Journal of Sports Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Sports Economics is 2. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
A Mere Fan Effect on Home-Court Advantage17
The Iron Curtain and Referee Bias in International Football16
The Well-Being Value of Sport for Loneliness and Depression13
How COVID-19 Affected Participation in Ultramarathons: Gender, Risk Aversion, and Travel13
Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Effect of NIL and Transfer Rule Changes on College Basketball Players Entering the NBA Draft12
Should I Stay or Should I Go Pro? Early NFL Draft Entry by NCAA FBS Underclassmen12
Performance Quality Preference Heterogeneity in Major League Baseball10
Integration and Team Performance in the NBA9
A Dynamic Analysis of Equal Revenue Sharing and Endogenous Salary Caps in the N-Team Leagues9
Using Orthodromic Distance to Determine Homefield Advantage in Professional Bass Fishing Tournaments8
Match-Level Uncertainty in Professional Tennis Revisited—A Novel Approach Applied for the Time Between 2010 and 20198
Does Draft Currency Promote Competitive Balance? An Empirical Investigation of the National Football League 2002–20218
Suspense and Surprise: The Role of Bookmakers’ Spreads8
Efficiency in the Olympic Games: The Role of Mobility and Inequality7
Remote Viewership of International Sporting Events and Crime: Evidence From Jamaica7
Serena, Simone, and Semenya: After 50 Years, the Past, Present, and Future of Title IX7
Mass Gathering Sport Events and the Spread of Viral Respiratory Infection: Japanese Professional Baseball and Influenza7
Different Strokes: Winning Strategies in Women's (and Men's) Big Bash Cricket6
The Importance of Team Fit for NBA Rookies’ Career Earnings6
Emotional Cues and the Demand for Televised Sports: Evidence from the UEFA Champions League6
False Start? An Analysis of NFL Penalties With and Without Crowds6
Exploitation in College Sports: No Longer Just a “Man's Game”6
Behavioral Biases in Daily Fantasy Baseball: The Case of the Hot Hand6
You Booze, You Lose? Spillovers to Crime from Alcohol Sales at College Football Games6
A Rising Tide Raises all Boats: The Changing Distribution of Salaries in the NBA Over Time5
They were Robbed! Scoring by the Middlemost to Attenuate Biased Judging in Boxing5
Stock Markets’ Reactions to the Announcement of the Hosts. An Event Study in the Analysis of Large Sporting Events in the Years 1976–20325
Disaggregated Attendance Demand: Comparing Daily Ticket Purchasers and Season Ticket Holders in K-League 15
Expecting the Expected? Documenting Nostalgia Effects on Baseball Card Prices5
An Introduction to the James Quirk Special Issue and the Economics of Combat Sport5
The Emergence of Mixed Martial-Arts and the Future of Boxing: An Analysis of Consumer Interest and Compensation5
The Effects of Crowds on Professional European Basketball Teams5
When the Stars Are Out: The Impact of Missed Games on NBA Television Audiences4
Do People Feel Healthier After Holding Sports Mega-Events? Evidence from the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games4
The Effect of National Origin and Skin Color on Playing Time in the WNBA4
Skills vs. Luck: Decomposing Deviations from Expected Performance in European Football Leagues4
The Impact of Air Pollution on Game Outcome4
Football-Generated Rent Sharing and Expenditures on Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics4
Paying to Play: How Seasonal Fees Affect Disc Golf Course Choice4
Attractive or Aggressive? A Face Recognition and Machine Learning Approach for Estimating Returns to Visual Appearance4
Monopoly Versus Duopoly in Sports Broadcasting: Consumer Surplus Implications4
Overshadowed by Popularity: The Value of Second-Tier Stars in European Football4
Pay for Performance in the Pool: Sink or Swim?4
Online Versus Offline eSports Tournaments: Prize Structure and Individual Performance3
Sports Facilities as a Housing Amenity: Do Prices Follow Facilities?3
Intergalactic Peer Effects: The Role of Teammates in StarCraft 23
Domestic Competitive Imbalance as the “Price” of Surprise in the Champions League3
The Effect of Basketball Analytics Investment on National Basketball Association (NBA) Team Performance3
Offside Urban Echoes: Exploring the Spatial Dynamics of Soccer and Crime in Medellin3
Nontransitive Patterns in Long-Term Football Rivalries3
A Note on the Preferences of Sports Fans: Partisanship Versus Uncertainty of Outcome3
In Memoriam: W. David Allen3
Immediate Impacts of Air Pollution on the Performance of Football Players3
The Impact of Pool Sharing on the Distribution of Playing Talent in the N-Team Leagues3
Fading Shooting Stars—The Relative Age Effect, Ability, and Foregone Market Values in German Elite Youth Soccer3
Gendered Consequences of COVID-19 Among Professional Tennis Players3
Crowds and Managerial Decisions in European Football Leagues3
Optimal Timeout Choices in Clutch Situations in the NBA3
Externalities of Violence: The Effects of National Hockey League Fighting on Youth Hockey Participation3
Revisiting the Effect of Hosting Large-Scale Sport Events on International Tourist Inflows3
Willingness to Pay for Hosting Formula One2
Searching for the Queen's Gambit: An Analysis of Male-Female Performance Gaps in U.S. Chess2
Do Jockeys “Look to” or “Rest on” Their Laurels After a Sequence of Winning Rides?2
Umpire Home Bias in Major League Baseball2
Compensating Tendencies in Disciplinary Sanctions: The Case of Hurling2
The Relevance of Betting Market Outcome Uncertainty: Decided Wagers and Television Viewership Loss2
Analyzing the Impact of the 2010 Soccer World Cup on South Africa: A Synthetic Control Method2
Wages, Talent, and Demand for NCAA Sport After the Alston v. NCAA Antitrust Case2
Cross-Quality Impacts of NCAA Division I Baseball and Softball2
City Marathon Events and Tourism Industry: A Quasi-Natural Experiment2
The Golden Ticket: Examining the Impact of Winning the Western States Endurance Run Lottery on Subsequent Ultramarathon Performance and Travel Decisions2
Compensating Differentials for the Risk of Reinjury – Lessons from Professional Boxing2
With the Game on the (Betting) Line: NBA Referee Performance in the Last Two Minutes2
Real Options Applied to Consumer Goods: Maximizing Profits and Fan Welfare2
Scoring Benefits to Eastward Travel in the NBA2
Thieves Around the Stadium: Comparing the Effects of Football and Soccer on Crime2
For A Brighter Tomorrow—A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Athletes’ International Migration2
Objective Calls Under the Spotlight: Referee Consistency and Behaviour on Football's Biggest Stage2
Projection Bias in Individual Football Ticket Purchases2
Winning at Home? Gender Inequality, Corruption, and the Host Country’s Olympic Success2
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