Study on the fusion of sports and medicine in China from 2012 to 2021: A bibliometric analysis via CiteSpace

Si-Jing Tu; Chen Jin; Bu-Tong Chen; An-Ying Xu; Chao Luo; Xiao-He Wang

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.939557

Study on the fusion of sports and medicine in China from 2012 to 2021: A bibliometric analysis via CiteSpace

Front Public Health. 2022 Sep 16:10:939557. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.939557. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Si-Jing Tu^{1

2}, Chen Jin¹, Bu-Tong Chen³, An-Ying Xu⁴, Chao Luo⁵, Xiao-He Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
² School of Public Health and Management, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China.
³ School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
⁴ School of Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
⁵ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, Shanghai Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Mental Health, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the research hot spots and frontiers of studies on of the fusion of sports and medicine (FSM) in China in recent decade via CiteSpace.

Methods: Relevant publications related FSM published from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2021 were obtained from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database. CiteSpace software was used to analyze the amount of publications, institutions and keywords using standard bibliometric indicators.

Results: A total of 729 publications on FSM were identified, and 688 qualified records were included in the final analysis. Between 2012 to 2021, the number of publications showed a trend of growth, albeit with certain fluctuations. The authors of these publications were mainly from universities or colleges with sports background. The institution leading the study was the Beijing Sport University (n = 20), the most prolific (n =12) and most-cited (224 times) author was Guo JJ from Capital University of Physical Education Sports. The journal with most publications on FSM was Contemporary Sports Technology (n =74). The analysis of keywords showed that the "FSM" had the highest frequency (n = 269), "integration of sports and medicine" had the strongest citation bursts (4.82), "national fitness" had the highest centrality (0.97) in recent decade, and 15 clusters of keywords were produced by log-likelihood ratio (all silhouette value >0.9).

Conclusion: The findings of this bibliometric study analyse the current status and trends in the FSM in China, which may help to identify hot topics, explore new study directions for scholars and policymakers in the future.

Keywords: CiteSpace; bibliometric analysis; data visualization; fusion of sports and medicine; health policy.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics*
China
Databases, Factual
Humans
Publications*