Sociology of Sport Journal

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The 1.3k papers published in Sociology of Sport Journal in the last decades have received a total of 31.4k indexed citations. Papers published in Sociology of Sport Journal usually cover Gender Studies (924 papers), Sociology and Political Science (910 papers) and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (203 papers) specifically the topics of Sports, Gender, and Society (904 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (776 papers) and Physical Education and Pedagogy (192 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Sociology of Sport Journal are Pirkko Markula, Jay Coakley, Andrew C. Sparkes, Margaret Carlisle Duncan, Timothy J. Curry, Howard L. Nixon, Michael A. Messner, Kevin Young, Richard Pringle and Anita White.

In The Last Decade

Sociology of Sport Journal

1.2k papers receiving 26.4k citations

Peers

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Citations per field, relative to Sociology of Sport Journal

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×1.1 22.0k

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×0.7 3.1k

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Countries where authors publish in Sociology of Sport Journal

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Sociology of Sport Journal. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Sociology of Sport Journal with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sociology of Sport Journal more than expected).

Fields of papers published in Sociology of Sport Journal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in Sociology of Sport Journal. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Sociology of Sport Journal.

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