TABLE 4.
The most cited papers in topic research.
| R | Title | Authors | Year | Journal | TCES | C/Y |
| 1 | The role of emotion in explaining consumer satisfaction and future behavioral intention | Martin, D., O’Neill, M., Hubbard, S., Palmer, A. | 2008 | JSM | 118 | 9,8 |
| 2 | The special features of sport: A critical revisit | Smith, A. C. T., Stewart, B. | 2010 | SMR | 98 | 9,8 |
| 3 | Investigating an evolving leisure experience: Antecedents and consequences of spectator affect during a live sporting event | Madrigal, R. | 2003 | JLR | 84 | 4,9 |
| 4 | The Sporting Life: Exploring Organizations through the Lens of Sport | Day, D. V., Gordon, S., Fink, C. | 2012 | AMA | 80 | 10,0 |
| 5 | How social media engagement leads to sports channel loyalty: Mediating roles of social presence and channel commitment | Lim, J. S., Hwang, Y., Kim, S., Biocca, F. A. | 2015 | CHB | 71 | 14,2 |
| 6 | Affective event and destination image: Their influence on olympic traveler behavioral intentions | Kaplanidou, K. | 2007 | EM | 71 | 5,5 |
| 7 | Consumer orientation toward sporting events: Scale development and validation | Pons, F., Mourali, M., Nyeck, S. | 2006 | JSR | 59 | 4,2 |
| 8 | The effects of emotions on football spectators’ satisfaction and behavioral intentions | Biscaia, R., Correia, A., Rosado, A., Maroco, J., Ross, S. | 2012 | ESMQ | 56 | 7,0 |
| 9 | The importance of legacy outcomes for Olympic Games four summer host cities residents’ quality of life: 1996−2008 | Kaplanidou, K. | 2012 | ESMQ | 55 | 6,9 |
| 10 | The meaning and measurement of a sport event experience among active sport tourists | Kaplanidou, K., Vogt, C. | 2010 | JSM | 54 | 5,4 |
| 11 | Addressing participation constraint: A case study of potential skiers | Williams, P., Fidgeon, P. R. | 2000 | TM | 54 | 2,7 |
| 12 | Gendered managerial discourses in sport organizations: Multiplicity and complexity | Knoppers, A., Anthonissen, A. | 2008 | SR | 49 | 4,1 |
| 13 | The dynamics underlying service firm-customer relationships: Insights from a study of English Premier League soccer fans | Harris, L. C., Ogbonna, E. | 2008 | JSR | 41 | 3,4 |
| 14 | Examining the relationship between brand emotion and brand extension among supporters of professional football clubs | Abosag, I., Roper, S., Hind, D. | 2012 | EJM | 40 | 5,0 |
| 15 | Event image perceptions among active and passive sports tourists at marathon races | Hallmann, K., Kaplanidou, K., Breuer, C. | 2006 | IJSMS | 37 | 2,6 |
| 16 | Hot vs. cold cognitions and consumers’ reactions to sporting event outcomes | Madrigal, R. | 2008 | JCP | 32 | 2,7 |
| 17 | An empirical model of attendance factors at major sporting events | Hall, J., O’Mahony, B., Vieceli, J. | 2010 | IJHM | 31 | 3,1 |
| 18 | Mental hoop diaries: Emotional memories of a college basketball game in rival fans | Botzung, A., Rubin, D. C., Miles, A., Cabeza, R., LaBar, K. S. | 2010 | JN | 29 | 2,9 |
| 19 | Affective response to gambling promotions during televised sport: A qualitative analysis | Lamont, M., Hing, N., Vitartas, P. | 2016 | SMR | 28 | 7,0 |
| 20 | Spectator emotions: Effects on quality, satisfaction, value, and future intentions | Calabuig, F., Prado-Gascó, V., Crespo, J., Núñez-Pomar, J., Añó, V. | 2015 | JBR | 28 | 5,6 |
| 21 | Exploring the role of emotions on sport consumers’ behavioral and cognitive responses to marketing stimuli | Dae, H. K., Yu, K. K., Hirt, E. R. | 2011 | ESMQ | 28 | 3,1 |
| 22 | The effect of joy on the behavior of cricket spectators: The mediating role of satisfaction | Kuenzel, S., Yassim, M. | 2007 | ML | 27 | 2,1 |
| 23 | Exploring PERMA in spectator sport: Applying positive psychology to examine the individual-level benefits of sport consumption | Doyle, J. P., Filo, K., Lock, D., Funk, D. C., McDonald, H. | 2016 | SMR | 26 | 6,5 |
| 24 | Retrospective: the importance of servicescapes in leisure service settings | Wakefield, K. L., Blodgett, J. | 2016 | JSM | 26 | 6,5 |
| 25 | Analyzing gender dynamics in sport governance: A new regimes-based approach | Adriaanse, J. A., Schofield, T. | 2013 | SMR | 25 | 3,6 |
| 26 | A (mis)guided adventure tourism experience: An autoethnographic analysis of mountaineering in Bolivia | Houge Mackenzie, S., Kerr, J. H. | 2012 | JST | 25 | 3,1 |
| 27 | Effects of atmosphere at major sports events: A perspective from environmental psychology | Uhrich, S., Koenigstorfer, J. | 2009 | IJSMS | 25 | 2,3 |
| 28 | “Bouncing Back” From a Loss: Entrepreneurial Orientation, Emotions, and Failure Narratives | Wolfe, M. T., Shepherd, D. A. | 2015 | ETP | 24 | 4,8 |
| 29 | Spectator Rage as the Dark Side of Engaging Sport Fans: Implications for Services Marketers | Grove, S. J., Pickett, G. M., Jones, S. A., Dorsch, M. J. | 2016 | JSR | 22 | 5,5 |
| 30 | Active sport tourists: Sport event image considerations | Kaplanidou, K. | 2010 | TA | 21 | 2,1 |
| 31 | Athletes as entrepreneurs: The role of social capital and leadership ability | Ratten, V. | 2015 | IJESB | 20 | 4,0 |
| 32 | High-performance marketing: an interview with Nike’s Phil Knight. Interview by Geraldine E. Willigan | Knight, P. | 1992 | HBR | 19 | 0,7 |
| 33 | Passion and pride in professional sports: Investigating the role of workplace emotion | Swanson, S., Kent, A. | 2017 | SMR | 18 | 6,0 |
| 34 | Impact of core product quality on sport fans’ emotions and behavioral intentions | Foroughi, B., Nikbin, D., Hyun, S. S., Iranmanesh, M. | 2016 | IJSMS | 16 | 4,0 |
| 35 | Exploring the positive psychology domains of well-being activated through charity sport event experiences | Filo, K., Coghlan, A. | 2016 | EM | 16 | 4,0 |
| 36 | Emotion and memory in nostalgia sport tourism: examining the attraction to postmodern ballparks through an interdisciplinary lens | Gordon, K. O. | 2013 | JST | 15 | 2,1 |
| 37 | Images of rural destinations hosting small-scale sport events | Hallmann, K., Breuer, C. | 2011 | IJEF | 15 | 1,7 |
| 38 | Sport spectatorship and life satisfaction: A multicountry investigation | Inoue, Y., Sato, M., Filo, K., Du, J., Funk, D. C. | 2017 | JSM | 14 | 4,7 |
| 39 | Existence of mixed emotions during consumption of a sporting event: A real-time measure approach | Kim, J. W., Magnusen, M., Lee, H.-W. | 2017 | JSM | 14 | 4,7 |
| 40 | Understanding cycle tourism experiences at the Tour Down Under | Shipway, R., King, K., Lee, I. S., Brown, G. | 2016 | JST | 13 | 3,3 |
| 41 | Emotions and sponsorship: A key to global effectiveness? A comparative study of Australia and France | Bal, C., Quester, P., Plewa, C. | 2010 | APJML | 13 | 1,3 |
| 42 | Evaluation of total quality in sports municipal services geared to children: Contributions from the qualitative analysis ATLAS.ti | Pérez-López, R., Morales-Sánchez, V., Teresa Anguera, M., Hernández-Mendo, A. | 2015 | CPD | 12 | 2,4 |
| 43 | Toward emotional quality service oriented sports organizations child population: A qualitative analysis | Pérez-López, R., Morales-Sánchez, V., Teresa Anguera, M., Hernández-Mendo, A. | 2015 | RIPED | 11 | 2,2 |
| 44 | Managing dive centers: SCUBA divers’ behavioral intentions | Palau-Saumell, R., Forgas-Coll, S., Sánchez-García, J., Prats-Planagumà, L. | 2014 | ESMQ | 11 | 1,8 |
| 45 | Governing by fun: EURO 2008 and the appealing power of fan zones | Lauss, G., Szigetvari, A. | 2010 | S&S | 11 | 1,1 |
| 46 | Dropping Out: Why Male and Female Leaders in German Sports Federations Break Off Their Careers | Pfister, G., Radtke, S. | 2006 | SMR | 11 | 0,8 |
| 47 | User sentiment analysis based on social network information and its application in consumer reconstruction intention | Zhou, Q., Xu, Z., Yen, N. Y. | 2019 | CHB | 10 | 10,0 |
| 48 | Consumers’ perceived value of sport team games-a multidimensional approach | Kunkel, T., Doyle, J. P., Berlin, A. | 2017 | JSM | 10 | 3,3 |
| 49 | Fragments of us, fragments of them: social media, nationality and US perceptions of the 2014 FIFA World Cup | Billings, A. C., Burch, L. M., Zimmerman, M. H. | 2015 | S&S | 10 | 2,00 |
| 50 | It’s not whether you win or lose; It’s how the game is played:The influence of suspenseful sports programming on advertising | Bee, C., Madrigal, R. | 2012 | JA | 10 | 1,25 |
R, Ranking; Journal abbreviations are available in Table 3; TCES, Total citation of article; C/Y, Citations per year indicator.