European Sport Management Quarterly

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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Demand for Chinese Super League Broadcast: An Analysis of Broadcasters’ Match Selection and TV Ratings44
Towards hosting multi-country sport mega-events: the case of the bidding process of the 2030 FIFA Men’s World Cup42
Gender-specific impact of age diversity on the performance of small teams: empirical evidence from professional biathlon relays42
Two decades of youth sport policy research: an augmented scoping review and synthesis40
Recruitment in elite football: a network approach36
Understanding how individuals engage in match-fixing: the role of moral disengagement35
Success interrupted: exploring how supporters interpret their team's success in a postponed competition32
Women’s football subculture of misogyny: the escalation to online gender-based violence30
Professor Chris Gratton: an obituary27
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 media25
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 202625
Understanding organisation public relations through Twitter communication for the European super league24
Internationalisation strategy in sport: the case of Flamengo, the largest Brazilian football club24
Effect of toxicity and competitive psychological climate on team orientation and turnover intentions within sport employees23
Ukrainian refugees and the Swedish sports movement – new opportunities and challenges22
Institutional work as response to institutional complexities in hybrid elite sport and sport for all organizations20
The digital transformation of value co-creation: a scoping review towards an agenda for sport marketing research20
Elite athletes with disabilities marketability and branding strategies: professional agents’ perspectives19
Examining the relationships between brand knowledge, brand responses and brand resonance in sports leagues within the scope of consumer-based brand equity18
The societal impact of elite sport: positives and negatives: introduction to ESMQ special issue17
Environmental sustainability in sport: a systematic literature review16
Agency and institutions in sport15
Event leverage: a systematic literature review and new research agenda13
‘We shouldn’t have to ask’: exploring the realities of minority ethnic women football spectators13
Facilitating sporting and non-sporting career goals of elite athletes through mentoring programmes13
When calling and overwork climate collide: the effect on burnout and intention to change careers12
Human resource retention in sport: The impact of self-reflective job titles on job burnout and security12
‘Get back to the kitchen, cos u talk s*** on tv’: gendered online abuse and trigger events in sport12
Paying while playing: examining the influence of interaction with gamified elements in fantasy sports on in-app spending12
Regional policy and organizational fields in multi-level sport governance12
Moral disengagement and sport integrity: identifying and mitigating integrity breaches in sport management12
Enhancing on-pitch learning capabilities with data analytics and technologies in elite sports11
Environmental matters in sport: sustainable research in the academy11
Multi-dimensional framework as a new way to study the management of Olympic volunteering11
Sport management and COVID-19: trends and legacies11
Sport-for-All policies in sport federations: an institutional theory perspective11
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’ Series10
The financial challenges of hosting sports events: a problem of insufficient separation between decision-making and decision-control10
Understanding resident support towards the 2030 FIFA World Cup: a co-hosting country’s perspective10
The shift in sports viewing: scale development and validation for mediated sports consumption motivation10
The persuasive impact of athlete racial advocacy on individuals’ cognitive responses: evidence from survey experiments in Japan10
Exploring the collaborative governance of Olympic stadium renovations: a multiple case study10
Relational pluralism, organizational status, and the adoption of collegiate varsity esports programs in the US9
Social impact of events: advancing insights on social impact scales9
Major sport stadia, water resources and climate change: impacts and adaptation9
A monetary valuation of hosting a sport mega-event via residential real estate markets in small host communities: evidence from post-event analysis9
Integrated women's football teams can attract larger stadium crowds9
Assessing key performance indicators of corporate social responsibility initiatives in sport9
Are sport organisations environmentally sustainable? – A website analysis of sport federations in Belgium9
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