The International Journal of the History of Sport
Last updated ISSN 0952-3367
The International Journal of the History of Sport is published by Routledge 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 The International Journal of the History of Sport concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- American Sports and Literature
- Sports Analytics and Performance
- Doping in Sports
- Sports and Physical Education Studies
- Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education
- Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
- Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Diversity and Impact of Dance
Key facts
| Publisher | Routledge |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0952-3367, 1743-9035 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,802 |
| Publishing since | 1984 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/fhsp20/current |
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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