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

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 129 - 143, 29.06.2025

İlhan Gözen

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

Sports management, Common keyword, Dense cluster, Co-citation

Spor Yöneticiliği Alanındaki Çalışmaların İncelenmesi ve Türkiye Karşılaştırması

Abstract

Bu araştırmada, Web of Science (WoS) veri tabanında spor yöneticiliği konusuyla alakalı yapılan makalelerinin bibliyometrik analizlerinin incelemek, spor yöneticiliğine yönelik bakış açısını ortaya koymak ve Türkiye özelinde bir karşılaştırma yapmak amaçlanmıştır. İlk olarak WoS veri tabanından spor yöneticiliği ile ilgili 670 araştırma makalesine ulaşılmış ve verilerin analizi VOSviewer paket programı ile yapılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda, spor yöneticiliği ile ilgili makalelerin yıllara göre dağılımı incelendiğinde, 1992 yılı itibariyle verilere ulaşılmış, 2021 yılında yayınların zirveye çıktığı görülmüş, 2022 ve 2023 yıllarında ise yayınlarda parelel düşüşler görülmüştür. Spor yöneticiliği konusuyla ilgili atıf alma verileri incelendiğinde, 137 atıfla en fazla atıf alan makale “Sport-based entrepreneurship: Towards a new theory of entrepreneurship and sport”, 3 yayınla en fazla yayın ve 166 atıfla en fazla atıf alan araştırmacı “Ratten, Vanessa”, 3 yayınla en fazla yayın yapan dergi “ Retos-nuevas Tendencias en Education Fisica Deporte”, 137 atıfla en fazla atıf alan dergi “International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal”, 2 yayınla en fazla yayın yapan kurum “Deakin Grad Sch Business”, 137 atıfla en fazla atıf alan kurum “Duquesne Univ” olmuştur. Kurumlar arası en fazla iş birliği, “Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey Üniversitesi”, ve “Rmit Univ ” arasında görülmüştür. En fazla yayın yapan ve atıf alan ülkelere bakıldığında, 87 yayınla en fazla yayın yapan ülke İspanya ve 616 atıfla en fazla atıf alan ülke ABD olmuştur. Ortak anahtar kelime ağında, 5 anahtar kelime ağıyla en yoğun küme sarı küme ve 2 anahtar kelime ağıyla en seyrek küme kahverengi küme olmuştur. Yazarların ortak atıf alma ağında ise; 12 kümeyle en yoğun kırmızı kümeler ve 3 kümeyle en az yoğun turkuaz kümeler olmuştur. Sonuç olarak, spor yöneticiliğiyle ilgili oldukça çalışmanın olduğu ve konuya ilginin arttığı görülmüştür. Türkiye özelinde bakıldığında ise; en fazla yayın yapan ülkeler arasında 29 yayın ve 100 atıf sayısıyla 5. Sırada yer aldığı görülmektedir. Yapılan içerik analizler doğrultusunda Türkiye’de spor yöneticiliği alanında oldukça yayının yapıldığı ancak içerik ve kapsam bakımından yeterli etki ortaya konmadığı sonucu çıkmıştır.

Keywords

Spor yöneticiliği, Ortak anahtar kelime, Yoğun küme, Ortak atıf alma

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