| A conceptual framework for analysing sports policy factors leading to international sporting success V De Bosscher, P De Knop, M Van Bottenburg, S Shibli European sport management quarterly 6 (2), 185-215, 2006 | 898 | 2006 |
| The global sporting arms race: An international comparative study on sports policy factors leading to international sporting success V De Bosscher Meyer & Meyer Verlag, 2008 | 716* | 2008 |
| Explaining international sporting success: An international comparison of elite sport systems and policies in six countries V De Bosscher, P De Knop, M Van Bottenburg, S Shibli, J Bingham Sport management review 12 (3), 113-136, 2009 | 548 | 2009 |
| Successful elite sport policies: an international comparison of the sports policy factors leading to international sporting success (SPLISS 2.0) in 15 nations V De Bosscher, S Shibli, H Westerbeek, M Van Bottenburg Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2015 | 476 | 2015 |
| Prevalence of doping use in elite sports: a review of numbers and methods O De Hon, H Kuipers, M Van Bottenburg Sports medicine 45, 57-69, 2015 | 364 | 2015 |
| Global games M Van Bottenburg University of Illinois Press, 2001 | 245 | 2001 |
| De-sportization of fighting contests: The origins and dynamics of no holds barred events and the theory of sportization M Van Bottenburg, J Heilbron International review for the sociology of sport 41 (3-4), 259-282, 2006 | 216 | 2006 |
| Developing a method for comparing the elite sport systems and policies of nations: A mixed research methods approach V De Bosscher, S Shibli, M Van Bottenburg, P De Knop, J Truyens Journal of sport management 24 (5), 567-600, 2010 | 200 | 2010 |
| Sports participation in the European Union: Trends and differences M van Bottenburg, B Rijnen, JC Van Sterkenburg Arko Sports Media/WHJ Mulier Institute, 2005 | 196 | 2005 |
| The indoorisation of outdoor sports: An exploration of the rise of lifestyle sports in artificial settings M Van Bottenburg, L Salome Leisure studies 29 (2), 143-160, 2010 | 160 | 2010 |
| Scrutinizing the sport pyramid metaphor: an examination of the relationship between elite success and mass participation in Flanders V De Bosscher, P Sotiriadou, M Van Bottenburg International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 5 (3), 319-339, 2013 | 152 | 2013 |
| The effects of sports sponsorship: A review and research agenda M Walraven, RH Koning, M van Bottenburg The marketing review 12 (1), 17-38, 2012 | 112 | 2012 |
| Mixed methods in emerging academic subdisciplines: The case of sport management JW van der Roest, R Spaaij, M van Bottenburg Journal of mixed methods research 9 (1), 70-90, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
| Rapportage sport 2006 K Breedveld, A Tiessen-Raaphorst | 107 | 2006 |
| The paradox of measuring success of nations in elite sport V De Bosscher, B Heyndels, P De Knop, M Van Bottenburg, S Shibli Belgeo. Revue belge de géographie, 217-234, 2008 | 82 | 2008 |
| De maatschappelijke betekenis van sport M van Bottenburg, CJM Schuyt NOC* NSF, 1996 | 76 | 1996 |
| Sport for all and elite sport: do they benefit one another? M Van Bottenburg 9th World Sport for All Conference, 2002 | 71* | 2002 |
| Why are the European and American sports worlds so different?: Path dependence in European and American sports history M Van Bottenburg Sport and the transformation of modern Europe, 205-225, 2013 | 59 | 2013 |
| Aan den arbeid! In de wandelgangen van de Stichting van de Arbeid 1945-1995 M Van Bottenburg, H Israels, JE Mooij, JW Gerritsen AmsterdamBert Bakker, 1995 | 58* | 1995 |
| Sports participation in the European Union M Van Bottenburg, B Rijnen, J Van Sterkenburg Trends and differences, 2005 | 57 | 2005 |
