About the Journal

Sociología del Deporte (SD) was created within the Sports Sociology Research Committee of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES).

Its mission is to create a space for reflection and debate on the sports phenomenon from the perspective of the social sciences. It intends to connect, in a rigorous scientific manner, the main theories and currents in sociology – but also those of related disciplines (anthropology, history, social psychology, sports sciences and political and moral philosophy) – with the current intellectual debate on the sports phenomenon. It will promote the study of the sports phenomenon as an expression of social reality and encourage the analysis of social facts and changes from the sports perspective. Thus, the journal is open to all researchers in the social sciences, independently of their degree of specialisation. Sociología del Deporte (SD) is beginning its publication in 2020 as a biannual journal, in paper and electronic formats.

As for its Scope, It is currently an international reference journal, with the vocation of integrating existing debates on the sports phenomenon in Spain, Europe, Latin America and the rest of the world. This is why the journal publishes contributions in Castilian and English.

Peer Review. Each contribution that meets the requirements for evaluation, according to the criteria of the Editorial Board, will be submitted in an anonymized manner to the evaluation of at least two external specialists. These evaluators will issue a reasoned report on the scientific quality of the manuscript and whether or not it should be published, which will be taken into consideration by the Council. If there is no agreement between the evaluators, an additional evaluation by a third specialist may be requested.

Open Access. Its content is free and without charge to the user or the institution. Users may read, download, copy, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles or use them for any other legal purpose without seeking prior permission from the editor or author.

Sociología del Deporte is the official publication of the Sociology of Sports Research Committee of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES) and is edited by the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville.

Interoperability Policy: Sociología del Deporte provides an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interface that allows other portals and information services to access the metadata of published content. This interface is available at https://www.upo.es/revistas/index.php/sociologiadeldeporte/oai.

Data from articles published in the journal are available for data mining processes through the use of APIs. You can consult the technical documentation at https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/dev/api/. To obtain the API key, please contact publicaciones@upo.es.

The journal Sociología del Deporte (SD) is a publication created in 2019 within the framework of the Chair of Applied Social Research in Andalusian Sport, through an agreement signed between Pablo de Olavide University and the Ministry of Education and Sport of the Andalusian Regional Government. It was created with the aim of becoming an instrument for analysis, dissemination, training, and information on scientific and social knowledge about the elements involved in the development of the sports system, introducing a comparative perspective at the international level.

Currently, it is the official publication of the Sociology of Sport Research Committee of the Spanish Federation of Sociology, although it continues to be published by Pablo de Olavide University in Seville.

In terms of governance, its editorial team is proposed by the FES Sociology of Sport Research Committee from among its staff of scientists, based on their expertise and academic consolidation, and approved by the Publications Service of Pablo de Olavide University.

ARTICLE DEPOSIT. Authors may publish the submitted version (or preprint) whenever they wish, without waiting for acceptance, in an institutional repository or any other repository they wish, however; they may also publish the accepted version (or Author Accepted Manuscript) and the published version (or Version of Record) without restrictions or embargo period from the date of publication in the journal.

“The opinions and facts presented in each article are the exclusive responsibility of the authors, as well as the credibility and authenticity of the work”