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

Selina Khoo (), Payam Ansari, Jacob John and Mark Brooke ()
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Selina Khoo: Centre for Sport and Exercice Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Payam Ansari: DCU Business School, Dublin City University, D09Y5NO Dublin, Ireland
Jacob John: Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Mark Brooke: Centre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117511, Singapore

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-12

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 ( n = 27) and the psycho-social health of athletes ( n = 12).

Keywords: disability sport; intellectual disability; citation; authorship; scientometric (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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