Scientific output of neuroscience in sport sciences between 2010-2024: analysis of decision making, cognitive factors and sport performance with VOSviewer
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- Valeria Montilla-Valderrama+−
- Víctor Hernández-Beltrán+−
- Luis Felipe Castelli Correia de Campos+−
- José M. Gamonales+−
- Boryi A. Becerra-Patiño+−
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https://doi.org/10.17979/sportis.2026.12.1.12054Abstract
Sports performance has been studied from the influence of fatigue in cognitive processes and decision-making, based on the integration of the contributions of neurophysiology and neuroimaging, which have allowed the implementation of alternative methods that measure the load generated on the central nervous system The objective was to analyze the trend and evolution of the scientific production of decision-making and cognitive factors to establish the relationship between neuroscience and sports performance, based on a bibliometric review in the Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed databases, including documents published between January 2010 and April. 2024. A review was carried out based on PRISMA recommendations, and a definitive sample of 409 documents was obtained. The results reflect that the greatest production occurs in research articles (82.15%) and review articles (15.15%). For the publication period, it is established that between 2019 and 2023 there was a considerable increase (41.21%). Between 2016 and 2020 there is a significantly higher number of citations than the average (n= 510). It is determined that Fortes, LS., and Russell, S., are the authors with the largest number of studies. The areas of knowledge that have dealt with the study of sports performance are Sport Sciences, Psychology, and Neuroscience. Compared to the journals that produce the most knowledge, they were located in Q1-Q2. The countries that produce the most knowledge are the United States, England, Australia, and Germany.
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