This week Caron and I have been made aware by a Board Member that the author guidelines for European Sport Management Quarterly on the website have been completely changed. This has occurred without our knowledge. I am trying to identify why this is the case and to get the currently posted incorrect guidelines replaced with the correct ones. Apart from the lack of consultation, this is quite a serious matter as new submitters are currently advised, for example that there is no word limit for papers, whereas we have a strict one of 8,000 words!!! Other errors include the removal of the structured abstract introduced by Holger.

In order to try to minimise misunderstanding, Caron and I have produced the attached brief synopsis of the correct submission policy. I would appreciate it if you would take note of this and pass it on as appropriate to any of your network who have discussed submitting to the journal with you.

I have to say too that Taylor and Francis has also not posted my recent message about COVID 19, that was circulated to EASM members and the Editorial Board, on the journal website. This is despite requests over two weeks ago. All rather disappointing!

Nonetheless, with best wishes for Easter,

Stay safe.

Paul

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Special Issues provide an excellent opportunity to review a topic, examine gaps in scholarship, and encourage new approaches and domains of research.

All proposals should be submitted to the editor by the 1st August each year to be assessed by the eSMQ Board at the Editorial board meeting at the EASM conference. A decision will be announced by the 30th September with an expectation that finalised manuzscripts will be submitted for production at the beginning of December the following year.

Submission Guidelines

Proposals should outline the relevance of the topic, the purpose of the special issue, examples of themes and sub-themes. Special Issue proposals must contain the following elements:

1. Name and affiliation of proposed Guest Editors
2. Short CV of proposed Guest Editors, including a list of major publications and editorial experience
3. A provisional title of the Special Issue and justification of the topic including the projected theoretical, practical and policy implications; the names of potential contributors and reviewers for the special issue
4. A list of any other Special Issues on the proposed or related topic that have recently been published, or will be published, by other journals.

The Guest Editors are accountable to the timeline set for the timely production of the Special issue.

Note: Special Issue Editors will be able to organise a workshop at the next EASM conference if they wish to bring together their contributors and to refine their Issue. Likewise, accepted organisers of workshops at an EASM conference may wish to submit a proposal for a Special Issue connected with their proposed workshop at the conference.

How to submit your proposal

1. Submit your Special Issue proposal by 1st August each year to the editor (p.downward@lboro.ac.uk).
2. The decision on the Special Issue topic will be made by the editorial board by 30th September each year.
3. The Guest Editors oversee the double blind review process and manage all submitted manuscripts.

Further details on the review and publication process will be provided by the Editor upon acceptance of the Special Issue.

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The Journal Citation Reports® were announced at the end of last week, and we’re delighted to reveal that European Sport Management Quarterly’s 2016 Impact Factor has risen to 1.778. This is a huge jump compared to the 2015 Impact Factor of 1.019.

The 2016 Impact Factor saw 96 cites, to 54 citable items. This represents close to a doubling of the number of cites, compared to the 2015 Impact Factor (53 cites), with a stable number of citable items (52).

This is by far the journal’s highest Impact Factor to date, since the journal’s first, in 2010. This Impact Factor sees the journal jump in the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport, & Tourism category, to 18 out of 45, compared to 27 out of 44 in the 2015 Impact Factor. It also places ESMQ as the second-highest Sport Management Impact Factor within the category.

Five Year Impact Factor

The 2016 Five-Year Impact Factor has also increased to 2.087, with 263 cites to 126 citable items, compared to the 2015 Five-Year Impact Factor of 1.290, with 160 cites to 124 citable items. The Five-Year Impact Factor also places ESMQ as the second-highest journal in Sport Management.

Many congratulations and a huge thank you to Professor Tracy Taylor, the Associate Editors, Dr Ashlee Morgan, the Editorial Board, EASM, as well as the journal’s authors and reviewers, for the hard work and dedication which has gone into achieving this.

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30 November 2016 is the deadline for the ESMQ 2018 Special Issue: Managing High Performance Sport.

More information on ESMQ can be found on the ESMQ page.

Find more information on the ESMQ 2018 Special Issue here.

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