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Tian, E and Wise, NA (2019) An Atlantic Divide? Mapping the Knowledge Domain of European and North American Based Sociology of Sport, 2008-2018. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 55 (8). pp. 1029-1055. ISSN 1012-6902
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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 2008-2018. 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.
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| Additional Information: | The Author(s)An Atlantic Divide? Mapping the Knowledge Domain of European and North American Based Sociology of Sport, 2008-2018, International Review for the Sociology of Sport 2020, Vol. 55(8) 1029–1055 © The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/1012690219878370 journals.sagepub.com/home/irs |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1608 Sociology, 1504 Commercial Services, 2002 Cultural Studies |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports |
| Divisions: | Liverpool Business School |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2019 09:13 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2021 16:30 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11304 |
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