Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology

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SCImago
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Impact factor
2.3
SJR
1.059
CiteScore
5.2
Categories
Applied Psychology
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Social Psychology
Areas
Health Professions
Psychology
Years of issue
2013-2025
journal names
Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology
SPORT EXERC PERFORM
Publications
557
Citations
6 698
h-index
43
Publications
299
Citations
4 962
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Loughborough University
Loughborough University (16 publications)
Bangor University
Bangor University (12 publications)
Curtin University
Curtin University (12 publications)
York St John University
York St John University (5 publications)
Loughborough University
Loughborough University (4 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (88 publications)
United Kingdom (87 publications)
Canada (49 publications)
United Kingdom (16 publications)
Canada (15 publications)
USA (10 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise
637 citations, 9.51%
Frontiers in Psychology
478 citations, 7.14%
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
286 citations, 4.27%
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
230 citations, 3.43%
Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology
169 citations, 2.52%
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology
158 citations, 2.36%
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
139 citations, 2.08%
Journal of Sports Sciences
134 citations, 2%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
115 citations, 1.72%
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
91 citations, 1.36%
Sport Psychologist
85 citations, 1.27%
International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching
82 citations, 1.22%
PLoS ONE
71 citations, 1.06%
Qualitiative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
66 citations, 0.99%
European Journal of Sport Science
57 citations, 0.85%
Perceptual and Motor Skills
55 citations, 0.82%
Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
52 citations, 0.78%
Current Psychology
49 citations, 0.73%
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
45 citations, 0.67%
Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
45 citations, 0.67%
Personality and Individual Differences
40 citations, 0.6%
Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology
40 citations, 0.6%
International Sport Coaching Journal
40 citations, 0.6%
Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
37 citations, 0.55%
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
34 citations, 0.51%
Sport in Society
32 citations, 0.48%
Body Image
31 citations, 0.46%
Sustainability
31 citations, 0.46%
Psychology of Music
30 citations, 0.45%
Sports
28 citations, 0.42%
Sport, Education and Society
24 citations, 0.36%
Scientific Reports
24 citations, 0.36%
Sports Coaching Review
24 citations, 0.36%
Performance Enhancement and Health
22 citations, 0.33%
Psychophysiology
21 citations, 0.31%
Behavioral Sciences
21 citations, 0.31%
Human Movement Science
21 citations, 0.31%
Current Opinion in Psychology
21 citations, 0.31%
Kinesiology Review
20 citations, 0.3%
Military Psychology
20 citations, 0.3%
Sport & Exercise Psychology Review
20 citations, 0.3%
Anxiety, Stress and Coping
19 citations, 0.28%
Zeitschrift fur Sportpsychologie
19 citations, 0.28%
European Physical Education Review
19 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy
19 citations, 0.28%
Managing Sport and Leisure
19 citations, 0.28%
British Journal of Sports Medicine
18 citations, 0.27%
Stress and Health
18 citations, 0.27%
German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
17 citations, 0.25%
Sports Medicine
17 citations, 0.25%
Psychological Reports
17 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Motor Behavior
17 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
15 citations, 0.22%
Movement and Sports Sciences - Science et Motricite
15 citations, 0.22%
Journal of American College Health
15 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Sport and Health Science
14 citations, 0.21%
New Ideas in Psychology
14 citations, 0.21%
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
14 citations, 0.21%
BMC Public Health
14 citations, 0.21%
Experimental Brain Research
14 citations, 0.21%
Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education
14 citations, 0.21%
Brain Injury
13 citations, 0.19%
BMC psychology
13 citations, 0.19%
Acta Psychologica
13 citations, 0.19%
Motivation and Emotion
13 citations, 0.19%
Physical Culture and Sport, Studies and Research
13 citations, 0.19%
Quest
12 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Public Health
12 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Personality
12 citations, 0.18%
Psychology and Health
12 citations, 0.18%
Soccer and Society
12 citations, 0.18%
Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
12 citations, 0.18%
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
11 citations, 0.16%
Educational Psychology
11 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Health Psychology
11 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
11 citations, 0.16%
Sport Management Review
11 citations, 0.16%
F1000Research
11 citations, 0.16%
Review of General Psychology
10 citations, 0.15%
Psychology, Health and Medicine
10 citations, 0.15%
Learning and Individual Differences
10 citations, 0.15%
Deviant Behavior
10 citations, 0.15%
Biological Psychology
9 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Child and Family Studies
9 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
9 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
9 citations, 0.13%
Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
9 citations, 0.13%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
9 citations, 0.13%
Applied Psychology
9 citations, 0.13%
Communication and Sport
9 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
9 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
8 citations, 0.12%
Neuropsychologia
8 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Sport and Social Issues
8 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
8 citations, 0.12%
Brain Sciences
8 citations, 0.12%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
8 citations, 0.12%
Education Sciences
8 citations, 0.12%
Leisure/ Loisir
8 citations, 0.12%
Healthcare
8 citations, 0.12%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
1691 citations, 25.25%
Elsevier
1154 citations, 17.23%
Frontiers Media S.A.
645 citations, 9.63%
Springer Nature
525 citations, 7.84%
Human Kinetics
466 citations, 6.96%
SAGE
450 citations, 6.72%
Wiley
335 citations, 5%
MDPI
279 citations, 4.17%
American Psychological Association (APA)
258 citations, 3.85%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
74 citations, 1.1%
Emerald
56 citations, 0.84%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
44 citations, 0.66%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
37 citations, 0.55%
Walter de Gruyter
30 citations, 0.45%
BMJ
30 citations, 0.45%
Cambridge University Press
24 citations, 0.36%
JMIR Publications
24 citations, 0.36%
British Psychological Society
23 citations, 0.34%
Oxford University Press
22 citations, 0.33%
Hindawi Limited
22 citations, 0.33%
EDP Sciences
19 citations, 0.28%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
18 citations, 0.27%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
17 citations, 0.25%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
17 citations, 0.25%
IGI Global
17 citations, 0.25%
F1000 Research
12 citations, 0.18%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
11 citations, 0.16%
Hacettepe University
9 citations, 0.13%
SciELO
9 citations, 0.13%
Mary Ann Liebert
8 citations, 0.12%
PeerJ
8 citations, 0.12%
SLACK
8 citations, 0.12%
Academy of Physical Education
7 citations, 0.1%
Hans Publishers
7 citations, 0.1%
Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
7 citations, 0.1%
Apex Publishing
7 citations, 0.1%
Gazi University
6 citations, 0.09%
Japanese Society of Sport Psychology
6 citations, 0.09%
OpenEdition
5 citations, 0.07%
AOSIS
5 citations, 0.07%
American Physiological Society
4 citations, 0.06%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
4 citations, 0.06%
Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia
4 citations, 0.06%
Akademiai Kiado
4 citations, 0.06%
Ubiquity Press
4 citations, 0.06%
Consortium Erudit
4 citations, 0.06%
Research Square Platform LLC
4 citations, 0.06%
Pamukkale University
4 citations, 0.06%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
3 citations, 0.04%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
3 citations, 0.04%
Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Faculty of Uludag University
3 citations, 0.04%
Palacky University
3 citations, 0.04%
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
3 citations, 0.04%
3 citations, 0.04%
Scientific Research Publishing
3 citations, 0.04%
Brieflands
3 citations, 0.04%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.04%
Sergii Iermakov
3 citations, 0.04%
Japan Society of Sports Industry
3 citations, 0.04%
Colegio Oficial de la Psicologia de Madrid
3 citations, 0.04%
IMR Press
2 citations, 0.03%
Springer Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.03%
Universidade Sao Francisco
2 citations, 0.03%
Academy of Management
2 citations, 0.03%
IOP Publishing
2 citations, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
2 citations, 0.03%
Oxford Brookes University
2 citations, 0.03%
Society for Neuroscience
2 citations, 0.03%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
2 citations, 0.03%
Medknow
2 citations, 0.03%
China Science Publishing & Media
2 citations, 0.03%
Annual Reviews
2 citations, 0.03%
Canadian Science Publishing
2 citations, 0.03%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
2 citations, 0.03%
Termedia Sp. z.o.o.
2 citations, 0.03%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
2 citations, 0.03%
Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
2 citations, 0.03%
The Japanese Psychological Association
2 citations, 0.03%
Polish Academy of Sciences Chancellery
2 citations, 0.03%
The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology
2 citations, 0.03%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.01%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.01%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1 citation, 0.01%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
University of Chicago Press
1 citation, 0.01%
Impact Journals
1 citation, 0.01%
University of Illinois Press
1 citation, 0.01%
ECN - Editora Cientifica Nacional Ltda.
1 citation, 0.01%
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
1 citation, 0.01%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
1 citation, 0.01%
OVS LLC
1 citation, 0.01%
Wageningen Academic Publishers
1 citation, 0.01%
University of Ljubljana
1 citation, 0.01%
Korean Society of Nursing Science
1 citation, 0.01%
National Athletic Trainers Association, Inc.
1 citation, 0.01%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
1 citation, 0.01%
Colegio Brasileiro de Ciencias do Esporte (CBCE)
1 citation, 0.01%
Royal College of General Practitioners
1 citation, 0.01%
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
1 citation, 0.01%
Universidad de San Buenaventura
1 citation, 0.01%
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Loughborough University
16 publications, 2.87%
Curtin University
12 publications, 2.15%
Bangor University
12 publications, 2.15%
University of Birmingham
10 publications, 1.8%
Pennsylvania State University
10 publications, 1.8%
York St John University
10 publications, 1.8%
Leeds Beckett University
9 publications, 1.62%
Wilfrid Laurier University
9 publications, 1.62%
Michigan State University
8 publications, 1.44%
University of British Columbia
8 publications, 1.44%
University of Queensland
6 publications, 1.08%
Swansea University
6 publications, 1.08%
University of Bath
6 publications, 1.08%
University of Western Australia
5 publications, 0.9%
Purdue University
5 publications, 0.9%
Cardiff Metropolitan University
5 publications, 0.9%
University of Alberta
5 publications, 0.9%
University of North Texas
5 publications, 0.9%
Utah State University
5 publications, 0.9%
University of Essex
5 publications, 0.9%
University of Stirling
5 publications, 0.9%
University of Bern
4 publications, 0.72%
Florida State University
4 publications, 0.72%
Washington State University
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Thessaly
4 publications, 0.72%
McMaster University
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Maryland, College Park
4 publications, 0.72%
Sheffield Hallam University
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Toronto
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Ottawa
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Exeter
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Tennessee
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
4 publications, 0.72%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
3 publications, 0.54%
Nottingham Trent University
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Otago
3 publications, 0.54%
Macquarie University
3 publications, 0.54%
San Francisco State University
3 publications, 0.54%
Illinois State University
3 publications, 0.54%
German Sport University Cologne
3 publications, 0.54%
McGill University
3 publications, 0.54%
Queen's University at Kingston
3 publications, 0.54%
Western University
3 publications, 0.54%
Laurentian University
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Saskatchewan
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Extremadura
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Portsmouth
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Central Lancashire
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Limerick
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Staffordshire
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Kansas
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Pittsburgh
3 publications, 0.54%
Allameh Tabataba'i University
2 publications, 0.36%
Shahrood University of technology
2 publications, 0.36%
Ghent University
2 publications, 0.36%
Technical University of Munich
2 publications, 0.36%
Grenoble Alpes University
2 publications, 0.36%
Halmstad University
2 publications, 0.36%
Brunel University London
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Padua
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 0.36%
Manchester Metropolitan University
2 publications, 0.36%
London School of Economics and Political Science
2 publications, 0.36%
National Taiwan University of Sport
2 publications, 0.36%
Iowa State University
2 publications, 0.36%
Foro Italico University of Rome
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Waikato
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Adelaide
2 publications, 0.36%
Chulalongkorn University
2 publications, 0.36%
Auburn University
2 publications, 0.36%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.36%
George Mason University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Washington
2 publications, 0.36%
Newcastle University
2 publications, 0.36%
Southern Methodist University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 0.36%
Wayne State University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 0.36%
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
2 publications, 0.36%
MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Münster
2 publications, 0.36%
Goethe University Frankfurt
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Groningen
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.36%
Bielefeld University
2 publications, 0.36%
Virginia Commonwealth University
2 publications, 0.36%
Duquesne University
2 publications, 0.36%
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Victoria
2 publications, 0.36%
Nipissing University
2 publications, 0.36%
Brock University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Calgary
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Manitoba
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Kentucky
2 publications, 0.36%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Utah
2 publications, 0.36%
University College Dublin
2 publications, 0.36%
Bournemouth University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Brighton
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Chichester
2 publications, 0.36%
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York St John University
5 publications, 1.67%
Loughborough University
4 publications, 1.34%
University of British Columbia
4 publications, 1.34%
Florida State University
3 publications, 1%
University of Western Australia
3 publications, 1%
Curtin University
3 publications, 1%
Swansea University
3 publications, 1%
University of Toronto
3 publications, 1%
University of Bath
3 publications, 1%
University of Essex
3 publications, 1%
Ghent University
2 publications, 0.67%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.67%
Macquarie University
2 publications, 0.67%
Newcastle University
2 publications, 0.67%
McGill University
2 publications, 0.67%
University of Groningen
2 publications, 0.67%
University of Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.67%
Leeds Beckett University
2 publications, 0.67%
Sheffield Hallam University
2 publications, 0.67%
Western University
2 publications, 0.67%
University of Alberta
2 publications, 0.67%
University of Extremadura
2 publications, 0.67%
University of Chichester
2 publications, 0.67%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.33%
Halmstad University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Nantes
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Bern
1 publication, 0.33%
Eindhoven University of Technology
1 publication, 0.33%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 0.33%
Edinburgh Napier University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.33%
Manchester Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.33%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.33%
Nottingham Trent University
1 publication, 0.33%
National Taiwan University of Sport
1 publication, 0.33%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.33%
Tunghai University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Adelaide
1 publication, 0.33%
James Cook University
1 publication, 0.33%
Central Queensland University
1 publication, 0.33%
West Virginia University
1 publication, 0.33%
German Sport University Cologne
1 publication, 0.33%
National Chiayi University
1 publication, 0.33%
Keele University
1 publication, 0.33%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Konstanz
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
1 publication, 0.33%
Anglia Ruskin University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of East Anglia
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Victoria
1 publication, 0.33%
Wilfrid Laurier University
1 publication, 0.33%
Laurentian University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Manitoba
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Ottawa
1 publication, 0.33%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.33%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1 publication, 0.33%
University of North Texas
1 publication, 0.33%
Utah State University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Tennessee
1 publication, 0.33%
London Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Stirling
1 publication, 0.33%
Bournemouth University
1 publication, 0.33%
Bangor University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Brighton
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Wolverhampton
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Bolton
1 publication, 0.33%
Universidade Paulista
1 publication, 0.33%
University of São Paulo
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Staffordshire
1 publication, 0.33%
Université de Montréal
1 publication, 0.33%
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USA, 88, 15.8%
USA
88 publications, 15.8%
United Kingdom, 87, 15.62%
United Kingdom
87 publications, 15.62%
Canada, 49, 8.8%
Canada
49 publications, 8.8%
Australia, 25, 4.49%
Australia
25 publications, 4.49%
Germany, 16, 2.87%
Germany
16 publications, 2.87%
France, 7, 1.26%
France
7 publications, 1.26%
New Zealand, 6, 1.08%
New Zealand
6 publications, 1.08%
China, 5, 0.9%
China
5 publications, 0.9%
Belgium, 5, 0.9%
Belgium
5 publications, 0.9%
Greece, 5, 0.9%
Greece
5 publications, 0.9%
Italy, 5, 0.9%
Italy
5 publications, 0.9%
Netherlands, 5, 0.9%
Netherlands
5 publications, 0.9%
Switzerland, 5, 0.9%
Switzerland
5 publications, 0.9%
Ireland, 4, 0.72%
Ireland
4 publications, 0.72%
Sweden, 4, 0.72%
Sweden
4 publications, 0.72%
Spain, 3, 0.54%
Spain
3 publications, 0.54%
Portugal, 2, 0.36%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.36%
Norway, 2, 0.36%
Norway
2 publications, 0.36%
Thailand, 2, 0.36%
Thailand
2 publications, 0.36%
Brazil, 1, 0.18%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.18%
Denmark, 1, 0.18%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.18%
Iran, 1, 0.18%
Iran
1 publication, 0.18%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.18%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.18%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.18%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.18%
Singapore, 1, 0.18%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.18%
Tunisia, 1, 0.18%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.18%
Turkey, 1, 0.18%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.18%
Finland, 1, 0.18%
Finland
1 publication, 0.18%
South Africa, 1, 0.18%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.18%
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United Kingdom, 16, 5.35%
United Kingdom
16 publications, 5.35%
Canada, 15, 5.02%
Canada
15 publications, 5.02%
USA, 10, 3.34%
USA
10 publications, 3.34%
Australia, 7, 2.34%
Australia
7 publications, 2.34%
Netherlands, 4, 1.34%
Netherlands
4 publications, 1.34%
Belgium, 2, 0.67%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.67%
Germany, 1, 0.33%
Germany
1 publication, 0.33%
China, 1, 0.33%
China
1 publication, 0.33%
Brazil, 1, 0.33%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.33%
Spain, 1, 0.33%
Spain
1 publication, 0.33%
Sweden, 1, 0.33%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.33%
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