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Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics

Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 9.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biomechanical analysis of golf swing performance, including topics such as swing kinematics, injury prevention, club head speed, muscle activity, ball flight trajectory, low back pain, wrist torque, shoulder injuries, and physical conditioning for golfers.

  • Golf Biomechanics
  • Swing Kinematics
  • Injury Prevention
  • Club Head Speed
  • Muscle Activity
  • Ball Flight Trajectory
  • Low Back Pain
  • Wrist Torque
  • Shoulder Injuries
  • Physical Conditioning
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+13%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (384 and 290 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 384 works
  2. 2 China 290 works
  3. 3 Japan 177 works
  4. 4 India 131 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 114 works
  6. 6 Spain 110 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 107 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 103 works
  9. 9 Australia 82 works
  10. 10 Germany 67 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.

United States: 24.5%China: 18.5%Japan: 11.3%India: 8.4%6 others listed: 37.2%25%largest
United States384 · 24.5%China290 · 18.5%Japan177 · 11.3%India131 · 8.4%6 others listed583 · 37.2%

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

Which institutions lead Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Sydney publishes the most Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics research, followed by Beijing Sport University and University of Tsukuba.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The University of SydneyAustralia 16 works
  2. 2 Beijing Sport UniversityChina 12 works
  3. 3 University of TsukubaJapan 10 works
  4. 4 Shanghai University of SportChina 9 works
  5. 5 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 9 works
  6. 6 Auckland University of TechnologyNew Zealand 8 works
  7. 7 University of MosulIraq 8 works
  8. 8 German Sport University CologneGermany 8 works
  9. 9 La Trobe UniversityAustralia 8 works
  10. 10 Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics include Hiroyuki Ogata, Adrian Bejan and R. D. Lorenz.

  1. 1 Hiroyuki Ogata Japan 4.1k citations
  2. 2 Adrian Bejan United States 2.2k citations
  3. 3 R. D. Lorenz United States 2.2k citations
  4. 4 Howard A. Stone United States 2.1k citations

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

Where is Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics research done?

The largest centres of Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), Beijing (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tokyo Japan 62 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 58 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 23 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 23 works
  5. 5 Sydney Australia 21 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 21 works
  7. 7 Melbourne Australia 19 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 17 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 15 works
  10. 10 Seoul South Korea 15 works
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Where is the best place to study Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics?

Among universities, judged by research, Auckland University of Technology, Beijing Sport University and University of Tsukuba 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%mean 7.27143%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Auckland University of Technology: 8, 17.3%Beijing Sport University: 12, 14.6%University of Tsukuba: 10, 4.9%Shanghai University of Sport: 9, 12.0%The University of Sydney: 16, 1.1%University of Mosul: 8, 0.0%Yogyakarta State University: 9, 1.0%Auckland University …Beijing Sport Univer…Shanghai University …University of Tsukuba
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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 Auckland University of TechnologyNew Zealand 73.717.3%19.6×8 -5.0%
2 Beijing Sport UniversityChina 65.014.6%73.4×12 -90.4%
3 University of TsukubaJapan 59.74.9%10.9×10 +34.3%
4 Shanghai University of SportChina 54.712.0%69.2×9 -59.4%
5 The University of SydneyAustralia 45.81.1%6.9×16 +11.5%
6 University of MosulIraq 21.50.0%9.4×8 -78.6%
7 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 10.21.0%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 Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics.

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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.