Abstract:Sports medicine-related research is internationally diverse, clinical trial publications are increasing and the sophistication of research design may be improving.
“…Thus, this may explain their high rate of citations [15,16]. Among the 5 most-cited authors, 3 (Hagglund, M., Ekstrand, J., and Walden, M.) are from Sweden and affiliated with the Linkoping University, and 2 (Dvorak, J. and Junge, A.)…”
Bibliometric analysis is an increasingly popular method for assessing aspects of a specific field of research and identifying its emerging areas of interest. Although it has been increasingly used in sports medicine research to assess injuries, few studies have focused on soccer. The purpose of our study was to identify the 100 most-cited publications related to soccer injuries and conduct a thorough bibliometric mapping analysis to understand the research trends. Using the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Database and Bibliometrix R-package software, we identified 100 articles with 26,046 total citations (range = 146-945) published between 1990 and 2017. Most were published in theBritish Journal of Sports Medicine(32 articles) andAmerican Journal of Sports Medicine(31 articles), and most corresponding authors originated from Sweden. About half of the articles were descriptive or epidemiology studies using level-2 evidence. The main research topics were epidemiology (25 articles) and prevention (24 articles). Most focused on male and adult elite soccer players.
“…Thus, this may explain their high rate of citations [15,16]. Among the 5 most-cited authors, 3 (Hagglund, M., Ekstrand, J., and Walden, M.) are from Sweden and affiliated with the Linkoping University, and 2 (Dvorak, J. and Junge, A.)…”
Bibliometric analysis is an increasingly popular method for assessing aspects of a specific field of research and identifying its emerging areas of interest. Although it has been increasingly used in sports medicine research to assess injuries, few studies have focused on soccer. The purpose of our study was to identify the 100 most-cited publications related to soccer injuries and conduct a thorough bibliometric mapping analysis to understand the research trends. Using the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Database and Bibliometrix R-package software, we identified 100 articles with 26,046 total citations (range = 146-945) published between 1990 and 2017. Most were published in theBritish Journal of Sports Medicine(32 articles) andAmerican Journal of Sports Medicine(31 articles), and most corresponding authors originated from Sweden. About half of the articles were descriptive or epidemiology studies using level-2 evidence. The main research topics were epidemiology (25 articles) and prevention (24 articles). Most focused on male and adult elite soccer players.
“…The existence of elite athletes — whose raison d’être is to win — no doubt drove the evolution of sports medicine as a specialty in Australia and internationally. The cultural prominence of elite sport in Australia and our unique sporting profile can help explain why Australia has been a world leader in the evolution of the specialty of sports medicine, 1 just as we “punch above our weight” in the Olympic environment. The mentality of sports medicine has been one of “keeping the athlete fit and on the playing field”.…”
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“…I believe that Australia may be home to some of the world’s best sports physicians and physiotherapists. Australia has had one of the most advanced sports medicine training programmes for the last 15 years11 and is well over-represented in the publication of sports medicine research 12. Clinicians cut their teeth on multiple professional football competitions of various codes, all of which have high rates of injury and, because of salary caps and other limits to free agency, where player roster strength between teams is very similar.…”
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