OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of the History of Sport is 1. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Arnis Under American Colonial Rule: Expanding Sources, Geographical Scope, and Reconstructing Historical Narrative	8
‘Cheap, Scientific and Free From Danger’: Accounting for the Development of Field Hockey in Aotearoa New Zealand	5
The Female Tradition in Physical Education: Women First Reconsidered The Female Tradition in Physical Education: Women First reconsidered , edited by David Kirk and Patr	5
Gymnastics in Nineteenth-Century South Africa	5
Reading Kristi Yamaguchi: Media, Multiculturalism, and the Double Process of Racialization	4
The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978	4
A Critical and Historical Review of Women’s Football in Male-Dominated Sports Governing Bodies in Jamaica and Hawaiʻi	4
A History of World Taekwondo-Approved Competition Uniforms	4
Making Public the History of Non-Racial Sport in South Africa	4
Sport Between a Century-Old Hostility: Football Relations of Serbia and Albania	3
The Sociohistorical Challenges to the Development of Women’s Football in Poland	3
Image of ‘Sino-Western Essence’ in the Press: On the ‘Dual-Track’ Physical Training System of Chin Woo Athletic Federation	3
Introduction: Africa in the Boxing Ring	3
Reclaiming the 1934 Women’s World Games: Athletic and Gender Performance	3
Undoing Maradona: Subalterns of Sport for Development	3
The Polish Olympic Committee’s Subjection to the Communist Authorities in the Stalinist Period: An Inside Story	3
‘Athletes for Peace’? From the Quest to Hold the Mavericks Accountable to a Second American Rebel Tour of South Africa	3
How Pure Was Romanian Rugby? Minority, Majority and Extremists in Romanian Interwar Rugby	3
Placard Carriers and Flag Bearers: Gender Representation in the Summer Olympics’ Parade of Nations (1908–2021)	3
Debates on Naturalized Athletes in Turkish Politics, 1986–2022: A Part of National Pride or Discontent?	2
From the Box Score to Artificial Intelligence: A Historical and Analytical Journey Through Basketball Statistics (1891–Present)	2
‘A Democracy That Will Know Not the Differences of Race’: American ‘Globetrotting’ in South Africa from the 1920s through the 1980s in Perspective	2
Between Purity and Pragmatism: The Politics of Purebred Breeding and Racing of the Orlov Trotter in Imperial Russia, 1880–1915	2
Romanian Women’s Participation in Recreation and Sporting Activities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century	2
County Club Finances and the Decline of Amateur Cricketers in England	2

From Motions to Missions: Interrogating Sport Organization Annual Reports as Works of Sport Memory	2
‘Dis Football Sef … Na Wahala’: A Continental Contest That Troubled a Nation	2
Sport and History in Small States and Non-Sovereign Territories: An Introduction	2
A Mutual Dependency: Postcolonial Relations between the French Athletics Federation and French-Speaking African Athletics Federations (1956–1969)	2
Book Reviews: A Specificity of Historical Practice	2
Development of Japanese Martial Arts in Hungarian Sport Culture	2
Breaking New Ground: A Historical Exploration of Women’s Cricket in India, 1973–1991	2
The Girl with the Torch: The Life Story of Gymnast Karin Lindberg Lindén	2
Naming Practices in Cameroonian Football Clubs: Historical Shifts and Sociocultural Meanings from 1920 to 2020	2
Physical Culture and Batllismo: Resignifying Amateurism in the Uruguayan Context	2
Professional Basketball, the ‘Hardship Case’ and the ‘Culture of Poverty’: The Social Construction of Black Basketball Players from Spencer Haywood to Moses Malone, 1969–1974	2
Football and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Argentina: La Nuestra	2
Exploring Sports and Identity in Macau: A Historical Perspective on Portuguese Influence and Contemporary Significance	2
Cooperation of Sports Communities with the Government Apparatus in Poland in the Years 1945–1989	2
Sustainable Local Operation of Chin Woo Athletic Association in Singapore and Malaysia	2
A Bouncing Echo of Medieval Heydays? The Legacy of Pärk ( Jeu de Paume ) in Gotland	2
Sports in South America: A History	1
On the Kicking Techniques of Pankration	1
Asia Pride Games (The Straits Games): Past, Present, and Future	1
Sport and Social Difference in Vienna around 1900: On the Historical Significance of Otto Herschmann	1
The Work of Georges Demenÿ in Brazilian Periodical Press: Themes Debated, 1890 − 1949	1
The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers: Professional Baseball in Modern Japan	1
Facial Recognition Technology, Surveillance, and the Transformations of the Crowd in the Sports Stadium: A Literary Approach	1
Sport in Qatar: Nation-Building, Cultural Identity, and Royal Influence	1
Making Refereeing Global? How FIFA’s International Courses for Referees Helped Lay the Groundwork for Football’s Commercialization, 1948–1976	1
Introduction	1
Olympic Philately: Reading the 1896 Athens Olympics from Postage Stamps	1
From Online to Offline Surfing: The Role of Social Media in Promoting the Sustainability of the Obibini Girls Surf Club	1
Exploring Sport’s Role in Mitigating Conflicts Gulf Cup as a Case Study	1
From California to Brazil: The History of Skateboarding in Curitiba, Paraná (1975–1999)	1
From Cultural Import to Flourishing Sport: A Comprehensive History of DanceSport in China (1864–2023)	1
The Political and Social Determinants of Football Hooliganism in Central Europe in the Interwar Period	1
Commodifying Race: The Portrayal of Bernardo Mikixi, an Angolan Mixed Martial Artist, in the Extreme Fighting Championship’s Advertising Materials in South Africa, 2009–2015	1
Serbian Sports Aviation in the Period 1925–1941	1
Historical Clues in N′golo for the Understanding of Floreio in Capoeira	1
Soccer and Society in Dublin: A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital	1
The Sporting Battalion Athletes in the Defence of Madrid During the Spanish Civil War ¹	1
A Contested Victory: Liberal Reformism and Women’s Physical Culture in Colombia, 1930–1946	1
‘It’s a Policy Matter, Not a Racial Matter’: Athlete Activism and Symbiotic Struggles against Apartheid in US Track and Field of the Early 1970s	1
From Festivities to Competitions—The Historical Heritage and Modern Transformation of Dragon Boat Sports Culture in Taiwan	1
Judo and Kendo as Instruments of Japanese Imperialism in the Philippines, 1942–1945	1
Diplomatic Heavyweights: Sumō Wrestlers and Japan-China Relations in the Early 1970s	1
‘Be Curious, Not Judgmental’: Advice to Coaches, Ethnographers and Beginners Everywhere	1
The Second World War, the ‘Rugby Split’, and the Afrikanerization of White Rugby in South Africa, c.1940–1956	1
Transforming Scottish Basketball: Exploring the Student Impact, 1890s–1930s	1
Physical Education, Sports and Educational Reforms: The Assistance Agreement Between the Argentine Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany (1961–1980)	1
Wisdom from the Wickets: Cricket Virtues and Colonial Governance in Lord Harris’ Bombay	1
‘In Case of Dispute, the French Text is to be Used’: A History of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), 1904–1922	1
From Back Streets to Olympic Stage: The Development of Breaking and Skateboarding in South Korea	1
Louis Faure-Dujarric, a French Sports Architect in the Interwar Period	1

Regulating, Controlling and Using New Financial Inflows: The Introduction of a Modern Licensing Scheme in Swiss Professional Football (1992–2010)	1
Anzac Day Football: From Rotating Ritual to Monopolized ‘Tradition’, 1960–2025	1
Olympic Truce during the Nagano Olympics: Between Diplomacy and Public Diplomacy of the International Olympic Committee	1
Analysis of the Cancellation of the 2019 East Asian Youth Games in Taiwan	1
Sumiyuki Kotani, the Kodokan Emissary to Brazil	1
Women’s Weightlifting in Taiwan: History, Media and Gendered Politics from the 1980s to the Olympics	1
Youth Education and Sport as an Arena of Political Rivalry: The Maccabi Movement in 1930s Palestine	1
Animated by Uncertainty: Rugby and the Performance of History in South Africa	1
Eastern Beauties: The Role of Taiwanese Corporate Women’s Basketball Teams in Cold War Cultural Diplomacy	1
The Lamido Yaya Daïrou Stadium of Maroua: A Site of Memory and a Source of History	1
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport: Sporting Literacy, Attenuated Agency, and Survivance	1
Turning Gymnasts into Citizen-Soldiers: The Militarization of Physical Activities during the Third Republic in France (1870–1940)	1
Introduction: The History of Sport in the Balkans from the Sokol Movement to Physical Culture	1
Internationalisation and Modern Sport: The Anglo-French Struggle to Control International Cycling, 1892–1914	1
‘The Cheering Was Loud and Long’: Practical Feminism and the England Women’s Hockey Tour of Australia in 1927	1
Rugby in Early Communist Romania	1
Disputed Frontiers: Open Water Crossings in the River Plate, 1918–1924	1
A ‘Fictitious National Crown’: The Rise and Fall of State of Origin Contests in Australian Rules Football, 1977–1999	1
Sports Facility Development and Politics in Budapest since 1945	1
Navigating Athlete Welfare, 1962–2023: Policy, Practice and Challenges in South Korea	1
‘Pommel Horse Rebels and Apartheid’s Friends’ – American Gymnasts and the International Anti-Apartheid Sports Boycott Against South Africa, 1970–1990	1
Living Football, Navigating Politics: Salah Assad’s Life Story in Post-Colonial and Post-Conflict Algeria	1
Sports Press as a Soft Power Tool in the Polish-German Border Plebiscite of 1921	1
Pathway in Developing Sport Ecosystem in Small States	1