Abstract: Using the method of bibliometrics, this paper makes a statistical analysis on the literature of international sports scientific research, including literature quantity, organization, language, document type, subject headings, source periodicals and so on so as to objectively and quantitatively analyze the international sports science research status quo and provide data and information reference for sports science researchers and managers. The results show that: from 2000 to 2013, international sports science researches came from research institutions in colleges and universities in Europe and North America in 142 countries represented by the United States and 124 521 papers were published in 104 journals. Overall, the quantities of literature show a growth trend with the researches covering 18 subject categories, such as orthopedics, physiology, rehabilitation, psychology and so on, among which orthopedics and physiology are the most popular fields. The influence of the source journals is relatively significant with higher quality. English is the main language. The paper types give priority to “Article” with diverse characteristics.

Key words: SCI, bibliometric, sports science research, research dynamics