An Analysis of Academic Papers' Impact in International Higher Education Institutions of Sport during 2011-2015

With the bibliometric method, this article analyzed the impact of WOS indexed academic papers published by the international higher education institutions of sport during 2011-2015. The results reveal that higher education institutions of sport from the five countries (USA, UK, Australia, Canada, and Germany) have published the most papers in the past five years. Among university schools or departments of sport science, School of Sport Exercise & Health Science of Loughborough University, School of Exercise & Nutrition Science of Deakin University, and Department of Exercise & Sport Science of Copenhagen University have respectively the most academic papers, the highest total citations and the highest total citations per paper. Among sport higher education institutions, German Sport University Cologne has the most academic papers; while Norwegian School of Sports Sciences has the highest total citations and total citations per paper. The amount of academic papers from Chinese sport higher education institutions is at medium level, with a low total citations and total citations per paper.