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The International Sports Law Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer Nature, covering Doping in Sports, Sports Analytics and Performance, Sports, Gender, and Society.

PublisherSpringer Nature
Reference styleNumbered (Springer Basic)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C (2023) A representative article title. The International Sports Law Journal 12:45–58

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Publishes research inDoping in Sports Sports Analytics and Performance Sports, Gender, and Society Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
ISSN1567-7559
Citation impact (2-yr)1.59
h-index19
i10-index64
Total citations2,094
Article processing charge$2,990
Top institutions publishing hereAsser Institute
Journal websitewww.springer.com
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Papers published in The International Sports Law Journal per year

25
2014
20
2015
16
2016
14
2017
20
2018
26
2019
17
2020
21
2021
31
2022
32
2023
20
2024
42
2025

Citation impact of The International Sports Law Journal by publication year

119
2014
138
2015
71
2016
114
2017
158
2018
317
2019
143
2020
164
2021
186
2022
124
2023
78
2024
40
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The International Sports Law Journal

Scientific integrity and the IAAF testosterone regulations

Roger A. Pielke, Ross Tucker, Erik Boye · 7 Feb 2019

In April 2018, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced new regulations governing the eligibility of certain female athletes with differences of sexual development accompanied by elevated levels of natural testosterone. Such women with testosterone levels above a specific threshold would be banned from competing as females unless they were to undergo medical intervention.…

Gaps in the protection of athletes gender rights in sport—a regulatory riddle

Seema Patel · 10 Mar 2021

Abstract This paper examines the regulatory gaps in the protection of athletes’ gender rights in sport. The regulation of human rights in sport is increasingly being scrutinised and at the same time, the societal parameters of sex and gender identity are shifting. Together, these current developments present a regulatory riddle when determining how to balance…

The extraordinary autonomy of sports bodies under Swiss law: lessons to be drawn

Margareta Baddeley · 20 Dec 2019

Abstract High-profile decisions of the sports governing bodies and subsequent judicial decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, the Swiss Federal Tribunal and, sometimes, the European Court of Human Rights frequently draw wide public attention to the fact that in litigations of the sports world, the decisions of the sports governing…

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