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. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of 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
- 10.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Sports Science and Education research?
By volume, Germany and Russia publish the most (1.1k and 316 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Germany 1.1k works
- 2 Russia 316 works
- 3 Ukraine 164 works
- 4 Austria 67 works
- 5 Switzerland 64 works
- 6 United States 59 works
- 7 Uzbekistan 44 works
- 8 Netherlands 32 works
- 9 Kazakhstan 23 works
- 10 China 17 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Sports Science and Education research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Münster publishes the most Sports Science and Education research, followed by German Sport University Cologne and Social Historic Centre for Limburg.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Münster Germany 36 works
- 2 German Sport University Cologne Germany 30 works
- 3 Social Historic Centre for Limburg Netherlands 27 works
- 4 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 25 works
- 5 München Klinik Germany 21 works
- 6 Dragomanov Ukrainian State University Ukraine 21 works
- 7 FernUniversität in Hagen Germany 20 works
- 8 LVR-Klinik Köln Germany 20 works
- 9 Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education «Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg» Russia 20 works
- 10 TU Dortmund University Germany 19 works
Who are the leading researchers in Sports Science and Education?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Sports Science and Education include Marko Sarstedt.
- 1 Marko Sarstedt 11k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Sports Science and Education research done?
The largest centres of Sports Science and Education research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HagenDE · 20.3 works130×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sports Science and Education than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Sports Science and Education?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Kaiserslautern, Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture and Dragomanov Ukrainian State 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.
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 | University of Kaiserslautern Germany | 73.4 | 22.9% | 42.3× | 9 | +201.9% |
| 2 | Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture Ukraine | 70.0 | 18.7% | 446.2× | 12 | +982.7% |
| 3 | Dragomanov Ukrainian State University Ukraine | 68.8 | 20.0% | 177.2× | 21 | — |
| 4 | German Sport University Cologne Germany | 68.3 | 4.5% | 259.5× | 30 | +320.9% |
| 5 | University of Münster Germany | 66.6 | 8.3% | 53.9× | 36 | +45.8% |
| 6 | University of Tübingen Germany | 63.9 | 19.6% | 12.2× | 9 | +56.3% |
| 7 | State University of Physical Education and Sport Moldova | 61.8 | 3.3% | 409.4× | 15 | +368.7% |
| 8 | Technische Universität Ilmenau Germany | 61.5 | 26.5% | 45.1× | 8 | -51.6% |
| 9 | University of Vienna Austria | 60.0 | 13.3% | 11.9× | 11 | +39.2% |
| 10 | University of Wuppertal Germany | 59.8 | 7.5% | 47.0× | 13 | +219.6% |
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 Sports Science and Education research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Sports Science and Education.
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.