Sports science in global level research output: A scientometric analysis

The study analyzed the growth of research publications on Sports Science from 2013 to 2022 with a sample of 3630 articles. The highest number of articles i.e. 488(13.44%) was published in the year 2021. The RGR of an article has gradually decreased from 0.56 in the year 2014 to 0.14 in the year 2022 for the given study period. The doubling time of the publication of articles gradually increases from 1.25 in the year 2014 to 5.10 in the year 2022. The most prolific author Davids, K. has contributed the highest number of articles i.e. 24 publications in Spain. Computer Science has contributed the highest number of 389 (32.88%) research publications. Spain contributed the highest number of articles which amounts to more than 452(15.51%) of the total publication. The authorship pattern is 624 contributed by single authors, the average degree of collaboration is 0.99, the average CC is 0.57, the average CI is 3.36 and the average MCC is 3.37. The CAI for single, and two, authorship contributions are decreasing trend from 1^st block year to 2^nd block year. At the same time, CAI has witnessed an increasing trend for three and more than three authors from 1^st block year (91.86) to 2^nd year block year (106.84). The European Journal of Sport Science with 252 (29.00) publications secured the first rank. The large majority of the research output is available in the form of Article 2500 (68.87%) articles.