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Physical Education and Training Studies

Physical Education and Training Studies is a research topic within Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1951. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to physical education, sports science, and health promotion. It includes research on motor skills development, athletic training, fitness technology, pedagogical control, youth physical fitness, mental health, and biomechanical analysis. The papers explore various aspects of physical education and sports science with a focus on improving physical fitness, developing motor skills, and promoting overall health.

  • Physical Education
  • Sports Science
  • Motor Skills Development
  • Health Promotion
  • Athletic Training
  • Fitness Technology
  • Pedagogical Control
  • Youth Physical Fitness
  • Mental Health
  • Biomechanical Analysis
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Physical Education and Training Studies

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Physical Education and Training Studies research?

By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (947 and 940 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 947 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 940 works
  3. 3 China 526 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 397 works
  5. 5 United States 292 works
  6. 6 India 220 works
  7. 7 Iraq 201 works
  8. 8 Uzbekistan 158 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 157 works
  10. 10 Romania 138 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.

Russia: 23.8%Ukraine: 23.7%China: 13.2%Indonesia: 10.0%6 others listed: 29.3%24%largest
Russia947 · 23.8%Ukraine940 · 23.7%China526 · 13.2%Indonesia397 · 10.0%6 others listed1,166 · 29.3%

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

Which institutions lead Physical Education and Training Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, State University of Physical Education and Sport publishes the most Physical Education and Training Studies research, followed by Dragomanov Ukrainian State University and Weatherford College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 State University of Physical Education and SportMoldova 80 works
  2. 2 Dragomanov Ukrainian State UniversityUkraine 77 works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 60 works
  4. 4 Kharkiv State Academy of Physical CultureUkraine 58 works
  5. 5 National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and SportUkraine 56 works
  6. 6 Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education «Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg»Russia 46 works
  7. 7 University of BaghdadIraq 44 works
  8. 8 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 40 works
  9. 9 H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical UniversityUkraine 36 works
  10. 10 Lviv State University of Physical CultureUkraine 34 works

Who are the leading researchers in Physical Education and Training Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Physical Education and Training Studies include Cyrus Cooper, Tommi Juhani Vasankari and Jaakko A. Kaprio.

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  2. 2 Tommi Juhani Vasankari Finland 248k citations
  3. 3 Jaakko A. Kaprio Finland 183k citations
  4. 4 James F. Sallis United States 169k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Physical Education and Training Studies?

The most cited paper in Physical Education and Training Studies is "Systematic review of the health benefits of physical activity and fitness in school-aged children and youth" (Ian Janssen, Allana G. LeBlanc, 2010), with 4,885 citations. Next come "School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18" (1,357) and "International clinical practice recommendations on the definition, diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and psychosocial aspects of developmental coordination disorder" (836).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Systematic review of the health benefits of physical activity and fitness in school-aged children and youth Ian Janssen, Allana G. LeBlanc · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ReviewOpen access 2010 4,885
2 School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 Maureen Dobbins, Heather Husson, Kara DeCorby et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 23 Feb 2013 1,357
3 International clinical practice recommendations on the definition, diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and psychosocial aspects of developmental coordination disorder Rainer Blank, Anna L. Barnett, John Cairney et al. · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Open access 22 Jan 2019 836
4 Field-based fitness assessment in young people: the ALPHA health-related fitness test battery for children and adolescents Jonatan R. Ruiz, José Castro‐Piñero, Vanesa España‐Romero et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine 19 Oct 2010 785
5 Physical exercise and psychological well being: a critical review. Deirdre M. Scully, John F. Kremer, Mary Margaret Meade et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access Jun 1998 776
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Where is Physical Education and Training Studies research done?

The largest centres of Physical Education and Training Studies research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Kharkiv (Ukraine) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chisinau and Sumy.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 247 works
  2. 2 KyivUkraine 243 works
  3. 3 KharkivUkraine 173 works
  4. 4 Saint PetersburgRussia 102 works
  5. 5 ChisinauMoldova 92 works
  6. 6 BaghdadIraq 69 works
  7. 7 LvivUkraine 64 works
  8. 8 WeatherfordUnited States 60 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 51 works
  10. 10 KrasnodarRussia 46 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ChisinauMD · 91.8 works48×
  2. SumyUA · 38.8 works38×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Physical Education and Training Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Physical Education and Training Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Dragomanov Ukrainian State University and Yogyakarta State University 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.06%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Vinnytsia Mykhailo K…Yogyakarta State Uni…Dragomanov Ukrainian…National University …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical UniversityUkraine 68.428.3%74.6×14 +24.2%
2Dragomanov Ukrainian State UniversityUkraine 65.210.3%268.4×77 +504.8%
3Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 64.917.0%14.4×40 +88.6%
4National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and SportUkraine 63.39.3%750.0×56 +24.2%
5State University of Physical Education and SportMoldova 59.73.4%880.9×80 +28.3%
6Gdansk University of Physical Education and SportPoland 59.221.7%165.7×13 -27.5%
7Kharkiv State Academy of Physical CultureUkraine 59.018.3%907.2×58 -23.5%
8H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical UniversityUkraine 58.117.7%211.3×36 -43.9%
9Weatherford CollegeUnited States 56.19.2%9.2×60 +1.3%
10Beijing Sport UniversityChina 55.925.4%43.8×14 +310.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Physical Education and Training Studies, country by country

Is Physical Education and Training Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Physical Education and Training Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Physical Education and Training Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Physical Education and Training Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Physical Education and Training Studies10.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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