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National Survey of Fitness Trends in Colombia for 2021

Publicated to:Retos: Nuevas Tendencias En Educación Física, Deporte Y Recreación. 45 (43): 107-116 - 2022-01-01 45(43), DOI: 10.47197/retos.v45i0.93100

Authors: Valcarce-Torrente, Manel; Veiga, Oscar L; Arroyo-Nieto, Angela; Morales-Rincon, Camilo

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Cronos Colombia CCF, Medellin, Colombia - Author
Fdn Univ Area Andina, Bogota, Colombia - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Int Valencia, Valencia, Spain - Author

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to identify the main trends for the year 2021 in Colombia with the findings of the national survey carried out the previous year and with the Spanish and international rankings for 2021. The information was obtained through a survey online replicating the methodology developed by the American College of Sports Medicine in international surveys on trends in fitness.The questionnaire was sent to 3,800 professionals from different sports departments and regions of Colombia, obtaining a total of 1,700 responses (response rate of 44.7%). The result; place in the top 5 of trends in Colombia: "online training", "exercise apps", "exercise programs against children and adolescent obesity", "exercise programs for populations with diseases" and "fitness programs for older adults". Within the top 20 there are 14 trends that coincide with the national survey of the previous year, with slight changes in position; 11 equivalences with the Spanish ranking and 9 with the 2021 international survey ranking.The results show a relevance of the practice of physical activity for health and well-being-oriented purposes, as well as a growing interest in the use of technology in the fitness sector.

Keywords
Acsm surveyColombian fitness surveyFitness industryFitness trendsWorldwide survey

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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, 2022, 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 World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 4.14, 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: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Normalized Impact calculated by Dialnet Metrics: 21.92 (source consulted: Dialnet Metrics Dec 2023)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-23, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 12
  • Google Scholar: 2
  • OpenCitations: 3
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 2025-05-23:

  • 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: 39 (PlumX).

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.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/708093
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Colombia.