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Sports and Physical Education Research

Sports and Physical Education Research is a research topic within Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 6.0% 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 and sports science, including motor learning, sport performance, physical activity, didactics, motor control, cognitive approach, sport psychology, and neurophysiological aspects. It also explores the relationship between body communication skills and sports. The papers discuss theoretical aspects, practical implications, and various teaching methods in the field of physical education.

  • Motor Learning
  • Sport Performance
  • Physical Activity
  • Didactics
  • Motor Control
  • Cognitive Approach
  • Sport Psychology
  • Experiential Psychotherapy
  • Neurophysiological Aspects
  • Body Communication Skills
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+293%
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 Sports and Physical Education Research research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (11k and 464 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 11k works
  2. 2 ?? 464 works
  3. 3 Iraq 410 works
  4. 4 India 392 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 351 works
  6. 6 China 320 works
  7. 7 United States 319 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 270 works
  9. 9 Philippines 203 works
  10. 10 Spain 142 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.

Indonesia: 79.5%??: 3.3%Iraq: 2.9%India: 2.8%6 others listed: 11.5%79%largest
Indonesia11k · 79.5%??464 · 3.3%Iraq410 · 2.9%India392 · 2.8%6 others listed1,606 · 11.5%

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

Which institutions lead Sports and Physical Education Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Indonesia University of Education publishes the most Sports and Physical Education Research research, followed by Yogyakarta State University and State University of Semarang.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 451 works
  2. 2 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 395 works
  3. 3 State University of SemarangIndonesia 387 works
  4. 4 State University of PadangIndonesia 379 works
  5. 5 State University of MalangIndonesia 350 works
  6. 6 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 340 works
  7. 7 State University of MakassarIndonesia 282 works
  8. 8 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 271 works
  9. 9 State University of MedanIndonesia 270 works
  10. 10 Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 259 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sports and Physical Education Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sports and Physical Education Research include Roy J. Shephard.

  1. 1 Roy J. Shephard Canada 1.5k citations

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

Where is Sports and Physical Education Research research done?

The largest centres of Sports and Physical Education Research research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Medan, Kediri and Padangsidempuan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 932 works
  2. 2 Semarang Indonesia 904 works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 776 works
  4. 4 Yogyakarta Indonesia 644 works
  5. 5 Surabaya Indonesia 600 works
  6. 6 Malang Indonesia 563 works
  7. 7 Surakarta Indonesia 529 works
  8. 8 Medan Indonesia 517 works
  9. 9 Padang Indonesia 464 works
  10. 10 Makassar Indonesia 459 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Medan42.1 works398×
  2. Kediri53.8 works51×
  3. PadangsidempuanID · 270.5 works41×
  4. CianjurID · 20.5 works38×
  5. Kabupaten Badung23.4 works37×
  6. TembilahanID · 24.1 works36×
  7. Santa CruzPH · 22.8 works30×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sports and Physical Education Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Sports and Physical Education Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Yogyakarta State University, State University of Padang 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.

0%5%10%mean 6.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yogyakarta State University: 395, 11.2%State University of Padang: 379, 10.8%Indonesia University of Education: 451, 7.5%State University of Semarang: 387, 6.0%State University of Malang: 350, 5.5%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 340, 5.2%State University of Makassar: 282, 6.8%State University of Medan: 270, 4.7%Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan: 270, 3.6%Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: 259, 3.7%Yogyakarta State Uni…State University of …Indonesia University…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 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 68.811.2%45.4×395 +833.4%
2 State University of PadangIndonesia 67.810.8%23.0×379 +7259.0%
3 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 66.37.5%29.6×451 +1720.2%
4 State University of SemarangIndonesia 64.66.0%33.3×387 +401.0%
5 State University of MalangIndonesia 63.95.5%24.0×350 +1138.6%
6 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 63.35.2%29.6×340 +1228.0%
7 State University of MakassarIndonesia 63.26.8%23.2×282 +2086.6%
8 State University of MedanIndonesia 61.24.7%24.2×270 +3044.4%
9 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 60.73.6%41.1×270 +3303.0%
10 Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 60.73.7%28.6×259 +1736.7%

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 Sports and Physical Education Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 293% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Sports and Physical Education Research.

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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.