Review of Studies in the Field of Sports Management and a Comparison with Türkiye

Authors : İlhan Gözen
Pages : 129-143
Doi:10.46463/ijrss.1623884
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Publication Date : 2025-06-29
Article Type : Review Paper
Abstract :This research aims to examine the bibliometric analysis of articles on sports management in the Web of Science (WoS) database, to reveal the perspective on sports management and to make a comparison specific to Türkiye. Firstly, 670 research articles on sports management were accessed from the WoS database and the data were analyzed with the VOSviewer package program. As a result of the analysis, when the distribution of articles on sports management by years was examined, data was obtained as of 1992 and publications were seen to peak in 2021, and parallel declines were seen in publications in 2022 and 2023. According to the examination of citation data related to the subject of sports management, the most cited article with 137 citations “Sport-based entrepreneurship: Towards a new theory of entrepreneurship and sport”, the most cited researcher with 3 publications and 166 citations “Ratten, Vanessa”, the journal with the most publications (3) “Retos-nuevas Tendencias en Education Fisica Deporte”, the journal with the most citations (137) “International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal”, the institution with the most publications (2) “Deakin Grad Sch Business”, and the institution with the most citations (137) was “Duquesne Univ”. The highest level of collaboration between institutions was seen between “Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey University” and “Rmit Univ”. When looking at the countries with the most publications and citations, Spain was the country with the most publications (87) and the USA was the country with the most citations (616). In the common keyword network, the densest cluster with 5 keyword networks was the yellow cluster and the sparseest cluster with 2 keyword networks was the brown cluster. In the co-citation network of the authors, the most dense red clusters were found with 12 clusters, and the least dense turquoise clusters were found with 3 clusters. As a result, it has been seen that there are many studies on sports management and that interest in the subject has increased. When looking at Türkiye specifically, it is seen that it ranks 5th among the countries with the most publications, with 29 publications and 100 citations. In line with the content analysis, it was concluded that there were many publications in the field of sports management in Türkiye, but they did not have sufficient impact in terms of content and scope.
Keywords : Spor yöneticiliği, Ortak anahtar kelime, Yoğun küme, Ortak atıf alma

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