The article provides a quantitative analysis and generalization of the topics of dissertation research in the field of physical culture and sports in the areas of scientific research of the passport of the specialty 13.00.04 "Theory and methods of physical education, sports training, recreational and adaptive physical culture" in 2020. The topics of dissertations and their distribution according to the directions of the passport of the specialty 13.00.04 "Theory and methods of physical education, sports training, health-improving and adaptive physical culture" have been studied. The total number of dissertations in 2020 significantly exceeds the number of dissertations in this specialty in 2019. Most of the dissertations are devoted to the theory and methodology of sports, much less - the theory and methodology of physical education and vocational - applied physical culture. Dissertations were carried out in 33 sports disciplines, among them 18 in Olympic sports. Among the dissertations on the theory and methodology of physical education, the largest part is made up of works on various aspects of physical education of college-age youth. The results of the analysis make it possible to obtain up-to-date information on the priority of certain areas of scientific research in the field of physical culture and sports in our country, to identify urgent problems and modern trends in the development of sports science in the near future.
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