Centre for Leisure Management Research
School of Management and Marketing
A study conducted by the CLMR in conjunction with the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ) evaluated 13 sport management journals and ranked them according to the following criteria:
The report details the instrument design, procedure and results:
The following table summarises the results of the study.
Journal |
Familiarity weight |
Weighted score (rank) |
Weighted criteria - 4 clusters |
| Journal of Sport Management | .93 (1) |
2.51 (1) |
A |
| Sport Management Review | .91 (2) |
2.91 (2) |
A |
| Sociology of Sport Journal | .69 (8) |
2.95 (3) |
A |
| International Review for the Sociology of Sport | .64 (9) |
3.27 (4) |
B+ |
| Journal of Sports Economics | .53 (11) |
3.41 (5) |
B+ |
| Journal of Sport and Social Issues | .73 (5) |
3.50 (6) |
B+ |
| European Sport Management Quarterly | .84 (3) |
3.55 (7) |
B+ |
| Sport Marketing Quarterly | .80 (4) |
3.63 (8) |
B |
| International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship | .73 (5) |
3.64 (9) |
B |
| International Journal of Sport Management & Marketing | .64 (9) |
4.09 (10) |
B |
| Journal of Sport Tourism | .49 (12) |
4.18 (11) |
B |
| Sporting Traditions - Journal of the Australian Society of Sports History | .49 (12) |
4.23 (12) |
B |
| International Journal of Sport Management | .73 (5) |
4.68 (13) |
C+ |
