OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Sport Management Quarterly is 8. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Introduction: sport and COVID-19: impacts and challenges for the future (Volume 1)	44
From utilitarianism and neoclassical sport management to a new geopolitical economy of sport	34
The digital transformation of value co-creation: a scoping review towards an agenda for sport marketing research	32
A losing battle? Women’s sport pre- and post-COVID-19	29
Demand for public events in the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of European football	29
Service quality and its effects on consumer outcomes: a meta-analytic review in spectator sport	28
We are in this together: sport brand involvement and fans’ well-being	27
Environmental sustainability in sport: a systematic literature review	27
Uncertainty of outcome, team quality or star players? What drives TV audience demand for UEFA Champions League football?	23
Participatory sport events in times of COVID-19: analysing the (virtual) sport behaviour of event participants	21
Sport management and COVID-19: trends and legacies	21
Assessing key performance indicators of corporate social responsibility initiatives in sport	21
eSports: the need for a structured support system for players	21
National sport organization governance design archetypes for the twenty-first century	19
Local resident support for hosting a major sport event: the role of perceived personal and community impacts	19
Female fans and social media: micro-communities and the formation of social capital	19
Differences in residents’ social impact perception of a cycling event based on the fear of the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Code Red for Elite Sport. A critique of sustainability in elite sport and a tentative reform programme	18
Exploring the role of fitness instructors’ interaction quality skills in building customer trust in the service provider and customer satisfaction	17
Naming the ghost of capitalism in sport management	17
The impact of perceived corporate social responsibility on value-in-use through customer engagement in non-profit sports clubs: the moderating role of co-production	16
Match officials and abuse: a systematic review	16
An extended source attractiveness model: the advertising effectiveness of distinct athlete endorser attractiveness types and its contextual variation	15
An expanded psychological capital (A-HERO) construct for creativity: building a competitive advantage for sport organisations	15
A systematic review of governance principles in sport	14

The deployment of professional football clubs’ eSports strategies: a dynamic capabilities approach	14
Sport-for-All policies in sport federations: an institutional theory perspective	14
The (un)level playing field: sport media during COVID-19	13
Female volunteer community sport officials: a scoping review and research agenda	13
The complexities of implementing inclusion policies for disabled people in UK non-disabled voluntary community sports clubs	12
A mediasport typology for transformative relationships: enlargement, enhancement, connection and engagement beyond COVID-19	12
Major sport stadia, water resources and climate change: impacts and adaptation	11
Event leverage: a systematic literature review and new research agenda	11
The creation of shared value in the major sport event ecosystem: understanding the role of sponsors and hosts	11
Football players and asset manipulation: the management of football transfers in Italian Serie A	11
Analysis from a gender perspective of the Olympic Games on Twitter	10
The Muslim community and sport scholarship: a scoping review to advance sport management research	10
Environmental matters in sport: sustainable research in the academy	10
Every loser wins: leveraging ‘unsuccessful’ Olympic bids for positive benefits	10
Are diversified football clubs better prepared for a crisis? First empirical evidence from the stock market	10
Psychic income benefits of small-scale sports events: host community perspectives	10
Co-created value influences residents’ support toward the sporting event through the mediating mechanism of gratitude	10
Social impact of events: advancing insights on social impact scales	9
Identifying the field of Olympic education: a meta-narrative review	9
How did regular sports bettors behave during covid-19 lockdown? Evidence from Poland	9
The impact of British sporting achievements on national pride among adults in England	9
Moral disengagement and sport integrity: identifying and mitigating integrity breaches in sport management	9
Striving for excellence: talent identification and development in English football refereeing	8
The societal impact of elite sport: positives and negatives: introduction to ESMQ special issue	8
Two decades of youth sport policy research: an augmented scoping review and synthesis	8
Sport scandal and fan response: the importance of ambi-fans	8
Taking stock of sport management research in the new millenia – research contributions, worthwhile knowledge, and the field’s raison d’être	8
Topic mining of real-time discussions: what catches the attention of live-streaming esports viewers?	8
The social value of co-hosting: rethinking the management of sports events	8
The politics of organizing indigenous sport – cross-border and cross-sectoral complexity	8
Bounded rationality or bounded morality? The National Basketball Association response to COVID-19	8