(Journal Editorial Department,Tianjin University of Sport,Tianjin 300381,China) Abstract: Basing his research foundation on data from China Zhiwang Literature Evaluation Database and China Quotation Database, the author performed a statistical analysis on the published article volume, 5-year affecting factor, current-year index, quoted article half-life and current-year web download rate of 16 core periodicals in the Chinese sports category, showed the course of development of various periodicals by using different indexes, and revealed that in recent years the sports research area in China is rapidly developing and sports periodicals are self-adjusting under such a background, but it is still complicated and difficult to evaluate sports academic periodi-cals. Key words: bibliometrics;core periodical in the Chinese sports category;published article volume;5-year affecting factor;current-year index;quoted article half-life;current year web download rate |