| （1.School of Geography，South China Normal University，Guangzhou 510631，China；2.School of Economics and Management，South China Normal University，Guangzhou 510006，China) Abstract: According to the data of citation of the papers published in the Journal of Physical Education between 2001 and 2017, with the help of Ucinet social network analysis method and SPSS statistical analysis method, the authors analyzed the basic measurement characteristics and spillover network graph characteristics of physical education disci-plinary knowledge innovation spillovers, and revealed the following findings: 1) the longer the time from the year of publication, the weaker the intensity of physical education disciplinary knowledge innovation spillovers, the spillover peak period occurred around the third year after literature publication; 2) discipline classification and the level of disci-pline development, and the first author’s academic performance, affected the ability of physical education disciplinary knowledge innovation spillovers; the level of economic development affected the absorption ability of physical educa-tion disciplinary knowledge innovation spillovers; 3) the network of physical education disciplinary knowledge innova-tion spillovers had obvious “small world” characteristics; 4) while maintaining the traditional features of the published papers, the Journal of Physical Education should closely track research hot topics that reflect the frontiers of discipli-nary development, value the disciplinary value of the published papers and the academic influence of the authors, and form a widely radiating and closely connected knowledge spillover network.
Key words: bibliometrics；sports discipline；knowledge innovation；knowledge spillover；network graph；Journal of Physical Education |
