Impact Factor
2.97
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
2.46
163 total citations
h5-index
20
h5 depth signal
Cited share
58.8%
40 of 68
Total citations
163
Citation footprint
Metric signal
2.41
External metric anchor
Self-citation
0.6%
1 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
179
Canada
160
United Kingdom
151
Australia
75
Germany
67
Citing Fields of Research
Sports Science
331
Psychiatry & Psychology
203
Nutrition & Dietetics
95
Psychiatry
61
Neurosciences
42
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,673
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
68
40 cited publications
Last 12 months
42
6.0 publications/month
Open access share
2.4%
1 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
179 citing publications
Leading citing field
Sports Science
331 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
1 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v29n1, Feb. 2007-
v29n1, Feb. 2007-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Sports Science
Broad Categories
Psychology
Sports Medicine
Sports Science
Nutrition & Dietetics
Psychiatry & Psychology
MeSH Descriptors
Physical Exertion
Psychology, Applied
Sports
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
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DOI 10.1123/jsep.2025-0306
Open DOI
Youth Sport Players’ Enjoyment in Team Practice Sessions: The Daily Impact of Coaches and Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction
Sport enjoyment can be a quality marker of players’ sport experience, signaling a basic need-supportive, psychologically healthy sport context linked to better well-being and health. Yet, little is known about its day-to-day variability ...
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DOI 10.1123/jsep.2026-0014
Open DOI
The Effects of Training Type and Affective Stimuli on Promoting Physical Activity: Based on the Approach-Avoidance Training Paradigm
This study examined whether approach-avoidance training (AAT) could promote physical activity among insufficiently active individuals. Two experiments tested typical and consequence-based AAT using neutral physical activity and sedentary...
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DOI 10.1123/jsep.2025-0266
Open DOI
The Forgotten Continent? A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Research in African Youth Sport
Youth sport is increasingly recognized as a platform for fostering physical health and psychosocial development. Yet, the vast majority of existing knowledge stems from research in Western contexts. On the African continent, home to near...
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DOI 10.1123/jsep.2025-0255
Open DOI
Psychological Violence and Mental Health Outcomes in NextGen Athletes: Moderating Role of Mental Performance Skills
This study aimed to (a) identify NexGen athletes’ levels of mental health, anxiety, and depressive symptoms; (b) determine associations between sport type, psychological violence, mental performance, and athletes’ mental illness and ment...
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DOI 10.1123/jsep.2025-0222
Open DOI
Parent–Child Emotion Regulation Within Competitive Youth Sport Families: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study
Youth sport participation can lead to stressful experiences for athletes and parents, and the manner in which negative emotions are regulated impacts their experiences and continued involvement. As primary socialization agents, parents a...
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DOI 10.1123/jsep.2025-0212
Open DOI
Does the Exerciser Stereotype Apply to Autistic Persons With Intellectual Disabilities? Influence of the Level of Sport Participation
This study examined whether information about sport participation influences stereotypes associated with autistic persons with intellectual disabilities, focusing on the warmth and competence dimensions of stereotype content and their fa...
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DOI 10.1123/jsep.2025-0177
Open DOI
How Does Sport Fantasy Associate With Psychological Distress in British Universities and Colleges Sport Athletes? The Role of Deflated Reality in Sport Matters
Mental health problems are still prevalent in sport, and their early symptoms often appear as nonspecific psychological distress. While research in the general population has unveiled both “dark” and “bright” sides of fantasy, knowledge ...
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DOI 10.1123/jsep.2025-0290
Open DOI
Body Acceptance by Others in Sport: Psychometric Evaluation of a Teammate-Adapted Version of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 in Botswana Athletes
In this study, the dimensionality of scores from a teammate-adapted version of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2, measurement invariance by sex, and theoretically convergent correlations with positive body image constructs were exami...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Also issued online.
Published by: North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, <1993->