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Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education

Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 4.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the effects of martial arts and combat sports on physical and mental health, cognitive function, aggression, youth development, and cultural practices. It also delves into the pedagogical approaches for teaching martial arts and the potential for self-defense education. The research covers a wide range of topics related to the practice and impact of martial arts in various contexts.

  • Martial Arts
  • Combat Sports
  • Physical Activity
  • Health Benefits
  • Aggression
  • Cognitive Function
  • Youth Development
  • Cultural Practices
  • Self-Defense
  • Pedagogical Approaches
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
496
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-16%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education research?

By volume, Brazil and China publish the most (213 and 209 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 213 works
  2. 2 China 209 works
  3. 3 United States 115 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 93 works
  5. 5 India 87 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 52 works
  7. 7 Japan 47 works
  8. 8 Poland 45 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 43 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 41 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Brazil: 22.6%China: 22.2%United States: 12.2%Indonesia: 9.9%6 others listed: 33.2%23%largest
Brazil213 · 22.6%China209 · 22.2%United States115 · 12.2%Indonesia93 · 9.9%6 others listed313 · 33.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Bangkokthonburi University publishes the most Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education research, followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) and Indonesia University of Education.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bangkokthonburi UniversityThailand 10 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 9 works
  3. 3 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 9 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 8 works
  5. 5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 8 works
  6. 6 University of RzeszówPoland 7 works
  7. 7 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 7 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 7 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 7 works
  10. 10 Universität HamburgGermany 7 works

Where is Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education research done?

The largest centres of Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rio de Janeiro.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 32 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 28 works
  3. 3 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 23 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 17 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 17 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 16 works
  7. 7 Bangkok Thailand 14 works
  8. 8 Kyiv Ukraine 14 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 13 works
  10. 10 Kharkiv Ukraine 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Rio de JaneiroBR · 23.5 works5.3×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Bangkokthonburi University and Indonesia University of Education score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 58.98.9%8.7×9 +217.4%
2 Bangkokthonburi UniversityThailand 52.90.8%311.7×10 —
3 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 14.13.0%6.5×9 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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