Sport History Review

Aims & Scope

Sport History Review (SHR) is a forum for peer-reviewed scholarly work in the broad field of sport history.

Published since 1970, with an editorial review board that boasts members from around the world, SHR is committed to addressing topics of international interest.

Sport historians who teach or conduct research in an academic setting or others with special interests in sport history will appreciate SHR’s articles whose methods of analysis or application and appeal is universally and fundamentally relevant to the advancement of the history of sport.

SHR is published semiannually (May, November).

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.173

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22896

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	16

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Health Professions, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Sex Tested, Gender Verified: Controlling Female Sexuality in the Age of Containment

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Ian

• “Reasonable Amusements”: Connecting the Strands of Physical Culture in Native Lives

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Victoria

• Sport, Status, and Style

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Douglas, John

• Rethinking Sport, Empire, and American Exceptionalism

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Steven W.

• Le Développement des Pratiques Sportives des plus Jeunes : Eléments Pour une Histoire Comparative en France

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Pascale

• The Demise of the Sport Medicine and Science Council of Canada

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Parissa

• The Evolution of Professional Baseball and Football Structures in the United States, 1850 to the Present: Toward an Ideal Type

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Chad

• About Turns: Reflecting on Sport History in the 1990s

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Catriona M.

• Urbanization, Women’s Body Image, and Women’s Sport under Chinese Socialism 1949-1979: A Historical Review

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Huan

• The Influence of the Eugenics Movement on Physical Education in the United States

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Lynn E.

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