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. 2023 Jun 20:9:20552076231183550.
doi: 10.1177/20552076231183550. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.

Mapping the youth soccer: A bibliometrix analysis using R-tool

Bo Liu  1 , Chang-Jing Zhou  1 , Hao-Wei Ma  1 , Bo Gong  1
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Mapping the youth soccer: A bibliometrix analysis using R-tool

Bo Liu et al. Digit Health. .

Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increase in the scientific production of youth soccer. However, a panoramic map of research on this subject does not exist. The aim of this study was to identify global research trends in youth soccer over time, among the main levels of analysis: sources, authors, documents, and keywords. The bibliometric software Biblioshiny was used to analyze 2606 articles in Web of Science (WoS) published between 2012 and 2021. The main conclusion is that US and UK scholars dominate the research; the topics of research are changing with the real needs, and research on the topic of performance has been of interest to scholars; talent identification and development, performance, injury prevention, and concussion are the studies of interest to scholars in this area. This finding, which offers a global picture of youth soccer research over time, can help future research in this or similar domains.

Keywords: WoS; Youth soccer; bibliometrix; biliometric analysis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

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Data collection flow diagram.
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Growth in sources.
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Source dynamics of the top 10 productive journals.
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Co-citation network of sources.
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Top authors’ production over time.
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Author collaboration network.
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Country collaboration network.
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Documents coupling.
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Word cloud of youth soccer.
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Trend topic of youth soccer.
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Keywords co-occurrences network.
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Thematic map.
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Thematic evolution.
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