OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Sport Management Quarterly is 9. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Gender-specific impact of age diversity on the performance of small teams: empirical evidence from professional biathlon relays	48
Two decades of youth sport policy research: an augmented scoping review and synthesis	45
Understanding how individuals engage in match-fixing: the role of moral disengagement	45
Recruitment in elite football: a network approach	39
Demand for Chinese Super League Broadcast: An Analysis of Broadcasters’ Match Selection and TV Ratings	36
Towards hosting multi-country sport mega-events: the case of the bidding process of the 2030 FIFA Men’s World Cup	33
Success interrupted: exploring how supporters interpret their team's success in a postponed competition	29
Women’s football subculture of misogyny: the escalation to online gender-based violence	28
Professor Chris Gratton: an obituary	27
Ukrainian refugees and the Swedish sports movement – new opportunities and challenges	26
Understanding organisation public relations through Twitter communication for the European super league	24
Effect of toxicity and competitive psychological climate on team orientation and turnover intentions within sport employees	21
Internationalisation strategy in sport: the case of Flamengo, the largest Brazilian football club	21
The digital transformation of value co-creation: a scoping review towards an agenda for sport marketing research	20
You’ll never want to watch alone: the effect of displaying in-stadium social atmospherics on media consumers’ responses to new sport leagues across different types of media	19
Examining the development of human rights strategies for large-scale sport events: the case of the United Bid for the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026	18
Environmental sustainability in sport: a systematic literature review	17
Institutional work as response to institutional complexities in hybrid elite sport and sport for all organizations	16
Examining the relationships between brand knowledge, brand responses and brand resonance in sports leagues within the scope of consumer-based brand equity	16
Elite athletes with disabilities marketability and branding strategies: professional agents’ perspectives	14
Event leverage: a systematic literature review and new research agenda	14
‘We shouldn’t have to ask’: exploring the realities of minority ethnic women football spectators	13
‘Get back to the kitchen, cos u talk s*** on tv’: gendered online abuse and trigger events in sport	13
Facilitating sporting and non-sporting career goals of elite athletes through mentoring programmes	13
Regional policy and organizational fields in multi-level sport governance	13

Agency and institutions in sport	13
Sport-for-All policies in sport federations: an institutional theory perspective	12
When calling and overwork climate collide: the effect on burnout and intention to change careers	12
Environmental matters in sport: sustainable research in the academy	12
Paying while playing: examining the influence of interaction with gamified elements in fantasy sports on in-app spending	12
Sport management and COVID-19: trends and legacies	11
Multi-dimensional framework as a new way to study the management of Olympic volunteering	11
Enhancing on-pitch learning capabilities with data analytics and technologies in elite sports	11
Human resource retention in sport: The impact of self-reflective job titles on job burnout and security	11
The persuasive impact of athlete racial advocacy on individuals’ cognitive responses: evidence from survey experiments in Japan	11
The shift in sports viewing: scale development and validation for mediated sports consumption motivation	10
Exploring the collaborative governance of Olympic stadium renovations: a multiple case study	10
Understanding resident support towards the 2030 FIFA World Cup: a co-hosting country’s perspective	10
Assessing key performance indicators of corporate social responsibility initiatives in sport	10
The financial challenges of hosting sports events: a problem of insufficient separation between decision-making and decision-control	10
Rethinking brand management within sport: advancing towards the integrative sport brand ecosystem (ISBE)	10
Branding governance in international recurring sports events: the World Rugby ‘Sevens’ Series	10
Major sport stadia, water resources and climate change: impacts and adaptation	9
Social impact of events: advancing insights on social impact scales	9
Integrated women's football teams can attract larger stadium crowds	9