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Evolution of the Documents Related to the Study of Taekwondo Sports Performance: A Bibliometric Review

Version 1 : Received: 18 December 2023 / Approved: 18 December 2023 / Online: 19 December 2023 (05:12:57 CET)

How to cite: Sousa, J.L.; Hernández-Beltrán, V.; Ibáñez, S.J.; Louro, H.; Gamonales, J.M. Evolution of the Documents Related to the Study of Taekwondo Sports Performance: A Bibliometric Review. Preprints 2023, 2023121361. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1361.v1 Sousa, J.L.; Hernández-Beltrán, V.; Ibáñez, S.J.; Louro, H.; Gamonales, J.M. Evolution of the Documents Related to the Study of Taekwondo Sports Performance: A Bibliometric Review. Preprints 2023, 2023121361. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1361.v1

Abstract

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art, combat sport, and Olympic discipline. Taekwondo competi-tion is characterized as an individual sport (1X1), single elimination tournament and repechage system. The aim goal of this study is brought of a bibliometric review regarding the item’s “taekwondo” and “performance”, through identified and published manuscripts on the Web of Science (WOS) database by December 31, 2022. The bibliometric analysis was used to analyze a data set of 460 WOS-indexed manuscripts published between 1992 and 2022. Descriptive analy-sis, citation, authorships, countries, institutionals, and keywords co-occurrence analyses were conducted into Taekwondo sports performance. The manuscripts founded in the WOS database are inserted on the categories: “Sports Science” (n = 229), “Hospitality Leisure Sport Tourism” (n = 48), and “Physiology” (n = 32). The authors Kazemi et al. (2006), Matsushigue et al. (2009), and Paillard (2017) are the must published and cited researchers. The countries with high number of published manuscripts with the objective of this study are Brazil (n = 83), South Korea (n = 57), and Spain (n = 52). We found also, five collaboration networks between authors and institutions, found a gap of the thematic relevant researchers. The authors should have highlighted Franchini, E., (n = 42), and Falco, C., (n = 20). It is recommended to carry out multidimensional research on Taekwondo sports performance with the aim of establishing collaborations within groups, insti-tutions, and countries. In this way, the productivity, effectiveness, and quality of research would be increased, as well as international collaboration networks.

Keywords

bibliometric; analysis; skills; sport; individual

Subject

Social Sciences, Tourism, Leisure, Sport and Hospitality

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