摘要：The aim of the study is to profile the most productive and influential source titles publishing research work on sport management. The analysis is centered around the following study questions: (1) which journals are the first choices of scholars cultivating the research field to disseminate their findings? (2) which journals have had the most most impact on the research field? Bibliometric data for analysis are retrieved from the Scopus database. The study combines the methodology of bibliometric descriptive studies (research profiling) with science mapping (citation analysis). Citation analysis and visualization of its findings are supported by VOSviewer software. The study shows that the leading source titles disseminating research on sport management are indexed in the following subject areas defined by Scopus: Business,Management and Accounting,Social Sciences,Decision Sciences,Health Professions,and Medicine. Taking into account the number of published papers,the most productive journals in the field are: Sport Management Review,Journal of Sport Management,European Sport Management Quarterly,and Sport Management and Education Journal. Citation analysis points out that the journals having the most most impact on the research field are: Journal of Sport Management and Sport Management Review. The study contributes to more comprehensive understanding of the intellectual structure of the sport management research field and supports authors to make insightful decisions where to publish the outcomes of their research.
