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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. 6.2% 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%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+105%
the tick is no change

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, Ukraine and Russia publish the most (864 and 844 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ukraine 864 works
  2. 2 Russia 844 works
  3. 3 China 484 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 380 works
  5. 5 United States 241 works
  6. 6 India 192 works
  7. 7 Iraq 189 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 149 works
  9. 9 Romania 132 works
  10. 10 Poland 130 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.

Ukraine: 24.0%Russia: 23.4%China: 13.4%Indonesia: 10.5%6 others listed: 28.7%24%largest
Ukraine864 · 24.0%Russia844 · 23.4%China484 · 13.4%Indonesia380 · 10.5%6 others listed1,033 · 28.7%

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

Which institutions lead Physical Education and Training Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Dragomanov Ukrainian State University publishes the most Physical Education and Training Studies research, followed by State University of Physical Education and Sport and Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Dragomanov Ukrainian State UniversityUkraine 76 works
  2. 2 State University of Physical Education and SportMoldova 67 works
  3. 3 Kharkiv State Academy of Physical CultureUkraine 53 works
  4. 4 National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and SportUkraine 52 works
  5. 5 University of BaghdadIraq 43 works
  6. 6 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 40 works
  7. 7 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 38 works
  8. 8 H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical UniversityUkraine 35 works
  9. 9 Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education «Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg»Russia 34 works
  10. 10 Lviv State University of Physical CultureUkraine 32 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Physical Education and Training Studies include Claude Bouchard.

  1. 1 Claude Bouchard Canada 1.6k citations

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

Where is Physical Education and Training Studies research done?

The largest centres of Physical Education and Training Studies research in 2022–2025 are Kyiv (Ukraine), Moscow (Russia), 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Kyiv Ukraine 225 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 221 works
  3. 3 Kharkiv Ukraine 159 works
  4. 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 85 works
  5. 5 Chisinau Moldova 79 works
  6. 6 Baghdad Iraq 65 works
  7. 7 Lviv Ukraine 59 works
  8. 8 Beijing China 46 works
  9. 9 Krasnodar Russia 43 works
  10. 10 Yogyakarta Indonesia 42 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ChisinauMD · 78.8 works47×
  2. SumyUA · 37.5 works39×
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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, Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture, Dragomanov Ukrainian State University and H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical 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 14.67%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture: 53, 17.5%Dragomanov Ukrainian State University: 76, 10.9%H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University: 35, 11.8%State University of Physical Education and Sport: 67, 3.3%Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University: 12, 19.2%National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine: 10, 26.2%University of Pitesti: 9, 26.0%National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport: 52, 8.3%Yogyakarta State University: 38, 14.3%Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport: 12, 9.2%Kharkiv State Academ…H.S. Skovoroda Khark…Dragomanov Ukrainian…State University of …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Kharkiv State Academy of Physical CultureUkraine 78.717.5%797.6×53 +581.0%
2 Dragomanov Ukrainian State UniversityUkraine 73.710.9%258.0×76 +634.2%
3 H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical UniversityUkraine 68.311.8%195.2×35 +230.4%
4 State University of Physical Education and SportMoldova 67.93.3%720.3×67 +1271.3%
5 Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical UniversityUkraine 67.219.2%64.2×12 +608.8%
6 National University of Civil Protection of UkraineUkraine 63.826.2%35.0×10 —
7 University of PitestiRomania 63.026.0%81.8×9 +24.9%
8 National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and SportUkraine 62.28.3%668.9×52 +102.0%
9 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 61.914.3%13.2×38 —
10 Gdansk University of Physical Education and SportPoland 61.89.2%152.9×12 +196.6%

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 Physical Education and Training Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 105% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.