Bibliometric Analysis: Mapping Research Trends On Team Cohesion In Sports
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https://doi.org/10.5614/jskk.2026.11.1.4Keywords:
team cohesion, sports psychology, sports performance, athletes, bibliometric analysisAbstract
This study presents a bibliometric analysis of research trends on team cohesion in sports. Data were retrieved from the Scopus database, covering 288 journal articlespublished between 1992 and 2024. The analysis examined publication trends, citation patterns, influential articles, leading journals, and keyword structures. Thefindings indicate a significant increase in research output after 2016, with a peakin 2024, highlighting team cohesion as a key psychosocial construct associated withperformance, group dynamics, and athlete functioning. Keyword mappingidentified four major thematic clusters: performance, group dynamics,methodology, and athlete characteristics. This study provides a comprehensiveoverview of the intellectual structure of team cohesion research and offersdirections for future studies and practical applications in sport psychology.
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