PhD, Associate Professor S.A. Pronin¹
Associate Professor V.A. Platonova^2
1St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg
²St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg

In the present study the authors applied the relevant science metrics to analyze the progress of the “Fizicheskaya kultura: vospitanie, obrazovanie, trenirovka” Journal for the period of 1996-2017.
Objective of the given study was to profile the key progress vectors of the “Fizicheskaya kultura: vospitanie, obrazovanie, trenirovka” Journal for the period. The prime mission of the Journal was to analyze the school physical education system as demonstrated by its key rubrics devoted to school physical education, albeit with time the Journal has prioritized the rubric “Children’s Trainer - Journal in Journal”. The statistical reporting data analysis showed that the number of articles has grown up by 13.7% year-to-year on average; the share of the study reports by three-plus authors reported to grow up to 40%; and the sports-focused publications found to increase to 44% of the total coverage for the study period.

Keywords: science metrics, “Fizicheskaya kultura: vospitanie, obrazovanie, trenirovka” Journal, numbers of publications, authors’ numbers, study topics.

References

1. Pronin A. A., Titorova O. N., Karpushko N. A. Bibliograficheskiy ukazatel statey zhurnala 'Fizicheskaya kultura v shkole' (1958–2007 gg.) [Bibliographic index of articles of 'Fizicheskaya kultura v shkole' journal (1958-2007)]. St. Petersburg: Olimp-SPb publ., 2008, 399 p.
2. Pronin S.A., Titorova O. N. , Karpushko N.A. Dinamika publikatsiy zhurnala 'Fizicheskaya kultura v shkole' journal (1958-2007) [Dynamics of publications of 'Fizicheskaya kultura v shkole' journal (1958-2007)]. Fizicheskaya kultura v shkole, no. 2, 2008. pp. 48-50. Available at: https://elibrary.ru /contents.asp? id = 33301281 & selid = 11920426.
3. Pronin S.A. Teoriya i praktika fizicheskoy kultury: 90 let na sluzhbe sportivnoy nauki [Theory and practice of physical education: 90 years of serving sport science]. Moscow: Teoriya i praktika fiz. kultury i sporta publ., 2015, 51 p.
4. Pronin S.A. Evolyutsiya tematiki publikatsiy zhurnala 'Teoriya i praktika fizicheskoy kultury' (1925–2009) [Evolution of the subject matter of the «Teoriya i Praktika Fizicheskoy Kultury» Journal publications (1925-2009)]. Teoriya i praktika fiz. kultury, 2010, no. 9, pp. 6–9.