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Sports Science and Education

Sports Science and Education is a research topic within History and Philosophy of Science. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of interdisciplinary research topics, including healthcare, physical training, statistical analysis, psychological testing, pedagogical conditions, and marketing. It also encompasses aspects of education and gymnastics. The papers reflect a diverse and comprehensive approach to research and education in various fields.

  • Research
  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • Physical Training
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Psychological Testing
  • Pedagogical Conditions
  • Evaluation
  • Marketing
  • Gymnastics
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Germany
58% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Sports Science and Education

Which countries lead Sports Science and Education research?

By volume, Germany and Russia publish the most (1.2k and 351 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Germany 1.2k works
  2. 2 Russia 351 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 173 works
  4. 4 Switzerland 76 works
  5. 5 United States 75 works
  6. 6 Austria 74 works
  7. 7 Uzbekistan 51 works
  8. 8 Netherlands 33 works
  9. 9 Kazakhstan 24 works
  10. 10 China 20 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.

Germany: 57.9%Russia: 16.9%Ukraine: 8.3%Switzerland: 3.7%6 others listed: 13.3%58%largest
Germany1,202 · 57.9%Russia351 · 16.9%Ukraine173 · 8.3%Switzerland76 · 3.7%6 others listed275 · 13.3%

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

Which institutions lead Sports Science and Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Münster publishes the most Sports Science and Education research, followed by German Sport University Cologne and Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of MünsterGermany 40 works
  2. 2 German Sport University CologneGermany 30 works
  3. 3 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 28 works
  4. 4 Social Historic Centre for LimburgNetherlands 27 works
  5. 5 Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education «Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg»Russia 26 works
  6. 6 München KlinikGermany 22 works
  7. 7 TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 21 works
  8. 8 Dragomanov Ukrainian State UniversityUkraine 21 works
  9. 9 FernUniversität in HagenGermany 21 works
  10. 10 LVR-Klinik KölnGermany 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sports Science and Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sports Science and Education include Marko Sarstedt, Christian M. Ringle and Paul M. Thompson.

  1. 1 Marko Sarstedt Germany 221k citations
  2. 2 Christian M. Ringle Germany 215k citations
  3. 3 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k 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 Sports Science and Education?

The most cited paper in Sports Science and Education is "Motivation and action" (Jutta Heckhausen, Heinz Heckhausen, 2008), with 932 citations. Next come "Leistungsmessungen in Schulen" (593) and "Das Experteninterview — konzeptionelle Grundlagen und methodische Anlage" (555).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Motivation and action Jutta Heckhausen, Heinz Heckhausen 2008 932
2 Leistungsmessungen in Schulen Franz Emanuel Weinert 2001 593
3 Das Experteninterview — konzeptionelle Grundlagen und methodische Anlage Michael Meuser, Ulrike Nagel · VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks Book chapter 19 Feb 2009 555
4 Die Depressions-Angst-Stress-Skalen Paul Nilges, Cecilia Ahmoi Essau · Der Schmerz 23 Jul 2015 499
5 Gütekriterien qualitativer Forschung Uwe Flick · VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks Book chapter 2010 369
All 96 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Sports Science and Education research done?

The largest centres of Sports Science and Education research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Cologne (Germany), Munich (Germany) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hagen.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 91 works
  2. 2 CologneGermany 71 works
  3. 3 MunichGermany 62 works
  4. 4 KyivUkraine 57 works
  5. 5 BerlinGermany 54 works
  6. 6 MünsterGermany 48 works
  7. 7 Saint PetersburgRussia 43 works
  8. 8 HamburgGermany 40 works
  9. 9 KarlsruheGermany 39 works
  10. 10 ViennaAustria 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HagenDE · 20.7 works123×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sports Science and Education than the world average.

See Sports Science and Education on the map

Where is the best place to study Sports Science and Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Dragomanov Ukrainian State University, University of Münster and German Sport University Cologne score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 15.68%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Dragomanov Ukrainian…National University …University of MünsterGerman Sport Univers…
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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.

Citation 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
1Dragomanov Ukrainian State UniversityUkraine 79.333.2%181.4×21 +1682.7%
2University of MünsterGermany 67.611.1%47.6×40 -3.7%
3German Sport University CologneGermany 60.85.3%266.3×30 +77.5%
4National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and SportUkraine 60.013.1%542.8×16 +178.6%
5University of TübingenGermany 55.319.9%13.9×12 +30.5%
6Universität TrierGermany 54.312.2%101.7×15 +99.6%
7Kharkiv State Academy of Physical CultureUkraine 53.229.9%456.5×12 -65.6%
8Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education «Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg»Russia 52.310.3%1855.5×26 +369.3%
9Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 52.37.8%10.2×17 +8.9%
10Russian State University for Physical Education Sport Youth and TourismRussia 52.014.0%760.0×15 +118.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Sports Science and Education, country by country

Is Sports Science and Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Sports Science and Education.

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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 Sports Science and Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0094% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Sports Science and Education 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%Sports Science and Education9.0% 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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