The journal's editor is C. L. Cole (University of Illinois).

The journal is of an international, interdisciplinary perspective and aims to examine pressing, topical questions about sport.

The Journal of Sport & Social Issues studies the impact of sport on and in areas such as psychology, cultural studies and anthropology.

The Journal of Sport & Social Issues is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index.

[1] and 41 out of 58 journals in the category 'Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism'.