Journal of Sports Economics

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Sports Economics is 4. 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.)
ArticleCitations
All Runs Are Created Equal: Labor Market Efficiency in Major League Baseball22
A Mere Fan Effect on Home-Court Advantage20
Moments of Competitive Balance in Major League Soccer19
The Iron Curtain and Referee Bias in International Football17
Should I Stay or Should I Go Pro? Early NFL Draft Entry by NCAA FBS Underclassmen16
Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Effect of NIL and Transfer Rule Changes on College Basketball Players Entering the NBA Draft15
How COVID-19 Affected Participation in Ultramarathons: Gender, Risk Aversion, and Travel15
Using Orthodromic Distance to Determine Homefield Advantage in Professional Bass Fishing Tournaments13
Where to Go Next? Examining the Effect of Franchise Expansion and Location on Game-Level Attendance in Major League Soccer11
Integration and Team Performance in the NBA11
Performance Quality Preference Heterogeneity in Major League Baseball11
Suspense and Surprise: The Role of Bookmakers’ Spreads10
Serena, Simone, and Semenya: After 50 Years, the Past, Present, and Future of Title IX10
Match-Level Uncertainty in Professional Tennis Revisited—A Novel Approach Applied for the Time Between 2010 and 20199
A Dynamic Analysis of Equal Revenue Sharing and Endogenous Salary Caps in the N-Team Leagues9
Does Draft Currency Promote Competitive Balance? An Empirical Investigation of the National Football League 2002–20218
Wage Dispersion and Team Performance: The Moderation Role of Club Size8
Remote Viewership of International Sporting Events and Crime: Evidence From Jamaica7
Mass Gathering Sport Events and the Spread of Viral Respiratory Infection: Japanese Professional Baseball and Influenza7
Time to Say Goodbye: A Duration Analysis of the Determinants of Coach Dismissals and Quits in Major League Soccer7
The Impact of Psychological Traits on Performance Under Pressure—Experimental Evidence of Handball Penalties7
Salary Cap, Organizational Gap, and Catch-up in the Performance of NBA Teams: A Two-Stage DEA Model Under Heterogeneity7
Do Fans Impact Sports Outcomes? A COVID-19 Natural Experiment6
Different Strokes: Winning Strategies in Women's (and Men's) Big Bash Cricket6
UEFA Against the Champions? An Evaluation of the Recent Reform of the Champions League Qualification6
False Start? An Analysis of NFL Penalties With and Without Crowds5
Exploitation in College Sports: No Longer Just a “Man's Game”5
The Importance of Team Fit for NBA Rookies’ Career Earnings5
Who Should Own the League? Transaction Costs and the Structure of NBA Ownership5
Are You Ready for Some Football? Estimating the Effect of American Football Season on Labor Supply in the United States5
You Booze, You Lose? Spillovers to Crime from Alcohol Sales at College Football Games4
Contest Outcome Uncertainty and Fan Decisions: A Meta-Analysis4
Sports Mega-Events and Economic Growth: A Synthetic Control Approach4
The Effects of Crowds on Professional European Basketball Teams4
Emotional Cues and the Demand for Televised Sports: Evidence from the UEFA Champions League4
The Emergence of Mixed Martial-Arts and the Future of Boxing: An Analysis of Consumer Interest and Compensation4
Stock Markets’ Reactions to the Announcement of the Hosts. An Event Study in the Analysis of Large Sporting Events in the Years 1976–20324
Set-level Strategic and Psychological Momentum in Best-of-three-set Professional Tennis Matches4
Behavioral Biases in Daily Fantasy Baseball: The Case of the Hot Hand4
Disaggregated Attendance Demand: Comparing Daily Ticket Purchasers and Season Ticket Holders in K-League 14
An Introduction to the James Quirk Special Issue and the Economics of Combat Sport4
Expecting the Expected? Documenting Nostalgia Effects on Baseball Card Prices4
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