Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
Sport and Mega-Event Impacts is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 24.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the evolution, impacts, and management of event tourism, with a focus on mega events, sport tourism, social and economic impacts, destination branding, community development, and sustainable development. It delves into the role of events in urban regeneration and the use of sport for development initiatives.
- Mega Events
- Sport Tourism
- Social Impacts
- Destination Branding
- Community Development
- Economic Impact
- Festival Management
- Sustainable Development
- Sport for Development
- Urban Regeneration
- Research works
- 37k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Sport and Mega-Event Impacts research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1k and 736 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1k works
- 2 China 736 works
- 3 United Kingdom 615 works
- 4 Türkiye 447 works
- 5 France 363 works
- 6 Australia 306 works
- 7 Germany 254 works
- 8 Canada 252 works
- 9 India 250 works
- 10 Spain 235 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Sport and Mega-Event Impacts research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Loughborough University publishes the most Sport and Mega-Event Impacts research, followed by University of Lausanne and Griffith University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom 35 works
- 2 University of LausanneSwitzerland 31 works
- 3 Griffith UniversityAustralia 26 works
- 4 German Sport University CologneGermany 26 works
- 5 Leeds Beckett UniversityUnited Kingdom 23 works
- 6 Brock UniversityCanada 23 works
- 7 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 22 works
- 8 The University of QueenslandAustralia 22 works
- 9 Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUnited Kingdom 22 works
- 10 University of TorontoCanada 19 works
Who are the leading researchers in Sport and Mega-Event Impacts?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Sport and Mega-Event Impacts include C. Michael Hall and Rob Law.
- 1 C. Michael Hall New Zealand 2.2k citations
- 2 Rob Law Hong Kong 1.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Sport and Mega-Event Impacts research done?
The largest centres of Sport and Mega-Event Impacts research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint Catharines and Loughborough.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Saint CatharinesCA · 23.4 works26×
- LoughboroughGB · 35.9 works20×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sport and Mega-Event Impacts than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Sport and Mega-Event Impacts?
Among universities, judged by research, Manchester Metropolitan University, Qatar University and Liverpool John Moores University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUnited Kingdom | 85.6 | 52.3% | 18.1× | 22 | +199.8% |
| 2 | Qatar UniversityQatar | 83.8 | 58.7% | 8.3× | 18 | +373.6% |
| 3 | Liverpool John Moores UniversityUnited Kingdom | 77.2 | 51.3% | 13.7× | 15 | +133.2% |
| 4 | University of LausanneSwitzerland | 77.1 | 25.0% | 12.6× | 32 | +268.8% |
| 5 | Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom | 71.1 | 38.3% | 20.4× | 35 | -29.8% |
| 6 | German Sport University CologneGermany | 70.1 | 41.9% | 61.6× | 26 | +30.6% |
| 7 | Norwegian School of Sport SciencesNorway | 69.5 | 47.7% | 87.4× | 12 | +51.4% |
| 8 | Victoria UniversityAustralia | 69.3 | 54.1% | 20.1× | 12 | +28.1% |
| 9 | Leeds Beckett UniversityUnited Kingdom | 68.7 | 45.2% | 41.5× | 24 | -12.9% |
| 10 | Griffith UniversityAustralia | 68.1 | 43.3% | 9.3× | 26 | -17.5% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Sport and Mega-Event Impacts research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Sport and Mega-Event Impacts.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.