OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Sport Management is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Sport Ecology: Conceptualizing an Emerging Subdiscipline Within Sport Management	123
Esports Scholarship Review: Synthesis, Contributions, and Future Research	31
Institutional Theory in Sport: A Scoping Review	30
Big Data and Analytics in Sport Management	29
Working in the Sport Industry: A Classification of Human Capital Archetypes	25
Customer Engagement in Sport: An Updated Review and Research Agenda	24
Sport Experience Design: Wearable Fitness Technology in the Health and Fitness Industry	23
The Psychological Meaning of Team Among Fans of Women’s Sport	22
An Institutional Framework for Governance Convergence in Sport: The Case of India	21
The Attention Economy and Esports: An Econometric Analysis of Twitch Viewership	20
Female Sports Officials and Mental Health: The Overlooked Problem	19
Do Consumer Perceptions of Tanking Impact Attendance at National Basketball Association Games? A Sentiment Analysis Approach	18
Connecting Customer Knowledge Management and Intention to Use Sport Services Through Psychological Involvement, Commitment, and Customer Perceived Value	17
Understanding Season Ticket Holder Attendance Decisions	17
Is Reflexivity Enough? Addressing Reflexive Embodiment, Power, and Whiteness in Sport Management Research	17
LGBT Diversity and Inclusion, Community Characteristics, and Success	17
Women and Leadership Development in Australian Sport Organizations	16
Addressing Gender Inequity in Sport Through Women’s Invisible Labor	16
What Is Blackness to Sport Management? Manifestations of Anti-Blackness in the Field	16
Understanding the Lack of Diversity in Sport Consumer Behavior Research	15
Large-Scale Sport Events and Resident Well-Being: Examining PERMA and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games	14
Critical Discourse Analysis as Theory, Methodology, and Analyses in Sport Management Studies	14
Gender, Leadership, and Governance in English National Governing Bodies of Sport: Formal Structures, Rules, and Processes	13
Toward a Sport Ecosystem Logic	13
Remapping the Sport Brandscape: A Structured Review and Future Direction for Sport Brand Research	12

Examining Institutional Entrepreneurship in the Passage of Youth Sport Concussion Legislation	12
Charting Their Own Path: Using Life Course Theory to Explore the Careers of Gay Men Working in Sport	10
Stigma Consciousness and Work Outcomes of Senior Woman Administrators: The Role of Workplace Incivility	10
Sport Clusters and Community Resilience in the United States	10
A Longitudinal Study of Power Relations in a British Olympic Sport Organization	9
“Something Seriously Wrong With U.S. Soccer”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Consumers’ Twitter Responses to U.S. Soccer’s Girls’ Apparel Promotion	9
Frustrated Customers: The Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Yelp Reviews	8
Predicting Season Ticket Holder Retention Using Rich Behavioral Data	8
Running Through Travel Career Progression: Social Worlds and Active Sport Tourism	8
“It’s Like Being on an Island by Yourself”: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Administrators’ Perceptions of Barriers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work in Intercollegiate Athletics	8
Extending the Kaleidoscope Career Model: Understanding Career Needs of Midcareer Elite Head Coaches	8
New Evidence in the Study of Shirking in Major League Baseball	8
Becoming an Occupation? A Research Agenda Into the Professionalization of the Sport for Development and Peace Sector	8
What Does Entrepreneurship Add to the Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility Management in Sport?	8
Dealing With Statistical Significance in Big Data: The Social Media Value of Game Outcomes in Professional Football	7
“Germany Crashes Out of World Cup”: A Mixed-Method Study on the Effects of Crisis Communication on Facebook	7
“No Idea is a Bad Idea”: Exploring the Nature of Design Thinking Alignment in an Australian Sport Organization	7
Does Being a Sport Fan Provide Meaning in Life?	7
Does the Game Matter? Analyzing Sponsorship Effectiveness and Message Personalization in Sport Live Broadcasts	6
Broadcaster Choice and Audience Demand for Live Sport Games: Panel Analyses of the Korea Baseball Organization	6
The Role of Team Identification on the Sponsorship Articulation–Fit Relationship	6
Addressing the Complexity of Violence Against Women in Sport: Using the World Café Method to Inform Organizational Response	6
The Gradual Normalization of Behaviors Which Might Challenge Ethical and Professional Standards in Two British Elite Sports Organizations	6
Athlete Misconduct and Team Sponsor Stock Prices: The Role of Incident Type and Media Coverage	6
Great Expectations: A Critical Review of Interorganizational Relationships in Amateur Sport	6
Navigating a White, Male Space: The Lived Experiences of Black, Female Ice Hockey Fans	6
The Political Economy of Mass Sport Participation Legacies From Large-Scale Sport Events: A Conceptual Paper	6