OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sport Management Review is 11. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
“We want more diversity but…”: Resisting diversity in recreational sports clubs	67
Viewing sports online together? Psychological consequences on social live streaming service usage	58
Examining environmental fan engagement initiatives through values and norms with intercollegiate sport fans	54
Creating sense of presence in a virtual reality experience: Impact on neurophysiological arousal and attitude towards a winter sport	51
Reviewing evidence of LGBTQ+ discrimination and exclusion in sport	51
The determinants of stadium attendance in elite women’s football: Evidence from the UEFA Women's Champions League	45
From isomorphism to institutional work: advancing institutional theory in sport management research	38
A new conceptualization of mega sports event legacy delivery: Wicked problems and critical realist solution	30
The sport cluster concept as middle-range theory for the sport value framework	28
Managing parasport: An investigation of sport policy factors and stakeholders influencing para-athletes’ career pathways	27
Antecedents and outcomes of social innovation: A global study of sport for development and peace organizations	26
It is time to consider athletes’ well-being and performance satisfaction: The roles of authentic leadership and psychological capital	26
An exploration of the distractions inherent to social media use among athletes	26
A community capacity building approach to sport-based youth development	25
The determinants of the intention to continue voluntary football refereeing	23
Sport-for-development: A comprehensive analysis of theoretical and conceptual advancements	22
Understanding sport event volunteers’ continuance intention: An environmental psychology approach	22
Responses to multi-level institutional complexity in a national sport federation	22
Examining sport marketing through a rainbow lens	21
Athletic goal achievement: A critical antecedent of event satisfaction, re-participation intention, and future exercise intention in participant sport events	21
The Role of Consumer Engagement in Behavioral Loyalty through Value Co-Creation in Fitness Clubs	20
Charity sport event participants and fundraising: An examination of constraints and negotiation strategies	19
Antecedents and outcomes of employee engagement in sport for development	19
Market reactions to sport sponsorship announcements: Comparison between sponsors and their rivals	19
Examining the factors influencing organizational creativity in professional sport organizations	18

From intention to participation: Exploring the moderating role of a voucher-based event leveraging initiative	18
Fan response to the identity threat of potential team relocation	18
Watching sports on Twitch? A study of factors influencing continuance intentions to watch Thursday Night Football co-streaming	18
Design archetype utility for understanding and analyzing the governance of contemporary national sport organizations	17
Television match officials, referees, and home advantage: Evidence from the European Rugby Cup	17
Law, policy, and the participation of transgender athletes in the United States	17
An exploration of young professional football players’ perceptions of the talent development process in England	17
Breaking the glass monitor: examining the underrepresentation of women in esports environments	16
Does it really matter? A study on soccer fans’ perceptions of ethical leadership and their role as “stakeowners”	15
Understanding the impact of radical change on the effectiveness of national-level sport organizations: A multi-stakeholder perspective	15
There is no nil in NIL: examining the social media value of student-athletes’ names, images, and likeness	15
Understanding complexity and dynamics in the career development of eSports athletes	15
Volunteer selection at a major sport event: A strategic Human Resource Management approach	15
Psychological processes connecting team identification and social well-being for middle-aged and older adults: moderated mediation of subjective and objective on-field performance	14
The blurry spectrums of team identity threat	14
The rainbow connection: a scoping review and introduction of a scholarly exchange on LGBTQ+ experiences in sport management	14
Well-being of sport club members: the role of pro-environmental behavior in sport and clubs’ environmental quality	14
Valuing elite sport success using the contingent valuation method: A transnational study	13
The impact of unlearning context on organizational performance through knowledge management: A case of community sport clubs in Iran	13
Understanding the effects of different types of meaningful sports consumption on sports consumers’ emotions, motivations, and behavioral intentions	13
The organizational identification and well-being framework: theorizing about how sport organizations contribute to crisis response and recovery	13
National Football League head coach race, performance, retention, and dismissal	12
Examining the relationship for sport motives, relationship quality, and sport consumption intention	12
Sport event sponsorship management from the sponsee’s perspective	12
Conceptualization of switching costs in fitness centers: a higher-order reflective-formative model	12
Sensemaking of novelty: the dynamic nature of integrating esports within a traditional sport organization	11
Strengthening referees’ psychological well-being through engagement and authenticity	11
Colliding mandates of social enterprises: exploring the financial strategies, environment, and social-market tensions of bicycles-for-development organizations	11