Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to describe and analyze the content of the articles in the Journal of Sports Management and Development of the Faculty of Physical Education, University of Guilan.
Methodology: The research population of this study includes 231 articles published in 20 issues of the mentioned magazine from the beginning until now and the researchers examined the results through review and content analysis.
Results: The results showed that the research method of most articles was small and most of the authors of these articles were assistant professors and men, most of the articles used Latin sources for citation and each article has an average of 30 sources and about 60% of these sources. The total number of resources used in the articles is 6897, and the waiting period for printing, if approved, is about 20 months from the time of receiving the article, Most of the articles were written by 3 authors and most of the trends in sports marketing (23.81%) and strategic planning (19.48%) and organizational behavior (16.02%) were considered, respectively. Organizational dependence of most articles, Guilan University ( 17.06%), Azad University (13.35%) and Payam-e-Noor University (7.57%) were ranked first to third, respectively.
Conclusion: According to the goals of the publication, the printing of large-scale articles and the strategic management of the country's sports should be increased compared to the articles on marketing and organizational behavior, and the waiting period for printing articles should be reduced.
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