A Bibliometric Study on the Evolution of Women’s Football and Determinants Behind Its Growth over the Last 30 Years
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Database and Search Strategy
2.2. Selection of Articles for Bibliometric Analysis
2.3. Bibliometric Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Analysis
3.2. Annual Scientific Production
3.3. Most Relevant Journals
3.4. Most Relevant Authors
3.5. Production and Collaboration Between Countries
3.6. Most Productive Institutions
3.7. Collaboration and Co-Citation Network Among Authors
3.8. Most Cited Articles
3.9. Conceptual Structure Analysis
3.9.1. KeyWords Plus
3.9.2. Author’s Keywords
3.10. Three-Fields Plot Analysis
4. Discussion
4.1. Scientific Production and International Collaboration
4.2. Most Relevant Journal and Authors
4.3. Collaboration and Co-Citation Network Among Authors
4.4. Main Research Areas
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Keywords by Database |
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Web of Science |
TS = ((“female soccer” OR “female soccer players” OR “women’s football” OR “girls football players” OR “female football” OR “female football players”) AND (“motivation” OR “cause” OR “motive”)) |
Measures | Items | Analysis |
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Overview | Main information | RStudio/Bibliometrix/Biblioshiny |
Scientific production per year | ||
Average citations per year Three-field plot diagram | ||
Sources | Most relevant journals | RStudio/Bibliometrix/Biblioshiny |
Bradford’s law | ||
Authors | Most relevant authors Lotka’s law | RStudio/Bibliometrix/Biblioshiny |
Countries | Corresponding author’s countries Scientific production by country Most cited countries | RStudio/Bibliometrix/Biblioshiny |
Affiliations | Most relevant institutions | VOSviewer |
Social Structure | Collaboration map between countries Author collaboration network Author co-citation network | RStudio/Bibliometrix/Biblioshiny |
Documents | Global most cited articles Frequent word network author’s keywords Keyword Plus | RStudio/Bibliometrix/Biblioshiny |
Main Information | Description | Outcomes |
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Time Interval | Years of Publication | 1992–2024 |
Sources | Source Distribution | 75 |
Documents | Total Number of Documents | 127 |
Document Types | Articles | 108 |
Book Chapters | 1 | |
Early Access Articles | 1 | |
Review Articles | 14 | |
Publication Retractions | 1 | |
Proceedings | 2 | |
Keywords | KeyWords Plus (ID) | 496 |
Author Keywords (DE) | 335 | |
Authors | Number of Authors | 508 |
Authors with Individual Authorship | 7 | |
Collaboration Between Authors | Collaboration Index | 4.34 |
Authors per Document | 4.16 | |
Co-authors per Document | 4.56 | |
International Co-authorships (%) | 26.77 | |
Citations | Average Citations per Doc per Year (mean, max., min.) | 3.32/35.94/0 |
Total Average Citations (mean, max., min.) | 36.54/575/0 |
Journals | NP | TC | H-Index | PY_Start | JIF Average | JIF 2023 | Q |
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British Journal of Sports Medicine | 9 | 949 | 8 | 2006 | 7.67 | 11.8 | Q1 |
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research | 6 | 281 | 5 | 2010 | 2.54 | 2.5 | Q2 |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 5 | 32 | 3 | 2020 | 4.002 | 4.61 * | Q1 * |
Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine | 5 | 28 | 4 | 2017 | 3.31 | 2.4 | Q2 |
American Journal of Sports Medicine | 4 | 535 | 4 | 2005 | 4.59 | 4.2 | Q1 |
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology | 4 | 195 | 4 | 2002 | 1.67 | 2.7 | Q3 |
Journal of Sports Sciences | 4 | 75 | 3 | 2006 | 2.36 | 2.3 | Q2 |
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports | 4 | 116 | 3 | 2004 | 3.33 | 3.5 | Q1 |
BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation | 3 | 104 | 2 | 2017 | 2.05 | 2.1 | Q1 |
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2019 | 4.45 | 3.9 | Q1 |
Countries | Production | Citations |
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USA | 106 | 992 |
United Kingdom | 58 | 479 |
Spain | 55 | 645 |
Norway | 44 | 438 |
Sweden | 40 | 641 |
Germany | 26 | 254 |
Portugal | 19 | 50 |
France | 16 | 313 |
Canada | 15 | 238 |
Poland | 15 | 28 |
Authors | Title | Journal | TC | TCY |
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Alentorn-Geli et al. (2009), [21] | Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in soccer players. Part 1: Mechanisms of injury and underlying risk factors | Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | 575 | 35.94 |
Yu and Garrett (2007), [17] | Mechanisms of non-contact ACL injuries | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 316 | 17.56 |
Ahldén et al. (2012), [60] | The Swedish National Anterior Cruciate Ligament Register | The American Journal of Sports Medicine | 287 | 22.08 |
Nédélec et al. (2013), [62] | Recovery in soccer | Sports Medicine | 215 | 17.92 |
Haugen and Buchheit (2015), [63] | Sprint running performance monitoring: Methodological | Sports Medicine | 214 | 23.78 |
Waldén et al. (2011), [16] | Anterior cruciate ligament injury in elite football: a prospective three-cohort study | Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | 200 | 14.29 |
Faude et al. (2005), [22] | Injuries in female soccer players. A prospective study in the German National League | The American Journal of Sports Medicine | 185 | 9.25 |
Emery et al. (2015), [61] | Neuromuscular training injury prevention strategies in youth sport: A systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 176 | 17.60 |
Fuller et al. (2007), [44] | Comparison of the incidence, nature and cause of injuries sustained on grass and new generation artificial turf by male and female football players. Part 1: Match injuries | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 161 | 8.94 |
Krustrup et al. (2010), [18] | Game-induced fatigue patterns in elite female soccer | Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research | 137 | 9.13 |
Rank | KeyWords Plus | n | Author’s Keywords | n |
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1 | Performance | 24 | Soccer | 27 |
2 | Motivation | 19 | Football | 22 |
3 | Sport | 15 | Motivation | 10 |
4 | Risk | 13 | Injury | 7 |
5 | Football | 12 | Sport | 7 |
6 | Risk-factors | 11 | Women | 6 |
7 | Prevention | 10 | Epidemiology | 5 |
8 | Exercise | 9 | Female | 5 |
9 | Female Football Players | 9 | Gender | 5 |
10 | Players | 9 | Women’s Football | 5 |
11 | Anterior Cruciate Ligament | 8 | Athletes | 4 |
12 | Knee | 8 | Injury prevention | 4 |
13 | Soccer | 8 | Performance | 4 |
14 | Epidemiology | 7 | Prevention | 4 |
15 | Female Soccer Players | 7 | Risk-factors | 4 |
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Ventaja-Cruz, J.; Cuevas Rincón, J.M.; Tejada-Medina, V.; Martín-Moya, R. A Bibliometric Study on the Evolution of Women’s Football and Determinants Behind Its Growth over the Last 30 Years. Sports 2024, 12, 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12120333
Ventaja-Cruz J, Cuevas Rincón JM, Tejada-Medina V, Martín-Moya R. A Bibliometric Study on the Evolution of Women’s Football and Determinants Behind Its Growth over the Last 30 Years. Sports. 2024; 12(12):333. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12120333
Chicago/Turabian StyleVentaja-Cruz, Javier, Jesús M. Cuevas Rincón, Virginia Tejada-Medina, and Ricardo Martín-Moya. 2024. "A Bibliometric Study on the Evolution of Women’s Football and Determinants Behind Its Growth over the Last 30 Years" Sports 12, no. 12: 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12120333
APA StyleVentaja-Cruz, J., Cuevas Rincón, J. M., Tejada-Medina, V., & Martín-Moya, R. (2024). A Bibliometric Study on the Evolution of Women’s Football and Determinants Behind Its Growth over the Last 30 Years. Sports, 12(12), 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12120333