Top Cited Research Over Fifteen Years in Sports BioMechanics
Date
2018-10-10
Authors
Knudson, Duane V.
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Abstract
This study tested the hypothesis of the strong scholar perception of
the journal Sports Biomechanics with a bibliometric analysis of topcited
articles. Three major databases, Google Scholar, Scopus and Web
of Science, were searched for the most cited articles published in
Sports Biomechanics for the first 15 years (2002–2016) of publication.
The top 20 (4%) cited articles from each database were qualitatively
analysed for research themes and descriptive statistics calculated for
citations and citation rates. The top-cited articles published in Sports
Biomechanics had high citation rates and included several citation
classics, indicating strong contributions to the advancement of
knowledge in applied biomechanics and beyond. The results support
previous high ratings of the journal by sport and exercise biomechanics
scholars and refute the biased and lower ranking based on the
Web of Science Impact Factor. There was moderate (40–70%) agreement
on the top 20 cited articles between the three databases due to
differences in indexing and temporal coverage.
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Keywords
impact, journal, usage, bibliometrics, Health and Human Performance
Citation
Knudson, D. (2018). Top cited research over fifteen years in Sports Biomechanics, Sports Biomechanics.