Sports injuries and prevention
Sports injuries and prevention is a research topic within Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Science Explorer counts 59k research works in it since 1950. 15.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, and management of musculoskeletal injuries in sports, with a particular emphasis on football (soccer) and youth athletes. It covers a wide range of topics including hamstring strains, injury patterns, injury incidence, and the effectiveness of various prevention programs.
- Sports Injury
- Epidemiology
- Muscle Injuries
- Prevention
- Risk Factors
- Football (Soccer)
- Athletic Training
- Youth Athletes
- Hamstring Strain
- Injury Prevention
- Research works
- 59k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +45% 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 injuries and prevention research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.9k and 895 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.9k works
- 2 China 895 works
- 3 United Kingdom 840 works
- 4 Spain 708 works
- 5 Türkiye 656 works
- 6 Brazil 625 works
- 7 Australia 552 works
- 8 Japan 504 works
- 9 India 498 works
- 10 Germany 389 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.
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Which institutions lead Sports injuries and prevention research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Sports injuries and prevention research, followed by La Trobe University and Beijing Sport University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 53 works
- 2 La Trobe UniversityAustralia 53 works
- 3 Beijing Sport UniversityChina 42 works
- 4 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 42 works
- 5 German Sport University CologneGermany 34 works
- 6 Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece 34 works
- 7 University of CalgaryCanada 34 works
- 8 Hospital for Special SurgeryUnited States 34 works
- 9 Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 33 works
- 10 Edith Cowan UniversityAustralia 33 works
Who are the leading researchers in Sports injuries and prevention?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Sports injuries and prevention include Tommi Vasankari and Barry J. Maron.
- 1 Tommi Vasankari Finland 6.9k citations
- 2 Barry J. Maron United States 3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Sports injuries and prevention research done?
The largest centres of Sports injuries and prevention research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China) and Melbourne (Australia).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where is the best place to study Sports injuries and prevention?
Among universities, judged by research, La Trobe University, Leeds Beckett University and Universidad de Extremadura 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Trobe UniversityAustralia | 76.0 | 23.7% | 13.1× | 53 | +191.6% |
| 2 | Leeds Beckett UniversityUnited Kingdom | 71.4 | 27.7% | 26.9× | 28 | +207.5% |
| 3 | Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain | 70.7 | 27.0% | 12.5× | 33 | +176.1% |
| 4 | Universidad Europea de MadridSpain | 69.0 | 19.8% | 37.5× | 29 | +268.6% |
| 5 | Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w KatowicachPoland | 69.0 | 26.4% | 112.9× | 23 | +307.1% |
| 6 | Middlesex UniversityUnited Kingdom | 68.6 | 47.2% | 16.8× | 12 | +112.7% |
| 7 | Liverpool John Moores UniversityUnited Kingdom | 68.3 | 29.9% | 10.6× | 21 | +141.8% |
| 8 | Edith Cowan UniversityAustralia | 67.1 | 31.0% | 18.1× | 33 | +36.2% |
| 9 | Wroclaw University of Health and Sport SciencesPoland | 67.0 | 32.1% | 77.5× | 20 | +151.6% |
| 10 | Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom | 66.1 | 36.0% | 9.9× | 32 | -1.0% |
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 injuries and prevention research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Sports injuries and prevention.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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