OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of the History of Sport is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Arnis Under American Colonial Rule: Expanding Sources, Geographical Scope, and Reconstructing Historical Narrative	8
The Female Tradition in Physical Education: Women First Reconsidered The Female Tradition in Physical Education: Women First reconsidered , edited by David Kirk and Patr	7
‘Cheap, Scientific and Free From Danger’: Accounting for the Development of Field Hockey in Aotearoa New Zealand	6
A Critical and Historical Review of Women’s Football in Male-Dominated Sports Governing Bodies in Jamaica and Hawaiʻi	5
Gymnastics in Nineteenth-Century South Africa	5
Sport Between a Century-Old Hostility: Football Relations of Serbia and Albania	4
Reading Kristi Yamaguchi: Media, Multiculturalism, and the Double Process of Racialization	4
Introduction: Africa in the Boxing Ring	4
The Sociohistorical Challenges to the Development of Women’s Football in Poland	4
Physical Culture and Batllismo: Resignifying Amateurism in the Uruguayan Context	3
Undoing Maradona: Subalterns of Sport for Development	3
Tennis for Anyone?: Class and Social Transformation on the Court in Eric Ravilious’ Tennis (1930)	3
The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978	3
Placard Carriers and Flag Bearers: Gender Representation in the Summer Olympics’ Parade of Nations (1908–2021)	3
Making Public the History of Non-Racial Sport in South Africa	3
A History of World Taekwondo-Approved Competition Uniforms	3
The Polish Olympic Committee’s Subjection to the Communist Authorities in the Stalinist Period: An Inside Story	3
Image of ‘Sino-Western Essence’ in the Press: On the ‘Dual-Track’ Physical Training System of Chin Woo Athletic Federation	3
Reclaiming the 1934 Women’s World Games: Athletic and Gender Performance	3
How Pure Was Romanian Rugby? Minority, Majority and Extremists in Romanian Interwar Rugby	3
Between Purity and Pragmatism: The Politics of Purebred Breeding and Racing of the Orlov Trotter in Imperial Russia, 1880–1915	2
A Mutual Dependency: Postcolonial Relations between the French Athletics Federation and French-Speaking African Athletics Federations (1956–1969)	2
‘Dis Football Sef … Na Wahala’: A Continental Contest That Troubled a Nation	2
From the Box Score to Artificial Intelligence: A Historical and Analytical Journey Through Basketball Statistics (1891–Present)	2
Reconstructing Sports Heritage After Demolition: The Case of Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium in South Korea	2

Cooperation of Sports Communities with the Government Apparatus in Poland in the Years 1945–1989	2
From Motions to Missions: Interrogating Sport Organization Annual Reports as Works of Sport Memory	2
Development of Japanese Martial Arts in Hungarian Sport Culture	2
Gender Norms, Fairness Ideology, and the First Openly Trans Woman Athlete in South Korea	2
Sport and History in Small States and Non-Sovereign Territories: An Introduction	2
Debates on Naturalized Athletes in Turkish Politics, 1986–2022: A Part of National Pride or Discontent?	2
A Bouncing Echo of Medieval Heydays? The Legacy of Pärk ( Jeu de Paume ) in Gotland	2
Romanian Women’s Participation in Recreation and Sporting Activities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century	2
County Club Finances and the Decline of Amateur Cricketers in England	2
The Girl with the Torch: The Life Story of Gymnast Karin Lindberg Lindén	2
Naming Practices in Cameroonian Football Clubs: Historical Shifts and Sociocultural Meanings from 1920 to 2020	2
Football and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Argentina: La Nuestra	2
Professional Basketball, the ‘Hardship Case’ and the ‘Culture of Poverty’: The Social Construction of Black Basketball Players from Spencer Haywood to Moses Malone, 1969–1974	2
Exploring Sports and Identity in Macau: A Historical Perspective on Portuguese Influence and Contemporary Significance	2
Breaking New Ground: A Historical Exploration of Women’s Cricket in India, 1973–1991	2
The Bicycling Boys of Conneaut: Juvenile Wheelers in the Golden Age of Cycling	2
Sustainable Local Operation of Chin Woo Athletic Association in Singapore and Malaysia	2
From Festivities to Competitions—The Historical Heritage and Modern Transformation of Dragon Boat Sports Culture in Taiwan	2
Serbian Sports Aviation in the Period 1925–1941	1
The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers: Professional Baseball in Modern Japan	1
Los Angeles, Barcelona, and Beijing: The Emergence of Three Organizational Sporting Models and the Future of the Olympic Games	1
From Back Streets to Olympic Stage: The Development of Breaking and Skateboarding in South Korea	1
The Second World War, the ‘Rugby Split’, and the Afrikanerization of White Rugby in South Africa, c.1940–1956	1
Exploring Sport’s Role in Mitigating Conflicts Gulf Cup as a Case Study	1
Jorabin, a Sport or a Battle (from the Past to the Present)	1
Transforming Scottish Basketball: Exploring the Student Impact, 1890s–1930s	1
The Aborted Project for the European Games in the 1960s and 1970s	1
Diplomatic Heavyweights: Sumō Wrestlers and Japan-China Relations in the Early 1970s	1
Perceptions of School Sports in the GDR	1
From Cultural Import to Flourishing Sport: A Comprehensive History of DanceSport in China (1864–2023)	1
Navigating Athlete Welfare, 1962–2023: Policy, Practice and Challenges in South Korea	1
Eastern Beauties: The Role of Taiwanese Corporate Women’s Basketball Teams in Cold War Cultural Diplomacy	1
From Online to Offline Surfing: The Role of Social Media in Promoting the Sustainability of the Obibini Girls Surf Club	1
The Work of Georges Demenÿ in Brazilian Periodical Press: Themes Debated, 1890 − 1949	1
‘Pommel Horse Rebels and Apartheid’s Friends’ – American Gymnasts and the International Anti-Apartheid Sports Boycott Against South Africa, 1970–1990	1
A Contested Victory: Liberal Reformism and Women’s Physical Culture in Colombia, 1930–1946	1
Animated by Uncertainty: Rugby and the Performance of History in South Africa	1
Pathway in Developing Sport Ecosystem in Small States	1
The First Women’s Olympic Games, Paris 1922	1
Soccer and Society in Dublin: A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital	1
Sport in Qatar: Nation-Building, Cultural Identity, and Royal Influence	1
Louis Faure-Dujarric, a French Sports Architect in the Interwar Period	1
Introduction	1
Sports Facility Development and Politics in Budapest since 1945	1
A ‘Fictitious National Crown’: The Rise and Fall of State of Origin Contests in Australian Rules Football, 1977–1999	1
Introduction: The History of Sport in the Balkans from the Sokol Movement to Physical Culture	1
Olympic Philately: Reading the 1896 Athens Olympics from Postage Stamps	1
Physical Education, Sports and Educational Reforms: The Assistance Agreement Between the Argentine Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany (1961–1980)	1
The Third Women’s World Games, Prague, 1930	1
Transactionality, Opportunism and the Third Generation’s Emotional Patriotism. Deservingness and Transnational Football Players in the Polish National Team	1

Wisdom from the Wickets: Cricket Virtues and Colonial Governance in Lord Harris’ Bombay	1
Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL	1
‘Be Curious, Not Judgmental’: Advice to Coaches, Ethnographers and Beginners Everywhere	1
Rugby in Early Communist Romania	1
‘The Cheering Was Loud and Long’: Practical Feminism and the England Women’s Hockey Tour of Australia in 1927	1
Sumiyuki Kotani, the Kodokan Emissary to Brazil	1
Engineering the Association Football: Changes in Laws, Markets, Design and Manufacture Through the History of the Beautiful Game	1
The Lamido Yaya Daïrou Stadium of Maroua: A Site of Memory and a Source of History	1
Alaska Joins the Whitewater Union: The Birth of Whitewater Boating from the Colorado to the Yukon	1
Anzac Day Football: From Rotating Ritual to Monopolized ‘Tradition’, 1960–2025	1
Judo and Kendo as Instruments of Japanese Imperialism in the Philippines, 1942–1945	1
The Sporting Battalion Athletes in the Defence of Madrid During the Spanish Civil War ¹	1
Analysis of the Cancellation of the 2019 East Asian Youth Games in Taiwan	1
Facial Recognition Technology, Surveillance, and the Transformations of the Crowd in the Sports Stadium: A Literary Approach	1
The Political and Social Determinants of Football Hooliganism in Central Europe in the Interwar Period	1
‘In Case of Dispute, the French Text is to be Used’: A History of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), 1904–1922	1
From California to Brazil: The History of Skateboarding in Curitiba, Paraná (1975–1999)	1
Internationalisation and Modern Sport: The Anglo-French Struggle to Control International Cycling, 1892–1914	1
Disputed Frontiers: Open Water Crossings in the River Plate, 1918–1924	1
The Balkan Athletics Championships: The Beginnings of inter-Balkan Sports Diplomacy, 1928–1934?	1
Living Football, Navigating Politics: Salah Assad’s Life Story in Post-Colonial and Post-Conflict Algeria	1
Football and Stadia as Social Anchors: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette-Home of the Original ‘Swamp’	1
Beyond the Beach: One Hundred and One Summers of Palm Beach Surf Club, vol. 1 and 2	1
Neither Asia nor Europe: Israel, Managed Liminality, and International Football, 1954–1991	1
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport: Sporting Literacy, Attenuated Agency, and Survivance	1
Sporting Art for the Global Age? ‘Edition Olympia’ and the 1972 Munich Olympics	1
Olympic Truce during the Nagano Olympics: Between Diplomacy and Public Diplomacy of the International Olympic Committee	1
Making Refereeing Global? How FIFA’s International Courses for Referees Helped Lay the Groundwork for Football’s Commercialization, 1948–1976	1
Regulating, Controlling and Using New Financial Inflows: The Introduction of a Modern Licensing Scheme in Swiss Professional Football (1992–2010)	1
Sports in South America: A History	1
Youth Education and Sport as an Arena of Political Rivalry: The Maccabi Movement in 1930s Palestine	1
Asia Pride Games (The Straits Games): Past, Present, and Future	1
Sport and Social Difference in Vienna around 1900: On the Historical Significance of Otto Herschmann	1
Historical Clues in N′golo for the Understanding of Floreio in Capoeira	1
Commodifying Race: The Portrayal of Bernardo Mikixi, an Angolan Mixed Martial Artist, in the Extreme Fighting Championship’s Advertising Materials in South Africa, 2009–2015	1
On the Kicking Techniques of Pankration	1
The Dialectic of Self-Reliance and Self-Colonization: Surrender, Resistance, and Independence in the Okinawan Karate Community, 1979–1997	1
Women’s Weightlifting in Taiwan: History, Media and Gendered Politics from the 1980s to the Olympics	1
Turning Gymnasts into Citizen-Soldiers: The Militarization of Physical Activities during the Third Republic in France (1870–1940)	1