The Top 50 Most Cited Articles on Special Olympics: A Bibliometric Analysis

The Special Olympics was established in 1968 to “provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities”. It has gained recognition in the field of sports and healthcare of persons with intellectual disab...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-08, Vol.19 (16), p.10150
Main Authors: Khoo, Selina, Ansari, Payam, John, Jacob, Brooke, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes
Athletes with disabilities
Authorship
Bibliometrics
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Citations
Datasets
Families & family life
Health care
Intellectual disabilities
Paralympic Games
Physical fitness
Special Olympics
Sports
Teenagers
Trends
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Summary:The Special Olympics was established in 1968 to “provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities”. It has gained recognition in the field of sports and healthcare of persons with intellectual disability, with a large number of dedicated researchers and institutions all over the world. However, there is an urgent need to analyze the progress and current status of this research field to identify knowledge gaps and develop this discipline. The aim of this study was to analyze the scientific production of the Special Olympics and report the bibliometric characteristics of the top 50 most cited Special Olympics publications. A systematic search was conducted on the Scopus database and bibliometric data were extracted and analyzed. The top 50 publications received 1632 citations. A total of 138 authors (63 female and 75 male) contributed to these publications. The two main areas of study were the physical health of Special Olympics athletes (n = 27) and the psycho-social health of athletes (n = 12).
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph191610150