Sport Sciences scientific journals in Chile (1929-2014): bibliography, characteristics, quality

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Abstract--To date, several studies about sport sciences in Chile have been developed, but any of them has been focused on its scientific journals. Thus, the aim of the present study was to prepare a bibliography of the sport sciences scientific journals published in Chile until 2014 and describe their characteristics and quality. All journals dedicated to sport sciences and published in Chile until 2014 were included, registering their bibliographic information, characteristics and quality. Twelve journals published from 1912 to 2014 were discovered, six of them currently edited. Most of them were published by universities in the metropolitan region with a biannual frequency, did not include address information of editorial committee's members, used a non blind review process for submitted articles and were not indexed in any database. In conclusion, these journals should improve their formal aspects and characteristics for increasing their visibility and quality.Keywords: history, periodicals, visibilityResumo--"As revistas científicas de ciências do esporte no Chile (1912Chile ( -2014: bibliografia, características, qualidade." Até agora, têm se desenvolvido vários estudos sobre ciências do desporto no Chile, mas nenhum deles relativos a suas revistas científicas. Portanto, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi o de preparar uma bibliografia das revistas científicas de ciências do esporte publicada no Chile até 2014 e descrever suas características e qualidade. Sendo assim foram consultadas todas as revistas da área publicadas no Chile até 2014, registrando suas informações bibliográficas, características e qualidade. Foram encontradas 12 revistas publicadas no período 1912-2014, seis de elas presentes na atualidade. A maioria foi publicada por universidades na região metropolitana a cada seis meses, não incluindo membros do conselho editorial, usaram um processo de revisão de artigos não cegos e não estavam indexados. Em conclusão, estas revistas devem adaptar os seus aspectos formais e características para aumentar a sua visibilidade e indexação. Palavras-chave: história, revistas, visibilidadeResumen--"Revistas científicas de ciencias del deporte en Chile (1912Chile ( -2014: bibliografía, características, calidad." Hasta el momento se han desarrollado varios estudios relativos a las ciencias del deporte en Chile, pero ninguno de ellos sobre sus revistas científicas. Por eso, el objetivo de la presente investigación fue preparar una bibliografía de las revistas científicas de ciencias del deporte publicadas en Chile hasta el año 2014 y describir sus características y calidad. Para ello, se consultaron todas las revistas del área publicadas en Chile hasta el año 2014, registrando su información bibliográfica, características y calidad. Se encontraron 12 revistas publicadas entre 1912 y 2014, seis de ellas vigentes. La mayoría fueron publicadas por universidades en la región metropolitana con una periodicidad semestral, no incluyeron la afiliación de los miembros del consejo editor, utilizaron un proceso de revisión d...

Chilean sport sciences scientific production indexed in the Web of Science (1981-2016)

“…And the same situation was evidenced in the Spanish journals dedicated to Sport Sciences, being the majority multi-disciplinary although some of them were specialized in subjects such as Medicine, Didactics and Psychology 33 . Therefore, the analysis of national contexts shows the existence and relevance of multi-disciplinary journals for the dissemination of Sport Sciences scientific production within a country 15,33 , while the analysis of the literature indexed in international databases, such as the Web of Science, presents the predominance of Life-Sciences oriented journals for publishing Sport Sciences papers, probably as a consequence of the scholars' interest and specialization 13 .…”

“…Regarding the development of Sport Sciences in Chile, its history dates back to 1906 with the establishment of the Instituto de Educación Física y Manual [Physical Education and Manual Institute] at the University of Chile [7][8][9][10] . From that time onwards, the spread of Sport Sciences field of knowledge is represented by the progressive growth of institutions and universities 11,12 , academics and scholars 13 and consequently, the amount of courses and programmes 11,14 , journals 15 as well as research output 13,16 , influenced by the different social, economic, political and cultural events happened [16][17][18][19] . For instance, there are currently more than 30 universities, some of them with several campuses along the country and evening programmess, offering Sport Sciences-related degrees in Chile 14,20 , nine Master and one Doctoral programmes 21 .…”

“…From a bibliometric approach, several works have been developed in Chile in Sport Sciences field. These works have offered a comparison of the Sports Sciences scientific development of Chile within its South American context 13 , the history and contribution of its journals 10,15,22 as well as its evolution along time in Chile 16,23 . Nevertheless, the contribution of Chilean scholars to the development of Sport Sciences at the international level has not been studied yet.…”

Perfil antropométrico de deportistas paralímpicos de élite chilenos

“…En Chile, la práctica de ejercicio físico y deporte ha experimentado un aumento, concitando mayor interés desde el ámbito académico, situación reflejada en el incremento de publicaciones referentes a las ciencias del deporte 6 .…”