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Journal of Sport and Social Issues
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Journal of Sport and Social Issues

0193-7235

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JSS

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1267 7 7 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 12
Documents by Best Scientists*: 12
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 72
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.085
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Sport & Social Issues?

Journal of Sport & Social Issues tackles a plethora of topics, such as Sociology of sport, Gender studies, Media studies, Advertising and Athletes. Sociology of sport research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Law, Football, Politics, Mass media and Public relations. The journal emphasizes research on Public relations, which includes concerns such as Sport management.

Identity (social science) and Ethnic group are some topics wherein Gender studies research discussed in the journal have an impact. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Media studies and the similar topic of Art history. The journal explores themes in Art history like Performance art and links them with other fields of study like Cover (algebra).

Journal of Sport & Social Issues features Athletes research that overlaps with concepts in Social psychology.

  • Sociology of sport (23.09%)
  • Gender studies (21.76%)
  • Media studies (15.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Preliminary validation of the sport fan motivation scale. (548 citations)
  • Supporters, followers, fans and flaneurs : a taxonomy of spectator identities in football. (470 citations)
  • Die-Hard and Fair-Weather Fans: Effects of Identification on BIRGing and CORFing Tendencies: (460 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Sport & Social Issues:

The most cited papers aim to foster the development of research in Sociology of sport, Gender studies, Social psychology, Advertising and Athletes. While the most cited articles focused on Sociology of sport, they were also able to explore topics like Law, Football, Politics and Public relations. The works on Gender studies tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like Context (language use) and Ethnic group.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Social science
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Sport & Social Issues is mainly concerned with subjects like Gender studies, Media studies, Aesthetics, Athletes and Football. In addition to Gender studies research, the journal aims to explore topics under Space (commercial competition) and Narrative. The journal explores research in Power (social and political) and overlapping concepts in Racism to expand the discourse in Narrative.

The journal tackles studies in Social media and the interrelated subject of Neoliberalism, Masculinity and Nationalism to gain insights into Media studies. Issues in Athletes were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Criticism, Distraction, American football and Interview. Journal of Sport & Social Issues facilitates discussions on Football that incorporate concepts from other fields like Social integration, State (polity) and Corruption.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Polluted Leisure and Blue Spaces: More-Than-Human Concerns in Fukushima: (7 citations)
  • Understanding Blue Spaces: Sport, Bodies, Wellbeing, and the Sea: (6 citations)
  • Bluespace, Senses, Wellbeing, and Surfing: Prototype Cyborg Theory-Methods: (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Sport & Social Issues (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cheryl L Cole (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lawrence A. Wenner (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael A. Malec (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lawrence A. Wenner (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • C. Richard King (9 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Sport & Social Issues (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Loughborough University (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alberta (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Washington State University (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Waikato (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.33% of all publications and 66.67% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Gender Relations, Gender Equity, and Community Sports Spaces

    Ruth Jeanes;Ramòn Spaaij;Ramòn Spaaij;Karen Farquharson;Georgia McGrath

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Investigating Grassroots Sports’ Engagement for Refugees: Evidence From Voluntary Sports Clubs in Germany:

    Tobias Nowy;Svenja Feiler;Christoph Breuer

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Sport Fan Attitudes on Alcohol: Insights from a Survey of Football Supporters in Scotland and England

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Decolonizing the Sneaker: Sneaker Customization and the Racial Politics of Expressive Popular Culture

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Fat Phobia Among Youth Sport Coaches

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Towards an Intersectional Understanding of Women With Diverse Experiences of Disability: Addressing the Policy Gap in Australian Disability Sport

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • The Cultural Politics of Sport: Why This, Why Now?

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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