What Kinesiology Research is Most Visible to the Academic World?

IF 1.6 3区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Quest Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI:10.1080/00336297.2022.2092880

D. Knudson

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Multidisciplinary electronic databases are increasingly relied upon to compile evidence for original research and systematic reviews; however, little is known about how these services influence the visibility of kinesiology research. Citation metrics, index coverage, and subject categories of 100 kinesiology-related journals were examined using the 2020 Journal Citation Reports™ service of Clarivate Web of Science™ (WoS). Most of the journals were assigned subject categories emphasizing biomedical and multidisciplinary sciences, rather than humanities and behavioral/social sciences by WoS. WoS journal citation data were substantially skewed and there was incomplete indexing of articles in these journals, with journal issues typically unindexed for 5–11 years and more. There were substantial differences in median citation rates across the subdisciplines and subject categories of these journals. There is bias in the WoS coverage, indexing, subject categories, and citations to research published in kinesiology journals. Multiple databases should be carefully searched to ensure scholars find and utilize the breadth and depth of evidence and knowledge published in kinesiology journals.

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学术界最关注的运动机能学研究是什么?

多学科电子数据库越来越依赖于原始研究和系统评价的证据汇编;然而，很少有人知道这些服务如何影响运动机能学研究的知名度。使用Clarivate Web of Science™(WoS)的2020年期刊引文报告™服务，对100种与人体运动学相关的期刊的引文指标、索引覆盖率和主题类别进行了检查。世界卫生组织分配的大多数期刊的主题类别强调生物医学和多学科科学，而不是人文科学和行为/社会科学。WoS期刊引文数据严重偏斜，这些期刊文章的索引不完整，期刊期刊通常在5-11年甚至更长时间内未被索引。这些期刊的不同子学科和主题类别的中位数被引率存在显著差异。在运动机能学期刊上发表的WoS覆盖范围、索引、主题类别和引用中存在偏差。应该仔细搜索多个数据库，以确保学者发现并利用在运动机能学期刊上发表的证据和知识的广度和深度。

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来源期刊

Quest 社会科学-运动科学

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

14.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. Quest provides a public forum for scholarship, creative thought, and research relevant to a broad range of interests held by faculty and leaders in higher education today. Quest publishes: 1) manuscripts that address issues and concerns relevant and meaningful to the field of kinesiology; 2) original research reports that address empirical questions that are contextualized within higher education and hold significance to a broad range of faculty and administrators in kinesiology; and 3) reviews of literature and/or research of interest to one or more sub-disciplines in kinesiology. Quest does not publish papers focused on sport (e.g., amateur, collegiate, professional) that are contextualized outside of kinesiology in higher education.