Paul Widdop

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Paul Widdop is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Widdop has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Gender Studies and 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Paul Widdop's work include Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (28 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (21 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (12 papers). Paul Widdop is often cited by papers focused on Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (28 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (21 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (12 papers). Paul Widdop collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Australia. Paul Widdop's co-authors include Daniel Parnell, Alexander John Bond, David Cutts, Rob Wilson, Simon Chadwick, Peter Millward, Jamie Cleland, Grant Jarvie, Mark Doidge and Ed Cope and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, BMC Public Health and Leisure Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paul Widdop

56 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

COVID-19, networks and sport 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. COVID-19, networks and sport
    2020 242 citations Daniel Parnell, Paul Widdop et al. Managing Sport and Leisure profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Widdop United Kingdom 18 704 425 264 92 74 60 1.0k
Daniel Parnell United Kingdom 21 640 0.9× 393 0.9× 244 0.9× 165 1.8× 18 0.2× 72 1.2k
Laura Misener Canada 25 1.6k 2.2× 952 2.2× 169 0.6× 594 6.5× 36 0.5× 83 1.8k
Timothy Marjoribanks Australia 18 354 0.5× 170 0.4× 81 0.3× 49 0.5× 21 0.3× 61 778
Timothy J. Curry United States 21 527 0.7× 481 1.1× 142 0.5× 199 2.2× 9 0.1× 48 1.2k
Kristine Toohey Australia 21 1.2k 1.7× 823 1.9× 220 0.8× 417 4.5× 7 0.1× 63 1.4k
Gary Pollock United Kingdom 13 391 0.6× 73 0.2× 42 0.2× 75 0.8× 25 0.3× 37 596
Tim Pawlowski Germany 19 961 1.4× 716 1.7× 793 3.0× 271 2.9× 7 0.1× 68 1.4k
Andrew Yiannakis United States 12 723 1.0× 251 0.6× 76 0.3× 265 2.9× 10 0.1× 25 956
Karen Danylchuk Canada 19 578 0.8× 530 1.2× 140 0.5× 178 1.9× 3 0.0× 44 964
B. Christine Green United States 14 1.0k 1.5× 511 1.2× 114 0.4× 450 4.9× 8 0.1× 14 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Widdop

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Widdop

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Widdop

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Widdop. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Widdop based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paul Widdop. Paul Widdop is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chadwick, Simon, et al.. (2024). The Geopolitical Economy of Football. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam).
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Downward, Paul, et al.. (2024). The locality challenges facing the ‘levelling up’ of sport participation and health inequality in England. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 17(2). 327–344.
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Chadwick, Simon, et al.. (2023). Publisher's note. Journal of strategy and management. 1–1. 4 indexed citations
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Bond, Alexander John, et al.. (2023). Gambling lifestyles: The importance of social capital and diverse networks. Leisure Studies. 43(1). 16–30. 5 indexed citations
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Chadwick, Simon, Paul Widdop, Christos Anagnostopoulos, & Daniel Parnell. (2022). The Business of the FIFA World Cup. 7 indexed citations
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Parnell, Daniel, et al.. (2021). Recruitment in elite football: a network approach. European Sport Management Quarterly. 23(5). 1370–1386. 15 indexed citations
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Bond, Alexander John, et al.. (2021). Sport prosumer networks: exploring prosumption value in Twitter conversations during COVID-19. Managing Sport and Leisure. 28(6). 732–748. 4 indexed citations
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Power, Martin J., et al.. (2020). Football and politics: the politics of football. Managing Sport and Leisure. 25(1-2). 1–5. 11 indexed citations
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Bond, Alexander John, Jan André Lee Ludvigsen, Daniel Parnell, et al.. (2020). COVID-19: the return of football fans. Managing Sport and Leisure. 27(1-2). 108–118. 43 indexed citations
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Parnell, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Management strategies of non-profit community sport facilities in an era of austerity. European Sport Management Quarterly. 19(3). 312–330. 33 indexed citations
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Zwolinsky, Stephen, Nicky Kime, Andy Pringle, Paul Widdop, & Jim McKenna. (2018). Designing programmes of physical activity through sport: learning from a widening participation intervention, ‘City of Football’. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 1142–1142. 10 indexed citations
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Cleland, Jamie, Mark Doidge, Peter Millward, & Paul Widdop. (2018). Collective Action and Football Fandom. 55 indexed citations
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Cutts, David & Paul Widdop. (2016). Reimagining omnivorousness in the context of place. Journal of Consumer Culture. 17(3). 480–503. 26 indexed citations
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Widdop, Paul & Adrián Leguina. (2015). With a little help from my friends : music consumption and networks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Leguina, Adrián, et al.. (2015). Musical preferences and technologies: Contemporary material and symbolic distinctions criticized. Journal of Consumer Culture. 17(2). 242–264. 20 indexed citations
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Fieldhouse, Edward, et al.. (2015). Knowledge Exchange Trials: Pilot Programme Bridging the Academic-Policy Divide. Leeds Beckett Repository (Leeds Beckett University). 1 indexed citations
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Zwolinsky, Stephen, Jim McKenna, Andy Pringle, Paul Widdop, & Claire Griffiths. (2015). Physical activity assessment for public health: efficacious use of the single-item measure. Public Health. 129(12). 1630–1636. 16 indexed citations
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Cutts, David, et al.. (2013). With a little help from my neighbours: A spatial analysis of the impact of local campaigns at the 2010 British general election. Electoral Studies. 34. 216–231. 9 indexed citations
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Widdop, Paul & David Cutts. (2013). Social Stratification and Sports’ Participation in England. Leisure Sciences. 35(2). 107–128. 27 indexed citations
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Fieldhouse, Edward, David Cutts, Paul Widdop, & Peter John. (2012). Do impersonal mobilisation methods work? Evidence from a nationwide Get-Out-the-Vote experiment in England. Electoral Studies. 32(1). 113–123. 26 indexed citations

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