Global Research Trends in Sports Nutrition and Football over the Last 20 Years (2004-2024).

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to map the scientific production on sports nutrition applied to soccer.

Methods

A scientometric analysis was performed using articles published between 2004 and 2024, retrieved from Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus. The search yielded 2636 documents, and 526 original articles were included after removing reviews, meta-analyses, duplicates, and studies outside the scope. Data were analyzed using Bibliometrix version 5.0.1; Massimo Aria & Corrado Cuccurullo; Naples; Italy. and VOSviewer version 1.6.20; Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University; Leiden; The Netherlands software.

Results

There was a 1.450% increase in publications over the period, with a peak in 2024. Nutrients was the leading publication source, whil

SUBMITTER: de Oliveira DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12567775 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature