Influence of the First Decade of the Athens Journal of Sports

The Athens Journal of Sports (AJSPO) first appeared in 2014 as an academic quarterly journal, fulfilling the mission of the Athens Institute, which was established in 1995. This paper presents bibliometric statistics on articles published from the journal’s first volume in 2014 to its most recent volume in 2024. Knudson (2025) provided a comparative evaluation of AJSPO, and this study serves as a complement to his work. Key bibliometric statistics are analyzed, including the number of citations per published paper (as reported by Google Scholar and ResearchGate), the number of reads recorded by ResearchGate, and the year of publication. Over its first 11 years, AJSPO published 177 papers—an average of 16 per year—authored by 369 researchers from 48 different countries. A regression analysis indicates that the publication year positively associated the number of citations per paper, though notable exceptions exist. Additionally, as expected, the number of reads reported by ResearchGate has a positive association with citations. Surprisingly, the number of authors per paper has a negative association with the total number of citations per paper. Keywords: Athens Journal of Sports (AJSPO), Bibliometrics, number of authors, paper reads, Google Scholar, ResearchGate.