ReviewSports (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Visualization of the Research Panorama of Decision-Making in Soccer: Bibliometric Analysis with VOSviewer and Review of the Most Cited Studies of the Last 15 Years (2010-2024).
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Mapping Scientific Knowledge on Body Composition and Anthropometry in Soccer: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Last 35 Years (1990-2025).Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Analysis of Offensive Performance in 5-A-Side Soccer for the Blind: An Exploratory Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparing human-led reflective dialogue and AI-based tactical guidance as innovative training approaches in soccer: effects on tactical performance and problem-solving.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Visual, visuomotor, and kinesthetic abilities in football players: their relationship with sport-specific performance and trainability.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Optimizing football analytics: Dimensionality reduction meets machine learning for offensive and defensive player profiling.PloS one · 2026Article
- Identification of Performance Variables in Blind 5-A-Side Football: Physical Fitness, Physiological Responses, Technical-Tactical Actions and Recovery Variables: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesVarious studies have investigated the importance of perceptual-cognitive skills in decision-making and the expert performance of athletes. However, bibliometric study has yet to identify research trends on this topic. The objective of this study was to perform a bibliometric review to identify the research trends in the study of soccer decision-making.
methodA total of 172 studies were included in the databases.
resultsThe year 2021 was the year with the highest number of published studies (
conclusionsExisting knowledge production on decision-making in soccer has a preference for the study of two major categories: one related to the analysis of the factors associated with perceptual-cognitive skills, mental fatigue, anticipation, creativity, and memory, whereas the second is more related to the study that has decision-making in the manifestations of specific game performance, between experts and novices, in the precision of technical actions, such as the pass, as well as in a methodology for the selection of athletes.
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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.