| Global festivals through a national prism: The global—national nexus in South Korean media coverage of the 2004 Athens Olympic games JW Lee, J Maguire International Review for the Sociology of Sport 44 (1), 5-24, 2009 | 116 | 2009 |
| The difficult dialogue: Communism, nationalism, and political propaganda in North Korean sport JW Lee, A Bairner Journal of Sport and Social Issues 33 (4), 390-410, 2009 | 73 | 2009 |
| Routledge handbook of sport and politics A Bairner, J Kelly, JW Lee Routledge, 2017 | 47 | 2017 |
| Red feminism and propaganda in communist media: Portrayals of female boxers in the North Korean media JW Lee International Review for the Sociology of Sport 44 (2-3), 193-211, 2009 | 42 | 2009 |
| A game for the global north: The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang and South Korean cultural politics JW Lee Olympics in Conflict, 109-124, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Olympic ceremony and diplomacy: South Korean, North Korean, and British media coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games’ opening and closing ceremonies JW Lee Communication & Sport 9 (5), 761-784, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
| Road to reunification? Unitary Korean nationalism in South Korean media coverage of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games JW Lee, J Maguire Sociology 45 (5), 848-867, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
| The rise of sport in the Asia-Pacific region and a social scientific journey through Asian-Pacific sport JW Lee, TC Tan Sport in Society 22 (8), 1319-1325, 2019 | 29 | 2019 |
| The Olympics in the post-Soviet era: the case of the two Koreas JW Lee The politics of the Olympics: A survey, 117-128, 2010 | 28 | 2010 |
| Do the scale and scope of the event matter? The Asian Games and the relations between North and South Korea JW Lee Major Sporting Events, 45-59, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
| A winter sport mega-event and its aftermath: A critical review of post-Olympic PyeongChang JW Lee Local Economy 34 (7), 745-752, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
| Examining Korean nationalisms, identities, and politics through sport JW Lee Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science 4 (3), 179-185, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
| Olympic winter games in non-western cities: State, sport and cultural diplomacy in Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022 JW Lee The International Journal of the History of Sport 38 (13-14), 1494-1515, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
| A thin line between a sport mega-event and a mega-construction project: The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang and its event-led development JW Lee Managing Sport and Leisure 26 (5), 395-412, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
| Covid-19 and sport in the Asia Pacific region TC Tan, JW Lee Sport in Society 23 (12), 1883-1888, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| Semiotics and sport communication research: Theoretical and methodological considerations JW Lee Communication & Sport 5 (3), 374-395, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
| The politics of sports mega events in South Korea: A diachronic approach JW Lee Routledge handbook of sport and politics, 499-510, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| Sport and communism: The examples of North Korea and Cuba JW Lee, A Bairner Routledge handbook of sport and politics, 94-106, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| Competing visions for urban space in Seoul: Understanding the demolition of Korea’s Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium JW Lee Critical Geographies of Sport, 158-172, 2016 | 13 | 2016 |
| Hegemony, domination and opposition: Fluctuating Korean nationalist politics at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang JW Lee Sport in society 24 (11), 2002-2018, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
