Introducing a New Journal

Oldies but Goldies! Twenty Years After, the Journal of Sports Economics at a Crossroads?

“…The first one consists in referring achievements to the journal’s initial project or expectations. In 2000, in addition to responding to commercial demand of potential readers, the JSE promoters ex ante hoped to benefit from an upward trend of publications “in the field of sports economics” (Kahane et al, 2000, p. 3), accomplish a rather full coverage of this area and, at the end of the day, “try to have JSE indexed by the Journal of Economic Literature ” (p. 9). Well done, the JSE is JEL-listed now.…”

“…We took on board those who, in addition, are at least ranked once among the top-10: Stefan Szymanski and Stefan Kesenne are cases in point. Reading Kahane et al (2000), it is found that Roger Noll is introduced as “one of the most prominent persons in sports economics”. He is needed in a “dream team”.…”

“…1 University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 61, chemin du Pouget -30350 Lédignan -France papers per year in 2000, now the adult body mass weighs 38 articles per year in 2020. Twenty years ago, the journal had to be introduced to who is concerned in a first editorial paper (Kahane et al, 2000) while in 2020 the JSE is the reference journal in its academic and research area. However, at the age of 20, many young adults happen to be at a crossroads since they have to make crucial decisions about their future private life, profession, ongoing sport participation compatible with a job or possibly higher education, and so on.…”

A Content Analysis of the Journal of Sports Economics

“…The editorial board of JSE has consistently been a collection of the leading scholars in sports economics As Kahane et al (2000) noted, "the [JSE] editorial review board represents an 'All-Star' line-up of editorial board members" (p. 3). Regarding the gender representation on this editorial board over the 10 issues in this study, half of the issues analyzed did have one female editorial board member (Nan Maxwell) among either 32, 33, or 34 reviewers.…”

“…The field has continued to grow and evolve through the research published within the pages of these scholarly works. Furthermore, as Kahane, Idson, and Staudohar (2000) noted in their announcement of the arrival of the Journal of Sports Economics (JSE), "Another way to determine the growing attention received by the profession is a substantial increase in the publication of sports economic research in academic journals" (p. 6).…”