Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Sagamore Publishing LLC

H-Index

9

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

07351968, 21606862

Coverage

2019-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

chris_wynveen@baylor.edu

Scope

The Journal of Park and Recreation Administration (JPRA) is the official publication of the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration. The Academy is an organization of distinguished practitioners and scholars committed to the advancement of park and recreation administration. The Journal was established by the Academy to bridge the gap between research and practice for administration, educators, consultants, and researchers. One of the leading journals in the park and recreation industry, JPRA was launched in 1983 to encourage scholarly research and the advancement of knowledge for best management practices and delivery services. JPRA provides a forum for the analysis of management and organization of the delivery of park, recreation, and leisure services. JPRA will publish distinguished original manuscripts that will accomplish the following: • move theoretical management concepts forward in the field of park and recreation administration
 • provide clear implications of theory and research for problem solving and action in park and recreation organizations. JPRA is published four times (online and print) a year by the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration and Sagamore-Venture Publishing. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Nature and Landscape Conservation2021Q3
Nature and Landscape Conservation2022Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation2023Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)2021Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)2022Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)2023Q2
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management2021Q3
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management2022Q3
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management2023Q3
Urban Studies2021Q2
Urban Studies2022Q2
Urban Studies2023Q2
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20210.293
20220.423
20230.380
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
201935
202044
202148
202246
202330
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.914
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20211.063
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20221.134
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20231.058
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.914
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20211.063
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20221.134
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20231.029
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.914
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20211.063
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20221.196
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.787
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20190
Self Cites20201
Self Cites202115
Self Cites202227
Self Cites202311
Total Cites20190
Total Cites202032
Total Cites202184
Total Cites2022144
Total Cites2023142
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20190
External Cites per document20200.886
External Cites per document20210.873
External Cites per document20220.921
External Cites per document20230.949
Cites per document20190.000
Cites per document20200.914
Cites per document20211.063
Cites per document20221.134
Cites per document20231.029
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20198.57
20209.09
202114.58
20224.35
202310.00
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20190
Non-citable documents20206
Non-citable documents20218
Non-citable documents202212
Non-citable documents20237
Citable documents20190
Citable documents202029
Citable documents202171
Citable documents2022115
Citable documents2023131
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20190
Uncited documents202021
Uncited documents202137
Uncited documents202261
Uncited documents202368
Cited documents20190
Cited documents202014
Cited documents202142
Cited documents202266
Cited documents202370
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