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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

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

Selina Khoo, Payam Ansari, Jacob John, Mark Brooke

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Selina KhooCentre for Sport and Exercice Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-3090-9309
Payam AnsariDCU Business School, Dublin City University, D09Y5NO Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-7880-586X
Jacob JohnDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8452-0676
Mark BrookeCentre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117511, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-3071-6806
University of Malaya · MYDublin City University · IENational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 (

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Intellectual DisabilitySportsAdultAthletesBibliometricsChildDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansMaleauthorshipcitationdisability sportintellectual disabilityscientometric

Identifiers

PMID36011782
PMCPMC9407739
OpenAlexW4292295359

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