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Is there no place like home? home-court advantage and home win percentage vary according to team sex and ability in Spanish basketball

Publicated to:International Journal Of Performance Analysis In Sport. 24 (5): 510-517 - 2024-09-02 24(5), DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2024.2325842

Authors: Alonso Perez-Chao, Enrique; Nieto-Acevedo, Raul; Scanlan, Aaron T; Lopez-Garcia, Adrian; Lorenzo, Alberto; Gomez, Miguel Angel

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Cent Queensland Univ, Sch Hlth Med & Appl Sci, Rockhampton - Author
Univ Alfonso X Sabio, Dept Sports Sci, ,Community Madrid - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Fac Ciencias Act Fis & Deporte - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Fac Ciencias Act Fis & Deporte, Comun Madrid - Author

Abstract

To compare the extent of home-court advantage (HA) and home win percentage (HW) based on sex and team ability in Spanish basketball leagues. Data from the first divisions of male and female basketball over 12 seasons (2010-2023) were analyzed. HA (%) was calculated as (total home wins/total wins) * 100 and HW (%) as (total home wins/total home games) * 100. Teams were categorized into higher-and lower-ability based on their season win percentage using cluster analyses. Mann-Whitney test was used to compare HA and HW between sexes and team ability clusters. Results showed that males exhibited higher HA and HW compared to females (p < 0.05). Additionally, males had higher HA than females within both higher- and lower-ability teams (p < 0.05) and higher HW only within lower-ability teams (p < 0.001). Lower-ability teams had higher HA than higher-ability teams (p < 0.001). while higher-ability teams had higher HW (p < 0.001). These findings suggest that team sex and ability significantly influence HA and HW effects in Spanish basketball leagues. Female teams demonstrate a more even distribution of wins between home and away venues, while lower-ability teams rely more on home games for wins. Understanding these effects can aid in developing strategies tailored to sex and ability among Spanish basketball teams.

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EuropeGame locationGenderLeaguesSexSoccerSportTeam sportTravelWomen

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Performance Analysis In Sport due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 58/127, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Sport Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-11:

  • WoS: 6
  • Scopus: 8

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-11:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 17.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 17 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 9 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/82076/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 82
  • Downloads: 53

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Perez-Chao, EA) and Last Author (GOMEZ RUANO, MIGUEL ANGEL).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Perez-Chao, EA.