O'Connor J, French R, Sherrill C "Scholarly productivity in adapted physical activity pedagogy: A bibliometric analysis" ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUARTERLY 18 (4): 434-450 OCT 2001

[Eugene Garfield]

John O'Connor : joconno at siue.edu


TITLE Scholarly productivity in adapted physical activity pedagogy: A
bibliometric analysis
AUTHOR O'Connor J, French R, Sherrill C
JOURNAL ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUARTERLY  18 (4): 434-450 OCT 2001

 Document type: Article  Language: English
 Cited References: 48    Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
The purpose was to determine whether publications pertaining to adapted
physical activity (APA) pedagogy in the core serials from 1988 to 1998
adhere to library science laws. A bibliometric analysis was conducted on 770
articles in 259 serials selected from 4,130 serials initially identified in
four databases (Article First, ERIC, Medline, Sport Discus). Results
indicated that 1,720 authors have constructed the early APA pedagogy
literature. Of these, only 11 contributed four or more
articles. The scatter of APA pedagogy literature over four zones, with 4,
15, 64, and 176 journals in the zones, respectively, supports Bradford's law
of scattering. Price's law was not supported because most authors
contributed only one article. Most pedagogy articles (n = 184) were
published in Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, Medicine and Science in
Sport and Exercise, Physician and Sports Medicine, and Palaestra. Graduate
education should include exposure to bibliometrics
and collaboration with library and information science specialists.

KeyWords Plus:
BRADFORD LAW, DOCUMENTARY ANALYSIS, UNITED-STATES, GUIDELINES

Addresses:
O'Connor J, So Illinois Univ, Dept Kinesiol, Campus Box 1126, Edwardsville,
IL 62026 USA
So Illinois Univ, Dept Kinesiol, Edwardsville, IL 62026 USA
Texas Womans Univ, Dept Kinesiol, Denton, TX 76204 USA
Eastern Washington Univ, Phys Educ Hlth & Recreat Dept, Cheney, WA 99004 USA

Publisher:
HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC, CHAMPAIGN

IDS Number:
481PH

ISSN:
0736-5829

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