Bibliometric Analysis of Sports Injuries Psychology through Visual Mapping

Abstract

Injury is one of the crucial realities of sportive performance. This reality exposes athletes to physical and mental traumas. The emotional burdens evident from the injury are effective in athletes' recovery processes and require constructing multifaceted support programs. This requirement directs the increase of qualified publications based on theoretical and experimental research. Drawing the outlines of the picture presented by the increasing publications numbers, this study aims to reveal the bibliometric analysis of sports injuries psychology through visual mapping. Thus, the 1985-2022 dated publications of the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) defined in the Web of Science database were examined. Among these, 200 publications determined to be research articles were included in the study. Visualizing bibliometric data, the VOSviewer 1.6.18 was used. The study examined publication year, author, citation number, and journal distribution. Authors, institutions, and international relations were also questioned, and keyword analysis, bibliometric coupling, and co-citation network analysis were performed. Findings showed that the most publications were in 2019-2022, with 38 articles. According to the citation analysis, Wiese-Bjornstal et al. is the most cited author, the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology the most cited journal, Springfield College the most cited institution, and the USA is the most cited country. The results confirm that the keyword clusters that stand out in the research are rehabilitation, psychology, social support and athletic injury, stress, and recovery. In the analysis made for research summaries context, four main keyword clusters became prominent: psychology, rehabilitation, injury, and sports injury.

Keywords

• Sport injuries
• Return to sport
• Psychological performance

Spor Yaralanmaları Psikolojisinin Görsel Haritalama Üzerinden Bibliyometrik Analizi

Öz

Yaralanma, sportif performans olgusunun temel gerçekliklerinden biridir. Bu gerçeklik, spor insanlarını bedensel ve ruhsal travmalar ile karşı karşıya bırakmaktadır. Yaralanma sonucu belirginleşen duygu yükleri sporcuların iyileşme süreçlerinde etkendir ve çok yönlü destek programlarının inşasını gerektirir. Bu gereklilik, kuramsal ve deneysel araştırmalara dayalı nitelikli yayınların artışına yön vermektedir. Artan yayınların ortaya koyduğu tablonun ana hatlarının belirlenmesi düşüncesi ile bu çalışmada, spor yaralanmaları psikolojisi araştırmalarının görsel haritalama üzerinden bibliyometrik analizi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla, Web of Science veritabanında tanımlı atıf indekslerinden Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) ve Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)’in 1985-2022 tarihli yayınları incelenmiştir. Bu yayınlar arasından araştırma makalesi olduğu belirlenen 200 yayın çalışma kapsamına alınmıştır. Bibliyometrik verilerin görselleştirmelerinde VOSviewer 1.6.18 kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada, yayım yılı, yazar, atıf sayısı, yayımlayan dergi dağılımları incelenmiştir. Yazarlar, kurumlar ve ülkelerarası ilişkiler sorgulanmış, anahtar kelime analizi, bibliyometrik eşleştirme ve ortak atıf ağ analizleri yapılmıştır. Bulgular, en fazla yayının 38 makale ile 2019-2022’de yapıldığını göstermiştir. Atıf analizlerine göre, Wiese-Bjornstal vd. en fazla atıf alan yazar, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology en çok atıf alan dergi, Springfield College en fazla atıf alan kurum, ABD en fazla atıf alan ülkedir. Sonuçlar, araştırmalarda öne çıkan anahtar kelime kümelerinin rehabilitasyon, psikoloji, sosyal destek ve atletik yaralanma, stres ve geri dönüş olduğunu teyit etmektedir. Araştırma özetleri bağlamında yapılan analizde; dört ana anahtar kelime kümesinin belirginleştiği, bu kümelerin psikoloji, rehabilitasyon, yaralanma ve spor yaralanması olduğu görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Spor yaralanmaları
• Spora dönüş
• Psikolojik performans

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