Physical activity and sports science in Italian scientific research products

Purpose. This study aims to measure the number of scientific production Italian researchers, as framed on academic disciplines Physical training and methodology (code M-EDF/01) Sports science M-EDF/02), afferents recruitment field Exercise sports 06/N2) Didactics, special education educational research 11/D2).
 Material Methods. The sample consisted entire population full professors (n=30) belonging two methodology, plus a proportional representation fields with at least one associate professor per university, for total 124 researchers. titles first ten products in terms more citations from Google Scholar database were analysed each researcher. consistency title statement was assessed, identifying articles afferent physical activity, biomedical Psycho-pedagogical domains. One-way ANOVA used compare three domains.
 Results. aggregate data showed prevalence domain over sport activity ones both disciplines, science. On other hand, research, there ones. In addition, modest found respectively. 
 Conclusions. problem different coherence profiles researchers concerning relevant possibly also confirmed.