IJSF Access Statistics for December

I noticed that I had not posted our access statistics since September.  Sorry for the omission – I’m sure many of you are on the edge of your seats waiting for this.

Page views (file downloads) on participating RePEc services:
Last month:    580 (160)
Previous month: 752 (218)
Last 3 months: 2040 (608)
Last year:     6401 (1780)
Since start:   29060 (7708)
Simple impact factor: 0.37
Recursive impact factor: 0.01
Discounted impact factor: 0.2
Recursive discounted impact factor: 0.01
h-index: 4

The impact factor is up from 0.27 in September.  The journal’s h-index is up from 2 in September.  The h-index is a measure of citations; it shows how many papers have been cited a certain number of times.  An h-index of 4 means that 4 papers in the IJSF have been cited at least 4 times.

Here’s the top downloaded papers in the IJSF…

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Rank	Journal Article	File Downloads				Abstract Views
		2011 12	3 months	12 months	Total	2011 12	3 months	12 months	Total
1	Betting Exchanges: The Future of Sports Betting? Ruud Koning and Bart van Velzen	10	23	72	213	19	56	211	691
2	The Financial Crisis and English Football: The Dog That Will Not Bark Stefan Szymanski	9	31	43	43	17	51	70	70
3	Ticket Prices, Concessions and Attendance at Professional Sporting Events Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys	8	30	114	585	29	114	442	2,187
4	Putting Moneyball on Ice? Daniel Mason and William Foster	6	20	34	111	25	89	161	399
4	Sporting Performances and the Volatility of Listed Football Clubs Ramzi Benkraiem, Frédéric Le Roy and Waël Louhichi	6	8	8	8	12	17	17	17
6	What Drives the Value of Stadium Naming Rights? A Hedonic-Pricing Approach to the Valuation of Sporting Intangible Assets Bill Gerrard, Milena Parent and Trevor Slack	5	19	82	423	16	53	190	1,045
6	Book Review: The Economics of Staging the Olympics: A Comparison of the Games 1972-2008, by Holger Preuss Victor Matheson	5	9	49	163	10	26	115	387
8	Economic Impact Analysis versus Cost Benefit Analysis: The Case of a Medium-Sized Sport Event Marijke Taks, Stefan Kesenne, Laurence Chalip, Christine Green and Scott Martyn	4	18	24	24	7	49	65	65
8	Do Football Clubs Benefit from Initial Public Offerings? Dirk Baur and Conor McKeating	4	10	12	12	6	17	27	27
8	Moneyball Applied: Econometrics and the Identification and Recruitment of Elite Australian Footballers Mark Stewart, Heather Mitchell and Constantino Stavros	4	8	15	61	11	25	62	231
8	On the Edge of Your Seat: Demand for Football on Television and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis Kevin Alavy, Alison Gaskell, Stephanie Leach and Stefan Szymanski	4	7	7	7	12	19	22	22
12	Competitive Balance and Attendance in Major League Baseball: An Empirical Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis Babatunde Buraimo and Rob Simmons	3	5	10	45	3	8	25	120
12	Private Firm, Public Corporation or Member’s Association Governance Structures in European Football Egon Franck	3	13	15	15	6	24	29	29
12	The Importance of Import Substitution in Marathon Economic Impact Analysis Steven Cobb and Douglas Olberding	3	10	22	129	5	27	105	579
12	Performance, Salaries and Contract Length: Empirical Evidence from German Soccer Bernd Frick	3	10	22	22	8	36	62	62
12	Developing a Profitability Model for Professional Sport Leagues: The Case of the National Hockey League John Nadeau and O’Reilly, Norm	3	16	42	206	7	40	109	577
12	Economic Multipliers and Mega-Event Analysis Victor Matheson	3	13	43	120	6	28	87	354
12	The Novelty Effect of the New Football Stadia: The Case of Germany Arne Feddersen, Wolfgang Maennig and Malte Borcherding	3	8	33	153	8	19	84	419
12	Playing Like the Home Team: An Economic Investigation into Home Advantage in Football Mark Koyama and J James Reade	3	11	30	84	8	23	72	239
20	Sports Facilities and Urban Redevelopment: Private and Public Benefits and a Prescription for a Healthier Future Mark Rosentraub	2	7	35	185	12	28	134	740
20	The Underpayment of Restricted Players in North American Sports Leagues Anthony Krautmann, Peter von Allmen and David J. Berri	2	4	9	16	2	6	18	69
20	Does Athletic Success Generate Legislative Largess from Sports-Crazed Representatives? The Impact of Athletic Success on State Appropriations to Colleges and Universities Donald Alexander and William Kern	2	3	3	3	2	4	7	7
20	“Say It Ain’t So”: Betting-Related Malpractice in Sport David Forrest, Ian McHale and Kevin McAuley	2	9	20	66	9	25	62	175
20	Did the 2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement Really Improve Team Efficiency in the NHL? Arne Büschemann and Christian Deutscher	2	3	3	3	3	5	5	5
20	Estimating Baseball Salary Equations from 1961-2005: A Look at Changes in Major League Compensation Gary Stone and Louis Pantuosco	2	5	16	119	8	23	76	37