Statistical information on the scientific library

Statistical information on the scientific library

The table lists research work about chess, in which researchers from 95 countries are involved. The category "School and Education" provides a better overview for this specific area of research. The assignment of individual research papers to this category can only be arbitrary.

The economic power USA publishes more research results about chess than any other nation, followed by Great Britain, Russia, Brazil, Spain and Germany. In Russia and China a great amount of research papers are published in the native tongue. This makes research and presentation in the table difficult.In the table you can find research paper on chess in 42 languages, with English being the most important scientific language.

Russia and Brazil take a leading position in research results of chess concerning school and education. Intensive research on chess at school is also being conducted in USA, Great Britain, Spain, Cuba, Turkey, Armenia and Ecuador. The Latin American countries publish considerably more research paper on "chess in schools" than Russia or than the USA and Great Britain together. Governments in Latin America have set up state education programmes in which chess plays a special role. Through chess all children should be given better access to education. The scientists from Latin American countries publish their results on school chess preferably in their mother tongue Spanish or Portuguese.

Scientists who have published a particularly large number of papers related to chess are:

  • Merim Bilalić, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
  • Guillermo Campitelli, PhD in Psychology. Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University, Australia
  • Dr. Neil Charness, Professor of Psychology, Florida State University, USA
  • Fernand Gobet, Ph.D. Professor Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Azlan Iqbal, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
  • Irina V. Mikhailova, PhD in Education, Assistant Professor, Russian State University of Social Sciences, Moscow, Russia
  • Giovanni Sala, PhD University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Herbert Alexander Simon, PhD, Professor, economist and operations researcher, Nobel Prize winner, USA

Overview - countries of origin and the number of research papers on chess

LandGesamtanzahl ForschungsbeiträgeAnzahl Forschungsbeiträge, Schule und Bildung (IGM, IM, FM),Stand 05.04.2023, FIDE
USA86266880
Russia5691752525
Brazil420226246
UK35149379
Spain27179766
Germany244161523
Italy15418270
France12710511
India12318532
Canada1119223
Poland11017507
China965189
Cuba9062326
The Netherlands884402
Australia849216
Turkey7833235
Colombia7135285
Slovenia632144
Iran6214140
Ukraine5812572
Switzerland574158
Ecuador564078
Malaysia55363
Argentina5315307
Mexico5315244
Austria497271
Armenia 4729143
Sweden477215
Israel463236
Indonesia4412138
Hungary4210496
Portugal42759
Peru3522110
Greece359167
Czechia349368
Japan34132
Finland 321122
Romania3115290
Uzbekistan291087
South Africa278163
Serbia262613
Bulgaria235154
Belgium231120
Croatia212273
Venezuela2011165
Norway200164
Uruguay19847
Georgia171144
Ireland15146
Iraq14376
Nigeria11448
Denmark102154
New Zealand10074
Thailand8021
Moldova7273
Costa Rica7269
Korea7024
Pakistan7016
Saudi Arabia 705
Kazakhstan62184
Vietnam62168
Iceland6068
Lithuania6069
Belarus53107
Latvia5272
Philippines50113
Algeria5074
Bolivien5044
Paraguay4134
Azerbaidshan41164
Egypt4081
Slovak Republic40140
Estonia4054
Puerto Rico3144
Malta3027
United Arab Emirates3062
Singapore3083
Nicaragua2130
Sri Lanka2171
Macedonia2050
Luxembourg2017
Yemen2020
Cyprus2011
Kirgistan2025
Bangladesh2051
Dominican Republic1163
Tajikistan1114
Angola1133
Lebanon1025
Morocco1047
Palestine1014
Trinidad and Tobago1032
Sudan1018
Oman106
Bosnia & Herzegovina10108

last update: 06.04.2023

Overview - number of research papers on chess in the respective language

SpracheGesamtanzahl ForschungsbeiträgeAnzahl Forschungsbeiträge, Schule und Bildung
English2838311
Russian530166
Spanish527267
Portuguese405241
German10616
French8510
Italian707
Polish5415
Turkish4219
Ukrainian3710
Greek216
Indonesian196
Persian165
Czech163
Hungarian139
Slovenian100
Swedish95
Romanian92
Catalan75
Croatian71
Bulgarian62
Armenian31
Dutch31
Hebrew31
Norwegian30
Bosnian30
Latvian22
Arabic21
Tajik21
Chinese20
Serbian11
Afrikaans11
Kurdish11
Danish11
Georgian10
Vietnamese10
Korean10
Malaysian10
Thai10
Kyrgyz10
Uzbek10
Corsican10

last update: 06.04.2023

Overview - Distribution of research papers on chess over the years

JahrGesamtanzahl ForschungsbeiträgeAnzahl Forschungsbeiträge, Schule und Bildung
2023409
202238186
202142493
2020436118
201934296
201833687
2017304100
201630981
201526874
201424357
201318637
201221549
201117139
201015125
200914434
200812432
200711323
20069411
20058010
20047715
2003473
2002395
2001405
2000346
1999262

last update: 06.04.2023