R Shiny Web Applications in the Sports Field: A Scoping Review

Name: R Shiny Web Applications in the Sports Field: A Scoping Review
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STATISTICA & APPLICAZIONI

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Open Access

Title

R Shiny Web Applications in the Sports Field: A Scoping Review

Authors

Martí Casals, Jordi Cortés, José Fernández, Joan Martinez, Rajitha M. Silva, Isaac Subirana

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Vita e Pensiero

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05-2025

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10.26350/999999_000055

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1824-6672 (print) | 2283-6659 (digital)

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R shiny is a popular open-source platform for developing web applications using R, and its use in sports has grown rapidly in recent years. The aim of this review is to summarize the current state of the art on the use of R shiny in sports and to identify their benefits and limitations. From various databases and repositories, a total of 310 applications, created in or after 2014, were detected. Of these, 48.7% have been developed by a US based developer, 91.03% include a database, 70% aim to perform a statistical analysis, and 1% come from a scientific article. The most represented sport is basketball (n = 70; 22.9%). Only 3 apps were specifically referred to female’s sport, while
79.2% were focused on the professional setting. Little information on used statistical techniques was observed (n = 67; 21.6%), and almost none presented scientific reference (n = 19; 6.1%). Regarding their implementation, 20% (n = 62) had a help page and 9.7% (n = 30) returned an execution error. The quality of Shiny web applications in sports needs improvement in transparency, scientific rigor, and homogeneity to better support statistical communication.

R Shiny Web Applications in the Sports Field: A Scoping Review by Joan Martinez, Isaac Subirana, José Fernández, Jordi Cortés, Rajitha M. Silva, Martí Casals is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Sports Web Application Development, Data Analysis, Scoping Review, Statistical Education, R Shiny.

Authors biography

Joan Martinez: Girona Biomedical Research Institute]-IDIBGI - Parc Hospitalari Martı´ i Julia`, Edifici M2 - Salt 17190, Spain.
Isaac Subirana: Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Me`diques - IMIM - BARCELONA (Spain). De Centro de Investigacio´n Biome´dica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV) - Spain.
José Fernandez: Faculty of Health Sciences - School of Behavioral and Health Sciences - Australian Catholic University - Fitzroy - VICTORIA (Australia).
Jordi Cortés: Department of Statistics and Operations Research - Universitat Polite`cnica de Catalunya - BARCELONA (Spain).
Rajitha M. Silva: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Applied Sciences - University of Sri Jayewardenepura - NUGEGODA (Sri Lanka).
Martı´ Casals: Sport and Physical Activity Studies Centre (CEEAF) - Faculty of Medicine - University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), BARCELONA (Spain). Sport Performance Analysis Research Group - University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), BARCELONA (Spain). National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC) - University of Barcelona - BARCELONA (Spain). (✉e-mail: marticasals@gmail.com; marti.casals1@umedicina.cat).

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