Yu Wenlu, Liao Wengao, Zhong Ya, Guan Yishi
College of Physical Education of Chengdu University, 610106, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
School of Physical Education of Wuhan Sports University, 430079, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Heliyon. 2025 Jan 2;11(1):e41663. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e41663. eCollection 2025 Jan 15.
With the vigorous development of football, research on youth football has garnered significant attention from scholars, leading to an increase in published findings. However, there is currently no comprehensive retrospective study that examines the status, hotspots, and trends of research in this field. This study employed Cite Space, a visual bibliometric software, to systematically review and analyze 1637 articles from the Web of Science (WOS) and China Knowledge Infrastructure Project (CNKI) databases up to January 2024. The primary objective was to examine the sources, authors, institutions, regions, citations, as well as keywords, and clustering of these articles to identify the global research hotspots and trends in youth football. The study concluded that the number of research articles in this field has been decreasing annually, and the research hotspots are exhibiting a gradual downward trend. The primary research institutions are comprehensive universities, supplemented by research centers and hospitals. The United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, and China have produced substantial research results in this area, and collaboration among researchers is relatively strong, indicating a positive development trajectory. Current research hotspots include sports monitoring and evaluation, sports injury and risk, talent identification and development, sports performance, the integration of sports and education, school football, and youth training systems. This finding provides a comprehensive overview of the research landscape in this field and presents opportunities for researchers to pursue further in-depth investigations.
随着足球运动的蓬勃发展，青少年足球研究受到了学者们的广泛关注，相关研究成果的发表数量也日益增多。然而，目前尚无全面的回顾性研究来审视该领域的研究现状、热点及趋势。本研究运用可视化文献计量软件CiteSpace，对截至2024年1月来自科学引文索引（WOS）数据库和中国知网（CNKI）数据库的1637篇文章进行了系统的回顾与分析。主要目的是考察这些文章的来源、作者、机构、地区、被引频次，以及关键词和聚类情况，以识别青少年足球领域的全球研究热点和趋势。研究得出结论，该领域的研究文章数量逐年递减，研究热点呈逐渐下降趋势。主要研究机构是综合性大学，研究中心和医院为辅。美国、英国、西班牙和中国在该领域取得了丰硕的研究成果，研究人员之间的合作相对较强，呈现出良好的发展态势。当前的研究热点包括运动监测与评估、运动损伤与风险、人才识别与培养、运动表现、体教融合、校园足球和青少年训练体系。这一研究结果全面概述了该领域的研究概况，为研究人员开展进一步深入研究提供了契机。
