An Atlantic divide? Mapping the knowledge domain of European and North American-based sociology of sport, 2008–2018

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7822009
AutoresEnqing Tian (0000-0002-5408-5201, Shanghai Normal University, People’s Republic of China), Nicholas Wise (0000-0002-4154-8932, Liverpool John Moores University, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume55
Fascículo8
Páginas1029-1055
Data de publicação2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1012690219878370
OpenAlexW2979450748
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas68

The sociology of sport has become a burgeoning subdiscipline in the 21st century. To assess knowledge domains and the status quo of the field in Europe and North America, this study uses CiteSpace (a bibliometric visualization software) to analyse 870 academic articles published in the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Journal of Sport & Social Issues and Sociology of Sport Journal from 2008 to 2018. By mapping/examining core contributors, keywords, high citations/cited authors, major clusters and citation bursts, the findings echo John W. Loy’s ‘risk of critical mass’ calling for various citation analysis approaches. The study expands Jon Dart and Ørnulf Seippel’s recent topic model studies on subdisciplinary development in recent decades, contributing to informed discussions of geographical politics and research directions in the field. The scale and scope of this analysis is highly generalizable to assess pre-existing state-of-the-art research on the sociology of sport

Political science · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Sociology of sport · Status quo · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society