Structure and trends of international sport nutrition research between 2000 and 2018: bibliometric mapping of sport nutrition science.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The tool kits of bibliometrics and science mapping provide a standard methodology to map the knowledge base of specific fields of science. The aim of the present research is the analysis of the recent international trends of sport nutrition science, as well as the primary identification of the research topics and results of sport nutrition science via enhanced bibliometric methods for the 2000-2018 time period.

Methods

Altogether, 3889 publications were included in this study. We identified the most relevant sport nutrition topics by running a community detection algorithm on the proximity network constructed via network text analysis. The key issues and key concepts of sport nutrition topics as well as their relations were evaluated via network analysis. Besides,

SUBMITTER: Kiss A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7866438 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature