Development of Research and Writing Activities in the Field of Sports Science Publishing in Montenegro

The aim of this research was to analyze the trend of publication within Montenegrin journals, as well as the scientific research activities of Montenegrin researchers in the field of sports science. The investigation subject included the scientific papers published in the period from 2002 until 2020, within the field of sports science. The electronic databases (Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science) were searched for research articles available until 22nd September 2020. The findings of this study were summarized in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines, presenting the values of citations, h-index, i10-index, as well as the number of scientific papers of the best authors. The results of this study indicated that researchers in the field of sports science increased the number of publications from 2002 to 2020. The number of citations span from 502 and 10677 within ten most cited researchers in Google Scholar database, while the same researchers were cited quite less in Scopus and Web of Science databases. On the other hand, in Google Scholar database, there are three registered Montenegrin journals and the Sport Mont journal is the most cited one. The Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine is the best ranked Montenegrin journal according to the bibliometric data that can be found in the Scopus and Web of Science databases, while the Journal of Anthropology of Sport and Physical Education is the lowest ranked in Scopus and Web of Science databases, but middle ranked in Google Scholar database, and with significant progress in the last year. Hence, the further deployment is expected in upcoming period.