Holger Preuß

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Holger Preuß is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Holger Preuß has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 45 papers in Gender Studies and 29 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Holger Preuß's work include Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (52 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (45 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (29 papers). Holger Preuß is often cited by papers focused on Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (52 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (45 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (29 papers). Holger Preuß collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and United Kingdom. Holger Preuß's co-authors include Harry Arne Solberg, Chris Gratton, Thomas Könecke, Rainer Gross, Harald Pfeifer, J.‐F. Geleyn, Benoît Séguin, Joerg Koenigstorfer, Norm O’Reilly and Wladimir Andreff and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, Journal of Sport Management and Leisure Studies.

In The Last Decade

Holger Preuß

65 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Conceptualisation and Measurement of Mega Sport Event Legacies

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Holger Preuß Germany	24	2.1k	1.6k	698	578	81	72	2.5k
Shuaizhang Feng China	17	1.1k 0.5×	155 0.1×	82 0.1×	511 0.9×	167 2.1×	63	1.8k
David Donaldson Canada	27	1.3k 0.6×	516 0.3×	118 0.2×	1.8k 3.2×	173 2.1×	90	2.9k
Jennifer Laing Australia	25	1.5k 0.7×	178 0.1×	421 0.6×	82 0.1×	91 1.1×	99	2.0k
Patrick J Egan United States	14	937 0.4×	192 0.1×	128 0.2×	160 0.3×	18 0.2×	29	1.6k
James Forrest Australia	30	2.1k 1.0×	87 0.1×	62 0.1×	491 0.8×	342 4.2×	131	2.6k
Darnell F. Hawkins United States	21	2.1k 1.0×	240 0.1×	70 0.1×	285 0.5×	355 4.4×	43	2.6k
Andrew Smith United Kingdom	26	1.7k 0.8×	668 0.4×	527 0.8×	133 0.2×	18 0.2×	77	2.0k
Trevor Mules Australia	18	1.3k 0.6×	643 0.4×	449 0.6×	259 0.4×	5 0.1×	42	1.5k
Ann Varley United Kingdom	21	721 0.3×	114 0.1×	30 0.0×	214 0.4×	165 2.0×	50	1.8k
Bongkosh Rittichainuwat Thailand	19	1.5k 0.7×	67 0.0×	188 0.3×	140 0.2×	32 0.4×	25	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Holger Preuß

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All Works

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (2025). The autonomy of sport concept: a scoping review. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 7. 1593673–1593673.

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (2025). Financial gigantism at the Winter Olympics: Myth or reality? A comparative analysis of the revenues of the Winter Olympics since 2002. Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité.

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Steinacker, Jürgen M. & Holger Preuß. (2024). Planetary Health and the Olympic Games. German Journal of Sports Medicine. 75(5). 165–170.

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (2023). Key factors for cost overruns at Olympic Games - establishment of a model. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing. 23(6). 506–522. 2 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (2022). Competitive intensity in differently regulated men's football leagues: evidence from English premier league and German Bundesliga. Sport Business and Management An International Journal. 12(5). 580–597. 2 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (2019). Cost and Revenue Overruns of the Olympic Games 2000–2018. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Shushu, et al.. (2019). Sport Policy Development in China: Legacies of Beijing’s 2008 Summer Olympic Games and 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Journal of Global Sport Management. 6(3). 234–263. 22 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (2016). Valores associados aos jogos olímpicos. Ciência e Cultura. 68(2). 43–49. 1 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (2014). Legacy, sustainability and CSR at mega sport events : an analysis of the UEFA EURO 2008 in Switzerland. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 5 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (2012). Erlebniswert Olympischer Winterspiele in München 2018. Sport und Gesellschaft. 8(2). 4 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (2011). Internationalism in the Olympic movement : idea and reality between nations, cultures, and people. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger. (2011). A method for calculating the crowding-out effect in sport mega-event impact studies: The 2010 FIFA World Cup. Development Southern Africa. 28(3). 367–385. 40 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger. (2006). Impact and Evaluation of Major Sporting Events. European Sport Management Quarterly. 6(4). 313–316. 36 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger & Harry Arne Solberg. (2006). Attracting Major Sporting Events: The Role of Local Residents. European Sport Management Quarterly. 6(4). 391–411. 134 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger. (2005). The Economic Impact of Visitors at Major Multi-sport Events. European Sport Management Quarterly. 5(3). 281–301. 129 indexed citations

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Gross, Rainer, et al.. (2000). Four dimensions of food and nutrition security: definitions and concepts.. 20–25. 141 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger, G. Weigelt, & F. Lanzl. (1990). Optics in Complex Systems. elib (German Aerospace Center). 22 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger, et al.. (1984). Studies of the sampling of space-borne radiation budget measurements. 37(2). 52–62. 3 indexed citations

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Preuß, Holger & E. Raschke. (1982). Future measurements of the planetary radiation budget. 18. 42–44. 1 indexed citations

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Raschke, E. & Holger Preuß. (1979). The determination of the solar radiation budget at the Earth's surface from satellite measurements.. 32. 18–28. 15 indexed citations

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