January 23, 2023
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Special Issue "Talent Identification and Development in Youth Sports"

Publicated to: Sports (Basel). 10 (12): 189- - 2022-12-01 10(12), DOI: 10.3390/sports10120189

Authors:

Kelly, Adam Leigh; Lorenzo Calvo, Alberto; Leal dos Santos, Sara Diana; Jimenez Saiz, Sergio Lorenzo
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Affiliations

Birmingham City Univ, Sch Hlth Sci, Dept Sport & Exercise, Res Ctr Life & Sport Sci CLaSS, Birmingham B15 3TN, W Midlands, England - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Fac Ciencias Actividad Fis & Deporte INEF, Dept Deportes, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Ctr Sport Studies, Madrid 28942, Spain - Author
Univ Tras Os Montes & Alto Douro, Res Ctr Sports Sci Hlth Sci & Human Dev CIDESD, P-5000801 Vila Real, Portugal - Author
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Abstract

We are delighted to share our Special Issue on Talent Identification and Development in Youth Sports [...].
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Keywords

Performance

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Sports (Basel) due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-25:

  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 6
  • Europe PMC: 2
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 62.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 60 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/82267/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 160
  • Downloads: 59
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal; United Kingdom.

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