work Journal is published by Ball State University in psychology. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Sport Social Work Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Physical Education and Sports Studies
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Ball State University |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2835-5571 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Not recorded |
| Articles published | 109 |
| Citations per paper (2 yr) | 0.5 average, from OpenAlex — not the Journal Impact Factor |
| Publishing since | 2022 |
| Journal website | openjournals.bsu.edu/sportsocialworkjournal |
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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