Stefan Szymanski

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Stefan Szymanski is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Szymanski has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 60 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 47 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Stefan Szymanski's work include Sports Analytics and Performance (78 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (53 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (47 papers). Stefan Szymanski is often cited by papers focused on Sports Analytics and Performance (78 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (53 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (47 papers). Stefan Szymanski collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Stefan Szymanski's co-authors include Ron Smith, Georgios Kavetsos, Tommaso Valletti, Robert Simmons, Thomas Peeters, Pedro García-del-Barrio, Andrew Zimbalist, Roger Bivand, Stephen Machin and Paul Gregg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Political Economy, The Economic Journal and Journal of Economic Literature.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Szymanski

112 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Economic Design of Sporting Contests 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500

Peers

Stefan Szymanski
Comparison fields: 5 of 108
  • Economics and Econometrics 3.5k
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.5k
  • Gender Studies 2.2k
  • Accounting 354
  • Strategy and Management 351
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Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Szymanski

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Szymanski

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Szymanski

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Szymanski. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Szymanski 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 Stefan Szymanski. Stefan Szymanski 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 0
2 7
3 57
4 1
5
Convergence and soccer
2
6
Economists and Sport History
0
7
El fútbol es así (soccernomics): una explicación económica sobre los mitos y verdades del deporte
2
8 21
9 28
10 19
11
First and Second Prizes in Imperfectly Discriminating Contests
1
12
Il business del calcio
8
13
Il business del calcio: successi sportivi e rovesci finanziari
12
14
The Promotion Test
1
15
Racial Discrimination in English Football
1
16
Promotion and Relegation
4
17
Up for the Cup
3
18
The Market for Olympic Gold Medals
5
19 212
20 20

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