Chris Bolsmann

722 total citations
36 papers, 433 citations indexed

About

Chris Bolsmann is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Bolsmann has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 433 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Gender Studies, 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Chris Bolsmann's work include Sports, Gender, and Society (27 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (26 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (10 papers). Chris Bolsmann is often cited by papers focused on Sports, Gender, and Society (27 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (26 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (10 papers). Chris Bolsmann collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Chris Bolsmann's co-authors include Sarah Amsler, Henry Miller, Peter Alegi, Wanderley Marchi Júnior, Andrew Parker, Keith Brewster, Tina Uys, Lucien van der Walt, Dilwyn Porter and Lindsey Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology of Education, International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Globalisation Societies and Education.

In The Last Decade

Chris Bolsmann

32 papers receiving 399 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chris Bolsmann United Kingdom 9 195 192 135 134 72 36 433
Dominik Antonowicz Poland 12 152 0.8× 153 0.8× 148 1.1× 79 0.6× 38 0.5× 55 377
Agnete Vabø Norway 12 218 1.1× 65 0.3× 61 0.5× 191 1.4× 38 0.5× 38 444
F. Robert Buchanan United States 13 111 0.6× 100 0.5× 49 0.4× 96 0.7× 114 1.6× 30 403
Gerbrand Tholen United Kingdom 13 151 0.8× 165 0.9× 28 0.2× 333 2.5× 46 0.6× 35 532
Julie Dolan United States 12 273 1.4× 210 1.1× 427 3.2× 44 0.3× 26 0.4× 27 686
Flávia Freidenberg Spain 13 541 2.8× 300 1.6× 90 0.7× 31 0.2× 119 1.7× 115 803
Harald Schomburg Germany 11 195 1.0× 97 0.5× 18 0.1× 277 2.1× 96 1.3× 23 475
Georgia Duerst-Lahti United States 9 240 1.2× 181 0.9× 203 1.5× 30 0.2× 42 0.6× 15 509
Sue Ledwith United Kingdom 10 164 0.8× 149 0.8× 198 1.5× 63 0.5× 47 0.7× 22 510
Sandra Harley United Kingdom 6 158 0.8× 67 0.3× 66 0.5× 134 1.0× 12 0.2× 6 427

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Bolsmann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Bolsmann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bolsmann, Chris. (2024). The Early Years of Chicago Soccer, 1887–1939. Sport History Review. 55(1). 131–132.
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Bolsmann, Chris. (2022). Flashpoint: How a Little-Known Sporting Event Fueled America's Anti-Apartheid Movement. Journal of Sport History. 49(2). 181–183.
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Bolsmann, Chris. (2021). “Playing With Apartheid”: Irish and South African Rugby, 1964–19891. Sport History Review. 52(2). 262–278.
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Bolsmann, Chris, et al.. (2019). Three Clubs in Search of a City: Professional Soccer in Los Angeles, 1973–2018. Journal of Sport History. 46(1). 98–114. 1 indexed citations
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Bolsmann, Chris. (2015). Identity and Nation in African Football: Fans, Community, and Clubs. The International Journal of the History of Sport. 32(9). 1218–1220. 2 indexed citations
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Bolsmann, Chris, et al.. (2013). ‘Here Come “Chelsea” of Sweden’: Djurgården Football Club on Tour in Apartheid South Africa. Sport in History. 33(3). 353–372. 2 indexed citations
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Bolsmann, Chris. (2013). Professional Football in Apartheid South Africa: Leisure, Consumption and Identity in the National Football League, 1959–1977. The International Journal of the History of Sport. 30(16). 1947–1961. 5 indexed citations
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Júnior, Wanderley Marchi, et al.. (2013). A COPA DO MUNDO FIFA NA ÁFRICA DO SUL/2010 – COMO FOI A EXPERIÊNCIA E O QUE PODEMOS APRENDER COM ELA?. Movimento (Porto Alegre). 20(2). 711–711.
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Bolsmann, Chris, et al.. (2013). Rationales, rhetoric and realities: FIFA’s World Cup in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 50(3). 265–282. 40 indexed citations
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Amsler, Sarah & Chris Bolsmann. (2012). University ranking as social exclusion. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 33(2). 283–301. 161 indexed citations
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Bolsmann, Chris. (2012). Representation in the first African World Cup: ‘world-class’, Pan-Africanism, and exclusion. Soccer and Society. 13(2). 156–172. 9 indexed citations
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Alegi, Peter & Chris Bolsmann. (2010). From Apartheid to Unity: White Capital and Black Power in the Racial Integration of South African Football, 1976–1992. African Historical Review. 42(1). 1–18. 6 indexed citations
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Alegi, Peter & Chris Bolsmann. (2009). South Africa and the global game: Introduction. Soccer and Society. 11(1-2). 1–11. 10 indexed citations
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Ignatowicz, Agnieszka, Chris Bolsmann, & Henry Miller. (2009). Students interviewing students: the Aston University—Hong Kong project. 2(1). 1–23. 1 indexed citations
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Bolsmann, Chris & Henry Miller. (2008). 9 - International Student Recruitment: South African Rationales. Journal of Higher Education in Africa. 6(2-3). 211–231. 3 indexed citations
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Bolsmann, Chris & Henry Miller. (2008). International student recruitment to universities in England: discourse, rationales and globalisation. Globalisation Societies and Education. 6(1). 75–88. 96 indexed citations
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Bolsmann, Chris. (2007). Trade-Union Internationalism and Solidarity in the Struggle against Apartheid: A Case Study of Volkswagen. Historical Studies in Industrial Relations. 103–124. 4 indexed citations
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Bolsmann, Chris & Andrew Parker. (2006). Soccer, South Africa and Celebrity Status: Mark Fish, Popular Culture and the Post‐Apartheid State. Soccer and Society. 8(1). 109–124. 13 indexed citations
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