The 75th Anniversary of Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Abstract

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of The Research Quarterly/Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQ/RQES) an analysis was conducted comparing RQ/RQES to numerous other journals in the field with regard to impact factors and citation rates. A series of analyses was conducted from the first publication of RQ/RQES in 1930 through this 75th edition to identify total citations by decade, the top 10 cited papers, top cited papers by decade, the top three papers in 5-year intervals from the 50th anniversary issue in 1980 through 2001, and the outstanding research writing award papers since this award began 23 years ago.

Key words:

• highly cited papers
• history of science
• impact factors
• kinesiology journals

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Bradley J. Cardinal

This project was partially supported by an award from the “Cited Reference Searching Ideas Contest,” Institute for Scientific Information, Philadelphia, PA. Both authors contributed equally to this paper. Please address all correspondence concerning this article to Bradley J. Cardinal, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, 220 Langton Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3303.