International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Papers
(The H4-Index of International Review for the Sociology of Sport is 14. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Structural dynamics of whistleblowing on doping in sport: Empirical findings of a qualitative mixed methods approach59
Book Review: Gender and Power in Strength Sports: Strong as Feminist by Noelle K. Brigden BrigdenNoelle K.HejtmanekKatie RoseForbisMelissa M., Gender and Power in Streng25
Becoming and being a masters athlete: Class, gender, place and the embodied formation of (anti)-ageing moral identities20
After sport: Physical culture in the Anthropocene20
The diplomatic roles of Korean state-run sport for development programs19
Exploring the “perfect physique”: Mind–body discourse in Netflix's Physical 10017
‘Every day we’d have an arranged activity, so she’d have football, swimming, dance, gymnastics’: A sociological analysis of parenting and sports-based enrichment activities for the under-fives16
The Black Continental African Soccer Club as a diasporic resource: (Not) playing to the whistle in men's recreational soccer16
An ambition at a crossroads: Transiting out of the game in amateur and semi-professional football in Nigeria16
“Zheng Qinwen is the pure-blood ideal of Gu Eileen”: Exploring the sensemaking of elite female athlete identities on Chinese social media15
‘It is a grey area in sport, not just in school’: A figurational analysis of banter in secondary physical education in England14
Sport and migration in the age of superdiversity14
From local isolation to transnational engagement: Differentiation in European football fan culture14
Developing social capital through sport? The case for an intersectional lens14
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