Tracing the state of sport management research: a bibliometric analysis

Jonas Hammerschmidt, Ferran Calabuig, Sascha Kraus () and Sebastian Uhrich
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Jonas Hammerschmidt: Lappeenranta University of Technology
Ferran Calabuig: University of Valencia
Sascha Kraus: Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Sebastian Uhrich: German Sport University Cologne

Management Review Quarterly, 2024, vol. 74, issue 2, No 20, 1185-1208

Abstract: Abstract This article presents a state-of-the-art overview of the sport management research discipline through a bibliometric analysis of publication data from the top five sport management journals in the decade 2011–2020. The analysis includes citation and productivity analysis of journals, institutions, countries, and articles, author citation and output analysis, and title and abstract (co-)word analysis. The data identifies the Sport Management Review as the most prolific journal of the last decade. Institutions and authors from the US are dominating the sport management research, which has increased its attractiveness in other disciplines. Co-word analysis shows recent and frequently discussed topics related to management of sport organizations and events, team and game, sport marketing and sponsorship, and behaviour and identification of the spectator. The article serves the ongoing debate on sport management as an academic field with deep insights into the publication structure and thematic dynamics of the last decade.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Sport management; Sport marketing; Sport entrepreneurship; Overview (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 O10 Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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