Sports Coaching Review

Aims & Scope

Sports Coaching Review is the leading-edge critical publication for the international community of sports coaching scholars, students and practitioners.

The journal welcomes work utilizing qualitative, quantitative and/or mixed methodologies, in addition to discussions of conceptual issues related to sports coaching research.

Submitted manuscripts must be informed by a theoretical perspective, whilst written in such a way as to be accessible to the broad community of sports coaching scholars.

A principal objective of the journal is to publish interrogative articles which engender debate on issues related to sports coaching theory and practice - for example, the power relations, the learning context[s], the psychological and social complexity, and the discourse, interactions and exchanges evident in coaching relations and networks.

In doing so, the journal is central to the development of a critical body of knowledge for the emerging discipline and profession of sports coaching.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	2.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.191

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	27

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3596

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	330

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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 Business, Management and Accounting and Social Sciences, 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.

• Barriers and supports for female coaches: an ecological model

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Nicole M., Julia K.

• Applying Game Centered Approaches in coaching: a critical analysis of the ‘dilemmas of practice’ impacting change

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Christopher J.

• ‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching

  Citation: 65

  Authors: P., R.L., D., L.

• Discipline and punish in the weight room

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Brian T., Joseph P.

• Disability sports coaching: towards a critical understanding

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Robert C., Brett, Christopher J.

• A review of emotional and sexual abuse of elite child athletes by their coaches

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Charlotte L., Allyssa

• A season long investigation into coaching behaviours as a function of practice state: the case of three collegiate coaches

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Stephen, Christopher J., Edward, Bob

• Coaches' learning and education: a case study of cultures in conflict

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Anna, Christopher J.

• When leadership, relationships and psychological safety promote flourishing in sport and life

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Jyoti, Sophia, Jose Roberto Andrade Do

• Coaching as ‘scaffolded’ practice: further insights into sport pedagogy

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Robyn L., Gethin Ll.

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