Abstract
Using bibliometrics parameters, this article analyze the “state of art” of the theme “gymnastics” in the academic and scientific researches published in Brazilian Journals indexed in Physical Education Area at CAPES, between 2000 and june/2015. We detected 340 articles. Generally they are produced collectively, normally the first authors are female, with regionalized institutional concentration (southeast) and little international collaboration. The approaches of the studies were, mainlyn about health, sport pedagogy and physiology. In all subjects, discussions on the sports present at the International Gymnastics Federation program were plus lackluster.
KEY WORDS
Atate of the art; Bibliometrics; Academic research; Scientific production; Journal