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

Enqing Tian, Nicholas Wise

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1029-1055
Number of pages27
JournalInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport
Volume55
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CiteSpace
  • Europe
  • North America
  • knowledge domains
  • scientometric analysis
  • sociology of sport

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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