| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | When bodies are weapons: Masculinity and violence in Sport | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1990 | 348 |
| 2 | IT'S STILL A MAN'S GAME? | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1999 | 179 |
| 3 | PLAYING HURT | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2000 | 179 |
| 4 | Grasping the Phenomenology of Sporting Bodies | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2007 | 176 |
| 5 | The Paradox of Social Class and Sports Involvement | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2002 | 163 |
| 6 | `HARD' WOMEN AND `SOFT' WOMEN | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2000 | 156 |
| 7 | Public Sector Sport Policy | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2005 | 154 |
| 8 | THE AESTHETICS OF RISK | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1999 | 148 |
| 9 | `HE OWNED ME BASICALLY...' | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1997 | 147 |
| 10 | Perpetuating the ‘lack of evidence’ discourse in sport for development: Privileged voices, unheard stories and subjugated knowledge | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2011 | 146 |
| 11 | MULTIPLE BODIES | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2000 | 141 |
| 12 | Family Planning: Football Style. The Relative Age Effect in Football | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1992 | 138 |
| 13 | SURVEILLANCE, SUBJECTIVISM AND TECHNOLOGIES OF POWER | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2000 | 138 |
| 14 | Selective Representation of Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationality in American Television Coverage of the 2000 Summer Olympics | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2002 | 137 |
| 15 | Institutionally Specific Design Archetypes: A Framework for Understanding Change in National Sport Organizations | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1992 | 133 |
| 16 | Sport and exercise in times of self-quarantine: How Germans changed their behaviour at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2021 | 133 |
| 17 | Feeling the way: Notes toward a haptic phenomenology of distance running and scuba diving | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2011 | 131 |
| 18 | Is It Time for a Victory Lap? | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2002 | 126 |
| 19 | The rise of the underdog? The relative age effect reversal among Canadian-born NHL hockey players: A reply to Nolan and Howell | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2012 | 124 |
| 20 | Understanding Sport Clubs as Sport Policy Implementers | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2008 | 123 |
| 21 | How to influence national pride? The Olympic medal index as a unifying narrative | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2010 | 123 |
| 22 | Adult Participation Sports as Cultural Capital | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2005 | 116 |
| 23 | THE MAKING OF THE IOC ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AS THE THIRD DIMENSION OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2000 | 115 |
| 24 | Daughters of Islam | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2006 | 112 |
| 25 | THE FORBIDDEN ZONE | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2001 | 111 |
| 26 | Femininity, Masculinity, Physicality and the English Tabloid Press | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2002 | 111 |
| 27 | Assessing the sociology of sport: On cultural sensibilities and the great sport myth | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2015 | 108 |
| 28 | ‘There is loads of relationships here’: Developing a programme theory for sport-for-change programmes | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2013 | 107 |
| 29 | ‘People have a knack of making you feel excluded if they catch on to your difference’: Transgender experiences of exclusion in sport | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2017 | 107 |
| 30 | SPORT, THE MEDIA AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF COMPULSORY HETEROSEXUALITY | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1999 | 102 |
| 31 | Sport and Belonging | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2006 | 102 |
| 32 | Teaching and Playing Sport for Conflict Resolution and Co-Existence in Israel | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2006 | 102 |
| 33 | Sport as a Vehicle for Social Mobility and Regulation of Disadvantaged Urban Youth | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2009 | 101 |
| 34 | (Re)engaging marginalized groups through sport: The Homeless World Cup | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2010 | 101 |
| 35 | Building Social Capital Through an `Active Community Club' | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2006 | 100 |
| 36 | The significance of family culture for sports participation | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2012 | 100 |
| 37 | Slim Bodies, Eating Disorders and the Coach-Athlete Relationship | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2005 | 99 |
| 38 | The Establishment of the World Anti-Doping Agency | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2008 | 97 |
| 39 | BORDER CROSSINGS | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1998 | 96 |
| 40 | Stratification Patterns of Active Sport Involvement Among Adults | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2005 | 96 |
| 41 | EUROPEAN IDENTITY POLITICS IN EURO 96 | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1999 | 95 |
| 42 | Prevalence of Sexual Harassment among Norwegian Female Elite Athletes Inrelation to Sport Type | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2004 | 95 |
| 43 | Professionalism, Structures and Systems: The Impact of Professional Staff on Voluntary Sport Organizations | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1991 | 93 |
| 44 | Parents' Physical Activity, Socioeconomic Status and Education as Predictors of Physical Activity and Sport among Children and Youths - A 12-Year Follow-Up Study | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1996 | 92 |
| 45 | A Good Sport? | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2006 | 92 |
| 46 | HUMAN RIGHTS IN SPORTS | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2000 | 91 |
| 47 | Football and the Politics of Carnival: An Ethnographic Study of Scottish Fans in Sweden | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1995 | 90 |
| 48 | AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF PAIN AND INJURY IN PROFESSIONAL RUGBY UNION | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2001 | 90 |
| 49 | Organisations, practices, actors, and events: Exploring inside the distance running social world | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 2013 | 88 |
| 50 | PLAYING SAFE | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1997 | 86 |
