OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship is 5. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Sport federations' organizational innovativeness: an empirical comparison of characteristics and attitudes	33
A systematic review on spectator behavior in esports: why do people watch?	29
Member identity in fitness centres and its consequences: an examination of members and managers' perspectives	28
An acceptance model for sports technologies: the effects of sports motivation, sports type and context-aware characteristics	27
Consumer perceptions of a secondary ticket market: the case of StubHub and major league baseball	23
Esports and Olympic Games: a cross-cultural exploration of the player support behaviour towards the Olympics	21
Examining valuation of corporate naming rights partnerships in collegiate sports and their impact on consumer behavior	20
Online posting intention: do the social communication and brand equity of esports matter?	20
Sport team identification: a social identity perspective comparing local and distant fans	19
How expanded servicescape shapes fitness center members' decision-making processes: a stimulus-organism-response (SOR) model perspective	17
Why do fans go to football games? A discrete choice analysis of ticket buyers' preferences	17
Pro softball fan segments: a two-step cluster analysis	15
A social epidemiological perspective on local tennis league participation: a multigroup moderated-mediation structural analysis using PLS-SEM	15
Netizens' behavior towards a blockchain-based esports framework: a TPB and machine learning integrated approach	14
Understanding motives and consumption behavior of sports NFT holders and non-holders: a case study of Kbollect	12
Exploring the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sport tourism	12
Sports ambassadors and destination image: a fuzzy set analysis	11
Gym users: an enabler in creating an acceptance of sports and fitness wearable devices in India	10
Does causal reasoning lead to moral reasoning? Consumers' responses to scandalized athletes and endorsements	10
Machine learning prediction of factors affecting Major League Baseball (MLB) game attendance: algorithm comparisons and macroeconomic factor of unemployment	10
Salute to service or salute to skepticism? An empirical analysis of military members’ perceptions of the NFL’s military campaign	9
The knowledge structure of corporate social responsibility in sport management: a retrospective bibliometric analysis	9
Sports fashion and sustainability: a perfect match?	9
The spillover effect of Chinese sportswear brands' relationship quality: a perspective of Confucian yuanfen culture	9
Insights from the inside: marketing agency practitioners’ perspectives on developing athlete brands	9

Beyond a simple yes or no: using signal detection theory to measure sponsorship identification accuracy	9
From horizontal to vertical relationships: how online community identification fosters sport fans’ team identification and behavioural intentions	9
Revisiting organizational identity and social responsibility in professional football clubs: the case of Bayern Munich and the Qatar sponsorship	9
Paradoxical relationship between esports toxicity and toxicity tolerance: moderated mediation by gender and positive reappraisal coping	9
How do marketing practices impact price premium of co-branded sportswear? The moderating effect of product category fit and partner brand name	9
Service quality, satisfaction and behavioural intentions in sport child camps: participants and parents' perspectives	9
Providing a framework and guidelines for sport organizations to understand and predict sport consumer behavior	8
Inter- and intra-team differences in professional sport fans’ environmental attitudes	8
Diversity, equity and inclusion in the sport metaverse	8
Government-public relationships in the context of mega sport events: conceptualisation and scale development	8
National Sports Networks rights fees: the influence of fantasy sports participation and women’s sports content	8
The impact of doping scandals on on-site spectator satisfaction at major sport events	8
Going green in road races: enhancing runners’ green brand loyalty – the roles of green brand positioning, attitude and identification	8
When celebrity endorsements collide with social activism: exploring athlete celebrity endorsements, social issues and brand perception	8
An interpretive structural model for factors affecting the tax compliance of professional athletes: a case study of football players	7
Effects of athletic performance and marketable lifestyle on consumers' engagement with sport celebrity's social media and their endorsements	7
Guest editorial: Diversity, equity and inclusivity in sport marketing research	7
Sport sponsorship as a booster for customer engagement: the role of activation, authenticity and attitude	7
Team loyalty and intergenerational influence: the role of nurturant fathering in the transference process	6
Measuring spectators' perception toward peripheral stadium quality services after COVID-19: impact on their emotions and attendance intentions	6
The role of destination personality in the relationship between destination image and behavioral intention among ski tourists	6
Risk and psychological return: a moderating role of COVID-19 risk perception in the impact of team identification on vitality after sport spectatorship in Tokyo	6
In the arena of debate: a systematic literature review on sports sponsorship by controversial industries	6
Promote the “wow”: (mis)representation, perception and reception of media promotion on wheelchair rugby	6
Understanding the relationship between acceptance of multifunctional health and fitness features of wrist-worn wearables and actual usage	6
Dimensions and outcomes of experiential quality in the fitness industry: the case of Turkey	6
Ethics in quantitative sport management research: the impact of AI	6
Guest editorial: Promises, paradoxes and perils: the current state and future directions of Web3 technologies and brand innovation in sports business	5
Can sports-based corporate social responsibility performance reflect firms' market values and risks? Intertemporal evidence from Taiwan iSports corporate award-winning firms	5
Diversity matters: highlighting the differences in sport consumption motives of marginalized college students	5
Emphasizing effort vs talent in personal trainers' performance: consumption response of personal fitness training customers	5
Is mobile gaming a new pillar of esports? Exploring players' in-game purchases in PC and mobile platforms by using flow and clutch	5
Qatar Airways–FC Barcelona sponsorship deal: a catalyst of sports diplomacy?	5