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October 10, 2022
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Evolution of doping in elite sport from the perspective of social sciences: A narrative review [Evolución de la investigación psicosocial del dopaje en el deporte de competición: Una revisión narrativa]

Publicated to:Retos. Nuevas Tendencias En Educación Física, Deporte Y Recreación. (39): 973-980 - 2020-01-01 (39), DOI: 10.47197/RETOS.V0I39.82564

Authors: García-Grimau E; Casado A; de la Vega R

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Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain, Universidad Internacional Isabel I de Castilla, Spain - Author

Abstract

Considering that legislative, biomedical and psycho-social factors could be the cornerstones in antidoping research, the latter has been the latest to be developed. The aim of this study is to carry out an in-depth bibliographic review on the study of doping in elite sport from the perspective of the social sciences and to identify new anti-doping research challenges to improve prevention strategies in Spain. The review indicates that there are different theoretical models used to understand attitudes, intentions and behaviors towards doping. Similarly, there are many individual, social and sport-specific factors that can influence doping practice. Particularly in Spain, the evolution of the fight against doping has been quite late and it is necessary to promote more social science research, with greater coordination between researchers, anti-doping organizations and national sport federations. © Copyright: Federación Española de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educación Física (FEADEF)

Keywords

AttitudesDopingElite sportPreventionSocial sciences

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Retos. Nuevas Tendencias En Educación Física, Deporte Y Recreación due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Dialnet (Dialnet Métricas). In the year of publication of the work, 2020, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil).

Notably, the journal is positioned in the Quartile Q3 for the agency Scopus (SJR), in the category Education, classified as B in other national agencies such as CIRC, classified as C by the agency AGUAR.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 3.66, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-16, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 6

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 5.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 89 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.85.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.