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Sports Economics Review / Elsevier

Citation Profile [Updated: 2026-11-05 10:50:02]
5 Years H Index
4
Impact Factor (IF)
0.36
5 Years IF
0.36
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IF AIF CIF IF5 DOC CDO CIT NCI CCU D2Y C2Y D5Y C5Y SC %SC CiY II AII
2023 0 0.66 0.29 0 21 21 25 6 6 0 0 4 66.7 6 0.29 0.19
2024 0.24 0.69 0.14 0.24 15 36 15 5 11 21 5 21 5 2 40 0 0.2
2025 0.36 0.91 0.45 0.36 13 49 7 22 33 36 13 36 13 9 40.9 2 0.15 0.26
IF: Two years Impact Factor: C2Y / D2Y
AIF: Average Impact Factor for all series in RePEc in year y
CIF: Cumulative impact factor
IF5: Five years Impact Factor: C5Y / D5Y
DOC: Number of documents published in year y
CDO: Cumulative number of documents published until year y
CIT: Number of citations to papers published in year y
NCI: Number of citations in year y
CCU: Cumulative number of citations to papers published until year y
D2Y: Number of articles published in y-1 plus y-2
C2Y: Cites in y to articles published in y-1 plus y-2
D5Y: Number of articles published in y-1 until y-5
C5Y: Cites in y to articles published in y-1 until y-5
SC: selft citations in y to articles published in y-1 plus y-2
%SC: Percentage of selft citations in y to articles published in y-1 plus y-2
CiY: Cites in year y to documents published in year y
II: Immediacy Index: CiY / Documents.
AII: Average Immediacy Index for series in RePEc in year y
50 most cited documents in this series
#YearTitleCited
12023Broadcasting La Liga. (2023). Moreno-Ternero, Juan ; Bergantiños, Gustavo ; Bergantios, Gustavo. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:1:y:2023:i:c:s2773161822000052.

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22024Demonstration of the collusion risk mitigation effect of random tie-breaking and dynamic scheduling. (2024). Stronka, Waldemar. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:5:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000016.

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7
32023The consequences of promotion and relegation in European soccer leagues: A regression discontinuity approach. (2023). Speer, Jamin D. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:1:y:2023:i:c:s2773161822000039.

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6
42025Referee bias in football: Actual vs. expected additional time. (2025). Kocsoy, Alperen. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:9:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000011.

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4
52023Has financial fair play changed European football?. (2023). Ottaviano, Gianmarco ; Laffitte, Sébastien ; Masciandaro, Donato ; Caglio, Ariela. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:3:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000113.

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4
62023Willingness to pay for hosting the Tour de France. (2023). Feddersen, Arne ; Nielsen, Christian Gjersing. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:3:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000071.

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2
72024Comparing two methods for testing the efficiency of sports betting markets. (2024). Whelan, Karl ; Hegarty, Tadgh. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:8:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000193.

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2
82025Is the UEFA champions league fair?. (2025). Liao, Shucheng ; Cabral, Lus. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:11:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000102.

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2
92023Effort maximization in contests under balance constraints. (2023). Sela, Aner. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:1:y:2023:i:c:s2773161822000040.

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2
102023The minimum concentration of points in sports leagues without ties. (2023). Owen, Dorian ; Avila-Cano, Antonio ; Triguero-Ruiz, Francisco. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:4:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000125.

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2
112024Professionals do play Minimax: Revisiting the Nash equilibrium in Major League Baseball. (2024). Mercier, Jean-Franois. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:7:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000168.

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2
122026The perversity of mild failure: Evidence from the UEFA Champions League. (2026). Rewilak, Johan. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:14:y:2026:i:c:s2773161826000078.

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132024The transfer market for sports players - A contest theory approach. (2024). Minchuk, Yizhaq. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:6:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000120.

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142023Competitiveness in Formula One. (2023). Wesselbaum, Dennis ; Peeters, Ronald. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:2:y:2023:i:c:s2773161822000076.

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152023Testing a variant of match-level outcome uncertainty using historical data from the European Champion Clubs’ Cup. (2023). Reilly, Barry. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:4:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000150.

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162024‘Good job!’ the impact of positive and negative feedback on performance. (2024). Goller, Daniel ; Spth, Maximilian. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:8:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000223.

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1
172025Review for the beautiful dataset. (2025). Szymanski, Stefan ; Krumer, Alex. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:11:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000114.

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182023Do sporting events amplify airborne virus transmission? Causal evidence from US professional team sports. (2023). Ruseski, Jane ; Humphreys, Brad ; Watanabe, Nicholas ; Soebbing, Brian P ; Cardazzi, Alexander. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:3:y:2023:i:c:s277316182300006x.

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192024Competitive balance in professional sports: A multi-dimensional perspective. (2024). Brave, Scott ; Roberts, Kevin A ; Butters, Andrew R ; Bognar, Levi. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:6:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000119.

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1
202023Football finance and Covid-19. (2023). Urquhart, Andrew ; Alabi, Mobolaji. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:4:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000149.

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1
212023Ghost games and ex-post viewing preferences for the English Premier League: Evidence from YouTube highlights. (2023). Butler, Robert. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:2:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000058.

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222024Hockey babies: National Hockey League outcomes and short-term fertility spikes in Canada. (2024). Hu, Min ; Dilmaghani, Maryam. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:6:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000107.

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1
232025Foul Play: The impact of financial incentives on aggression in sports. (2025). Kouhbor, Amin ; Courty, Pascal ; Cisyk, Jeffrey. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:10:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000072.

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1
242023Fair travel distances in tournament schedules: A cooperative game theory approach. (2023). Guajardo, Mario ; Osicka, Ondrej. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:2:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000046.

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1
252024Does every game matter? A new perspective on the league standing effect in major league baseball. (2024). Halpin, Shane A ; Losak, Jeremy M. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:5:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000041.

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1
262024Incentives matter sometimes: On the differences between league and Cup football matches. (2024). van Tuijl, Martin ; van Ours, Jan C. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:7:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000144.

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272025On bogey teams and circular triads: Psychological factors in team performance. (2025). van Ours, Jan C. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:10:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000059.

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282023The age-performance relationship for a cognitive-intensive task: Empirical evidence from chess grandmasters. (2023). Kalwij, Adriaan ; De Jaegher, Kris. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:2:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000034.

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50 most relevant documents in this series (papers most cited in the last two years)
#YearTitleCited
12024Demonstration of the collusion risk mitigation effect of random tie-breaking and dynamic scheduling. (2024). Stronka, Waldemar. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:5:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000016.

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7
22023The consequences of promotion and relegation in European soccer leagues: A regression discontinuity approach. (2023). Speer, Jamin D. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:1:y:2023:i:c:s2773161822000039.

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6
32023Broadcasting La Liga. (2023). Moreno-Ternero, Juan ; Bergantiños, Gustavo ; Bergantios, Gustavo. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:1:y:2023:i:c:s2773161822000052.

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5
42025Referee bias in football: Actual vs. expected additional time. (2025). Kocsoy, Alperen. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:9:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000011.

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4
52023Has financial fair play changed European football?. (2023). Ottaviano, Gianmarco ; Laffitte, Sébastien ; Masciandaro, Donato ; Caglio, Ariela. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:3:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000113.

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3
62024Professionals do play Minimax: Revisiting the Nash equilibrium in Major League Baseball. (2024). Mercier, Jean-Franois. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:7:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000168.

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2
72023Willingness to pay for hosting the Tour de France. (2023). Feddersen, Arne ; Nielsen, Christian Gjersing. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:3:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000071.

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2
82023The minimum concentration of points in sports leagues without ties. (2023). Owen, Dorian ; Avila-Cano, Antonio ; Triguero-Ruiz, Francisco. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:4:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000125.

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2
92023Effort maximization in contests under balance constraints. (2023). Sela, Aner. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:1:y:2023:i:c:s2773161822000040.

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2
102024Comparing two methods for testing the efficiency of sports betting markets. (2024). Whelan, Karl ; Hegarty, Tadgh. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:8:y:2024:i:c:s2773161824000193.

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2
112025Is the UEFA champions league fair?. (2025). Liao, Shucheng ; Cabral, Lus. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:11:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000102.

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2
Citing documents used to compute impact factor: 13
YearTitle
2025Good Vibrations: Outcome Bias in Consumer Demand. (2025). van Ours, Jan C. In: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers. RePEc:tin:wpaper:20250055.

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2025On bogey teams and circular triads: Psychological factors in team performance. (2025). van Ours, Jan C. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:10:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000059.

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2025Mitigating the risk of tanking in multi-stage tournaments. (2025). Csató, László. In: Annals of Operations Research. RePEc:spr:annopr:v:344:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s10479-024-06311-y.

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2025Draw procedures for balanced 3-team group rounds in sports competitions. (2025). Laliena, Pablo ; Lpez, Javier F. In: Annals of Operations Research. RePEc:spr:annopr:v:346:y:2025:i:3:d:10.1007_s10479-025-06497-9.

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2025Tournament design: A review from an operational research perspective. (2025). Csató, László ; Devriesere, Karel ; Goossens, Dries. In: European Journal of Operational Research. RePEc:eee:ejores:v:324:y:2025:i:1:p:1-21.

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2025Do subjective and compensatory scores matter? an empirical analysis of Ski jumping competitions. (2025). Musau, Andrew ; Haugen, Kjetil. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:12:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000151.

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2025Transforming talent into performance: Efficiency heterogeneity, strategic behavior, and welfare in sports leagues. (2025). Lang, Markus ; Pereira, Marco Henriques. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:12:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000175.

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2025Scoring markets: Theory and application in sports economics. (2025). Ordez-De, Jos Manuel ; Triguero-Ruiz, Francisco ; Avila-Cano, Antonio. In: Economic Modelling. RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:152:y:2025:i:c:s0264999325002317.

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2025Are English Premier League Teams Paid Like Bureaucrats? An Incentive Analysis of Monetary Match Importance*. (2025). Courty, Pascal ; Cisyk, Jeffrey ; Kouhbor, Amin. In: Journal of Sports Economics. RePEc:sae:jospec:v:26:y:2025:i:7:p:783-815.

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2025Foul Play: The impact of financial incentives on aggression in sports. (2025). Kouhbor, Amin ; Courty, Pascal ; Cisyk, Jeffrey. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:10:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000072.

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2025How COVID-19 Affected Participation in Ultramarathons: Gender, Risk Aversion, and Travel. (2025). Cary, Michael ; Stephens, Heather M. In: Journal of Sports Economics. RePEc:sae:jospec:v:26:y:2025:i:1:p:55-77.

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2025Competitive balance in the UEFA Champions League group stage: Novel measures show no evidence of decline. (2025). Petrczy, Dra Grta ; Csat, Lszl. In: Annals of Operations Research. RePEc:spr:annopr:v:352:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s10479-025-06780-9.

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2025Testing mixed strategies in the field: an experiment with soccer penalty kicks. (2025). Sentana, Juan. In: Economica. RePEc:bla:econom:v:92:y:2025:i:368:p:1231-1246.

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Recent citations
Recent citations received in 2025
YearCiting document
2025Foul Play: The impact of financial incentives on aggression in sports. (2025). Kouhbor, Amin ; Courty, Pascal ; Cisyk, Jeffrey. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:10:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000072.

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2025Do subjective and compensatory scores matter? an empirical analysis of Ski jumping competitions. (2025). Musau, Andrew ; Haugen, Kjetil. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:12:y:2025:i:c:s2773161825000151.

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Recent citations received in 2024
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Recent citations received in 2023
YearCiting document
2023Fair travel distances in tournament schedules: A cooperative game theory approach. (2023). Guajardo, Mario ; Osicka, Ondrej. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:2:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000046.

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2023Economic analysis of the 12th man: Should the fans be paid?. (2023). Arrondel, Luc ; Laslier, Jean-Franois ; Gayant, Jean-Pascal. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:3:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000101.

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2023Football finance and Covid-19. (2023). Urquhart, Andrew ; Alabi, Mobolaji. In: Sports Economics Review. RePEc:eee:specre:v:4:y:2023:i:c:s2773161823000149.

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2023Profit vs. win maximization in a league: a paradox. (2023). Laslier, Jean-François ; Duhautois, Richard ; Arrondel, Luc. In: PSE Working Papers. RePEc:hal:psewpa:halshs-04358491.

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2023Broadcasting revenue sharing after cancelling sports competitions. (2023). Moreno-Ternero, Juan ; Bergantiños, Gustavo ; Bergantios, Gustavo. In: Annals of Operations Research. RePEc:spr:annopr:v:328:y:2023:i:2:d:10.1007_s10479-023-05246-0.

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