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Sports Science

This research guide is for Dr. Serravite's Sports Science courses

JOURNAL CLUB

Each student will read and criticize a peer review article in the selected topic for the semester. Students must provide a one page summary of the article and should contain the title, authors and affiliations, abstract, appropriate tables and figures. The analysis of the article should focus on:

  • A brief background of the primary and anchor authors.
  • The impact factor of the journal using Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
  • The purpose and hypothesis.
  • The overall research design and primary methods used.
  • The data presentation.
  • The study conclusions.
  • Recommendations and how to improve the research in the future.

 

accessing Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports® is a comprehensive and unique resource that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 11,000 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 80 countries. It is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences. Journal Citation Reports can show you the:

  • Most frequently cited journals in a field
  • Highest impact journals in a field
  • Largest journals in a field

Citation and article counts are important indicators of how frequently current researchers are using individual journals. By tabulating and aggregating citation and article counts, JCR offers a unique perspective for journal evaluation and comparison.

Journal Citation Reports® is published annually in two editions. Only the editions and years to which your institution subscribes appear on the home page.

  • JCR Science Edition contains data about more than 8,000 journals in science and technology.
  • JCR Social Sciences Edition contains data about more than 2,600 journals in the social sciences.