Raiola Gaetano, Esposito Giovanni, Ceruso Rosario, D'Elia Francesca, D'Isanto Tiziana
Research Center of Physical Education and Exercise, Pegaso University, Naples, Italy.
Department of Human, Philosophical and Education Sciences, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.
Front Res Metr Anal. 2024 Nov 1;9:1466811. doi: 10.3389/frma.2024.1466811. eCollection 2024.
This study aimed to measure the consistency of the impact of scientific production, weighted by authorship, of Italian scientists in two academic disciplines (AD) of Exercise and Sports Sciences (ESS) from 2017 to 2022, with a specific focus on the subfield "Sport Sciences", using topic-specific keywords. Through the Scopus database, the scientific products of Italian ESS scientists associated with each keyword were identified. Subsequently, total and relative metric parameters from 2017 to 2022 were collected, including the total and relative number of citations. To evaluate the impact of the publications, the total and relative -index were calculated, and weighted by considering different categories of authorship. Specific weights were attributed to each category: single author, first author, last author and co-author, following the classifications already in use on Scopus for each author. The trends of total and relative metrics, including citations and -index, from 2017 to 2022 were analyzed using Spearman's correlation. Non-parametric linear regression analysis was used for the predictive analysis of these trends. Among the 83 identified ESS scientists, a detailed analysis revealed that 31.3% were full professors, 42.1% associate professors, and 26.6% researchers. Less than half of these scientists were directly affiliated with ESS. Despite minority representation, significant positive correlations emerge between total and relative citations from 2017 to 2022 ( = 0.687) and between the weighted total -index and the weighted relative -index ( = 0.965). Significant trends emerge in the metric parameters of the same scientists when analyzed separately by AD. The regression results indicate that variations in total citations and the weighted total and relative -index can predict or explain the observed changes in 2017-2022 < 0.05). This result suggests that the production and impact of research in the field of ESS follow the same general trend as production and impact in the specific subfield.
本研究旨在衡量2017年至2022年期间，以作者身份加权的意大利科学家在运动与体育科学（ESS）的两个学术学科（AD）中的科研产出影响力的一致性，特别关注“体育科学”子领域，使用特定主题的关键词。通过Scopus数据库，识别出与每个关键词相关的意大利ESS科学家的科研成果。随后，收集了2017年至2022年的总量和相对计量参数，包括总被引次数和相对被引次数。为了评估出版物的影响力，计算了总量和相对 -指数，并根据不同作者类别进行加权。按照Scopus上已有的每位作者分类，为每个类别赋予特定权重：单作者、第一作者、最后作者和共同作者。使用Spearman相关性分析了2017年至2022年总量和相对计量指标（包括被引次数和 -指数）的趋势。非参数线性回归分析用于这些趋势的预测分析。在83位被识别的ESS科学家当中，详细分析显示31.3%是正教授，42.1%是副教授，26.6%是研究员。这些科学家中不到一半直接隶属于ESS。尽管占少数，但2017年至2022年的总被引次数与相对被引次数之间（ = 0.687）以及加权总量 -指数与加权相对 -指数之间（ = 0.965）出现了显著的正相关。当按AD分别分析时，同一批科学家的计量参数出现了显著趋势。回归结果表明，总被引次数以及加权总量和相对 -指数的变化可以预测或解释2017 - 2022年观察到的变化（ < 0.05）。这一结果表明，ESS领域的研究产出和影响力与特定子领域的产出和影响力遵循相同的总体趋势。
