Scientific Publications
📄Papers in Scientific Journals
Nassif, N., & Millet, G. P. (2025). For a New World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport-Correlation Between Competition Level and Bibliometrics in Olympic Sports. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 7, 1489652.
Haiyan, H. U. A. N. G., & Weiyu, L. I. U. (2025). International Comparison and Implications of National Sports Power Evaluation Index System. Journal of Shanghai University of Sport, 49(3), 24-34.
Méndez, Carlos Pulleiro, and Daniel Morales Ruvalcaba. "Relaciones Internacionales y rendimiento deportivo: Un análisis del medallero olímpico desde el Índice de Poder Mundial." Movimento 31 (2025): e31030.
Nassif, N., & EL-Khoury, J. R. (2022). Media and Women Elite Athletes in the Arab World: Current Status and Perspectives for Developments. Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture, 1-15.
Nassif, N. (2022). The World Sport Power Index: Measuring States' Capacities to use Sport as an Instrument of Soft Power. Siyasat Arabiya, Issue 57, Volume 10, 46-57.
董国忠, 肖丽斌, & 王润斌. (2021). "世界竞技体育强国排名系统" 的解读与启示. 中国体育科技, 57(9).
Nassif, N. (2019). Medir el éxito de una política nacional de deporte de élite (Measuring Success of a National Elite Sport Policy). Revista Española de Educación Física y Deportes (Spanish Journal for Physical Education and Sports), (426), 465-473.
Nassif, N. (2019). ¿ QUÉ FACTORES CONDUCEN A UNA POLÍTICA EXITOSA DE DEPORTES DE ÉLITE? (What Are the Factors Leading to a Successful National Elite Sport Policy?). Revista Española de Educación Física y Deportes (Spanish Journal for Physical Education and Sports), (426), 474-481.
Nassif, N. (2018). World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport. Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport, 14(2), 55-75.
📚Books
Storm, R. K., Troels Kollerup, J., & Klaus, N. (2024). Swedish elite sport: External evaluation.
Nassif, N., Raspaud, M. (2023). National Success in Elite Sport: Exploring the Factors that Lead to Success. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 🔗Link
📖Chapters in Books
Nassif, N and Chaudel, V (2025). Pour une analyse plus inclusive de la performance des pays dans les Jeux olympiques : le World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport. Dans « Bilan & Perspectives Paris 2024 », « Cahiers d'Etudes Olympiques », France: éditions désiris, pp.131-142.
Nassif, N., Raspaud, M. (2023). Expertise of the NSGBs, NOCs, NSFs, and SAs in Implementing Elite Sport Policies. In: National Success in Elite Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 🔗Link
Nassif, N., Raspaud, M. (2023). What Are the Factors Leading to Countries' Success in Elite Sport and How Are They Related?. In: National Success in Elite Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 🔗Link
Nassif, N., Raspaud, M. (2023). Why Do Population and GDP Per Capita not Have an Impact on Countries' Performances in Elite Sport?. In: National Success in Elite Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 🔗Link
Nassif, N., Raspaud, M. (2023). Correlations Between Sport Results, Population, GDP, Area, and Research Rankings. In: National Success in Elite Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 🔗Link
Nassif, N., Raspaud, M. (2023). Measurement of Countries' Performances and Successes in Elite Sport: The World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport. In: National Success in Elite Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 🔗Link
Nassif, N & Keyrouz, K. (2022) Creating a Global Index Measuring Countries' Levels of Fitness: The "World's Fittest Countries Ranking" in the book Physical Education and Sport for Children, Youth and Adults and Healthy Active Living Researches – Best Practices - Situation. Slovakia: International Federation of Physical Education, pp. 265-276.
Nassif, N (2022) Using Sport as a National Soft Power Strategy: The Case of Mixed Martial Arts in Bahrain in the book Reiche, D., & Brannagan, P. M. (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East. Routledge, pp. 104-114.
Nassif, N (2019) Developing a National Elite Sport Policy in an Arab Country: The Case of Lebanon in the book Sports, Society, and Politics in the Middle East. Great Britain: Oxford University Press, pp. 139-157.
🎓Conference Proceedings
Nassif, N. (2023) Measuring the Impact That Universities Have on Countries' Success in Elite Sport. Proceedings of the FISU World Conference, 29-31 July, 2023, Chengdu- China: FISU Edition, p.241
Nassif, N. (2018) Performance Index for Countries in Elite Sport. Proceedings of the International Scientific Congress "Values, Traditions and Innovations of Modern Sport", 18-20 April 2018, Minsk-Belarus: Belarusian State University of Physical Culture editions, pp. 10-11.
Nassif, N. (2018) Analysis of the factors determining countries perfromances in elite sport. Proceedings of the International Scientific Congress "Values, Traditions and Innovations of Modern Sport", 18-20 April 2018, Minsk-Belarus: Belarusian State University of Physical Culture editions, pp. 8-9.
📝Book of Abstracts
Nassif, N. (2024) Olympic Program 2050 – Retaining the universality of the Olympic Games under a shifting global economy. Book of Abstracts of the 11th International Sport Business Symposium, August 8th, 2024, pp.17-18
Nassif, N. (2023) Factors Required For the Implementation of a Successful National Elite Sport Policy. Book of Abstracts from from the 4th World Association For Sport Management World Conference "Global and Local Perspectives of Sport Management", Doha, Qatar 5-8 March, 2023, pp.95-96.
Nassif, N. and Raspaud, M. (2022) Towards the creation of an index that measures countries power in sport. Book of Abstracts from the Sport & the European Union Conference, Lausanne 16-17 June 2022, pp.39-40.
Nassif, N. (2021) The Role of Universities in Countries' Success in Elite Sport. Book of Abstracts from the 18th Annual Scientific Conference of Montenegrin Sports Academy and 16th FIEP European Congress "Sport, Physical Education, Physical Activity and Health: Contemporary perspectives", pp.6-7.
🎤Papers in Scientific Conferences
October 2025: Tampere, Finland: Presentation of the paper "The WRCES and how it allows to identify the factors leading to countries' success in elite sport: the GGIFTE (Geography, Genetics, Interest, Funding, Transparency and Expertise) model" in the "Play the Game 2025 conference.
September 2024: Rouen, France: Presentation of the paper "Mesurer le popularité médiatique du skateboard" in an international webinar organized by the University of Rouen.
June 2024: Gold Coast, Australia: Presentation of the paper "Measuring the Media on the Development of Elite Sport" at the 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA).
April 2024: Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon: Presentation of the paper "From Metrics to Movement: Measuring Fitness and Promoting Physical Activity in the General Population" in the conference "The Battle Against Obesity: Strategies For Victory" organized by NDU Center for Obesity Prevention, Treatment, Education and Research (COPTER).
March 2024: Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Presentation of the paper "The World Sport Power Index: Measuring Countries' Capacities to use Sport as an Instrument of Power" in the 2024 Political Studies Association (PSA) Sport and Politics Group Annual Conference organized in the University of Edinburgh.
October 2023: Cape Town, South Africa: Presentation of the paper "Media coverage disparities between Arab men and women elite athletes" in the 2023 Women in Sport Conference organized in Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
January 2023: Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil: Presentation of the paper "The World's Fittest Countries Ranking" in the centenary congress of the International Federation of Physical Education and Sports (FIEPS).
October 2022: Doha, Qatar: Presentation of the paper "Measuring Countries' Capacities to use Sport as an Instrument of Soft Power: The World Sport Power Index" in the "Sports, Politics, Society" organized by the Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies.
August 2022: Vierumaki, Finland: Presentation of the paper "Evaluating nations' levels of physical literacy: The World's Fittest Countries Ranking" in the 32nd FIEPS World Congress and 15th European Congress.
October 2021: Cairo, Egypt: Keynote speaker in the 1st International Congress of Sport Science & Technology. Presentation of the paper "World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport".
October 2021: Ontario, Canada: Presentation of the paper "Measuring the Impact of Olympics' Success on Countries Overall Performance in Elite Sport" in the 15th International Symposium for Olympic and Paralympic Research.
April 2019: Al Jadida, Morocco: Presentation of the paper "What does it take for a country to win in sport?" in the 3rd International Congress of the International Society of Sport Sciences in the Arab World.
June 2018: Paris, France: Presentation of the paper "Classer la performance des nations dans le sport d'élite" in the Conference "Jeux Olympiques: Etat de la Recherche" organized by the University Paris-Est.
Scientific Publications
Nassif, N., & Millet, G. P. (2025). For a New World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport-Correlation Between Competition Level and Bibliometrics in Olympic Sports. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 7, 1489652.
Haiyan, H. U. A. N. G., & Weiyu, L. I. U. (2025). International Comparison and Implications of National Sports Power Evaluation Index System. Journal of Shanghai University of Sport, 49(3), 24-34.
Méndez, Carlos Pulleiro, and Daniel Morales Ruvalcaba. "Relaciones Internacionales y rendimiento deportivo: Un análisis del medallero olímpico desde el Índice de Poder Mundial." Movimento 31 (2025): e31030.
Nassif, N., & EL-Khoury, J. R. (2022). Media and Women Elite Athletes in the Arab World: Current Status and Perspectives for Developments. Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture, 1-15.
Nassif, N. (2022). The World Sport Power Index: Measuring States' Capacities to use Sport as an Instrument of Soft Power. Siyasat Arabiya, Issue 57, Volume 10, 46-57.
董国忠, 肖丽斌, & 王润斌. (2021). "世界竞技体育强国排名系统" 的解读与启示. 中国体育科技, 57(9).
Nassif, N. (2019). Medir el éxito de una política nacional de deporte de élite (Measuring Success of a National Elite Sport Policy). Revista Española de Educación Física y Deportes (Spanish Journal for Physical Education and Sports), (426), 465-473.
Nassif, N. (2019). ¿ QUÉ FACTORES CONDUCEN A UNA POLÍTICA EXITOSA DE DEPORTES DE ÉLITE? (What Are the Factors Leading to a Successful National Elite Sport Policy?). Revista Española de Educación Física y Deportes (Spanish Journal for Physical Education and Sports), (426), 474-481.
Nassif, N. (2018). World Ranking of Countries in Elite Sport. Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport, 14(2), 55-75.