La economía del deporte en España: Análisis bibliométrico de una década (2002-2011)

Abstract

In this paper we show a descriptive study, based on bibliometric data that allow us to value the evolution of the research in sports economics in Spain during the period 2002-2011. Throughout this decade, research in sports economics developed by Spanish investigators has reached significant advances. This has been possible due to the constitution of an important community of investigators in some Spanish universities. Our main conclusion is that, although in our country sports economics is still in an emergent phase and it is concentrated on a relatively reduced number of authors and institutions, it has improved notably in the last years, both in terms of quantity and quality. As a consequence of the aforementioned advances, the research in this field has been able to be positioned as one of the disciplines in which Spain has specific weight at international level.