Towards fair ranking of Olympics achievements: the case of Sydney 2000

How to influence national pride? The Olympic medal index as a unifying narrative

“…Various methods can be used to measure the performances of elite sports per nation (Bernard and Busse, 2004;Churilov and Flitman, 2006). The best variables to predict performances are population and economic wealth.…”

Quantitative and qualitative impact of GDP on sport performance and its relation with corruption and other social factors

“…for example, Churilow and flitman (2006) used dAle index (expressing health level of population) and ieCs index (expressing index of equality of child survival) to analyze performance of participating countries at sydney 2000 Olympic games. The idea behind this index is the healthier the population is, the easier is to find young athletes to perform at Olympics (eAp can serve as a variable with similar meaning).…”

Identificação das Potências Olímpicas dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2016 Utilizando o Conceito de Núcleo h

“…CHURILOV; FLITMAN, 2006;HAI, 2007;LEI et al, 2014;LI et al, 2008LI et al, , 2015LINS et al, 2003;LOZANO et al, 2002;MARINHO;ALMEIDA;CARDOSO, 2016;; SOARES DE MELLO; ANGULO-MEZA; BRANCO DA SILVA, 2008; SOARES DE MELLO; LACERDA, 2012;WU, H. et al, 2013;CHEN, 2009;ZHOU;YANG et al, 2009;ZHANG, D. et al, 2009 Índices h sucessivos também podem ser calculados para diversos fins. Prathap (2006) propôs o cálculo do índice h do índice h de autores, para encontrar os principais autores de certo departamento, enquanto Schubert (2007) calculou índices h sucessivos de acordo com níveis distintos de agregação.…”