Producción científica de la neurociencia en las ciencias del deporte entre 2010-2024: análisis de la toma de decisiones, factores cognitivos y rendimiento deportivo con 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.2026.12.1.12054Resumen
El rendimiento deportivo ha sido estudiado a partir de la influencia de la fatiga en los procesos cognitivos y en la toma de decisiones, basándose en la integración de los aportes de la neurofisiología y la neuroimagen, que han permitido la implementación de métodos alternativos que miden la carga generada sobre el sistema nervioso central. El objetivo fue analizar la tendencia y evolución de la producción científica de la toma de decisiones y factores cognitivos para establecer la relación entre la neurociencia y rendimiento deportivo, a partir de una revisión bibliométrica en las bases de datos Web of Science, Scopus y PubMed, incluyendo los documentos publicados entre enero de 2010 y Abril. 2024. Se realizó una revisión basada en las recomendaciones PRISMA y se obtuvo una muestra definitiva de 409 documentos. Los resultados reflejan que la mayor producción se produce en artículos de investigación (82,15%) y artículos de revisión (15,15%). Para el periodo de publicación, se establece que entre 2019 y 2023 se produce un aumento considerable (41,21%). Entre 2016 y 2020 hay un número de citas significativamente superior a la media (n= 510). Se determina que Fortes, LS., y Russell, S., son los autores con mayor número de estudios. Las áreas de conocimiento que se han ocupado del estudio del rendimiento deportivo son Ciencias del Deporte, Psicología y Neurociencia. En cuanto a las revistas que producen más conocimiento, se localizan en Q1-Q2. Los países que producen más conocimientos son Estados Unidos, Inglaterra, Australia y Alemania.
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