Sports Science Institute of South Africa

1.1k papers and 38.9k indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Sports Science Institute of South Africa have published 1.1k papers, which have received a total of 38.9k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 547 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 249 papers in Physiology and 192 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health on the topics of Sports Performance and Training (346 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (298 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (157 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (18.1k citations), Physiology (9.3k citations) and Complementary and alternative medicine (6.7k citations). Authors at Sports Science Institute of South Africa collaborate with scholars in South Africa, United Kingdom and Australia and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some of Sports Science Institute of South Africa's most productive authors include Timothy D. Noakes, Mike Lambert, Estelle V. Lambert, Malcolm Collins, Martin Schwellnus, Alan St Clair Gibson, Ross Tucker, Stephen S. Burkhart, J.F. de Beer and John A. Hawley.

In The Last Decade

Sports Science Institute of South Africa

1.0k papers receiving 38.7k citations

Fields of papers published by authors at Sports Science Institute of South Africa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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