OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports is 26. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Physical activity: Benefits and challenges during the COVID‐19 pandemic	187
Return to training in the COVID‐19 era: The physiological effects of face masks during exercise	155
(Indoor) isolation, stress, and physical inactivity: Vicious circles accelerated by COVID‐19?	134
Rehabilitation for post‐COVID‐19 condition through a supervised exercise intervention: A randomized controlled trial	58
Elite female athletes’ experiences and perceptions of the menstrual cycle on training and sport performance	48
Effects of velocity loss in the bench press exercise on strength gains, neuromuscular adaptations, and muscle hypertrophy	46
The impact of high‐intensity interval training on inflammatory markers in metabolic disorders: A meta‐analysis	42
Elite football of 2030 will not be the same as that of 2020: Preparing players, coaches, and support staff for the evolution	41
Gastrocnemius Medialis and Vastus Lateralis in vivo muscle‐tendon behavior during running at increasing speeds	39
Motives and barriers to initiation and sustained exercise adherence in a fitness club setting—A one‐year follow‐up study	39
Changes in physical activity and sedentary time during adolescence: Gender differences during weekdays and weekend days	37
How muscles maximize performance in accelerated sprinting	35
Clinical management of tendinopathy: A systematic review of systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness of tendinopathy treatments	34
Does exercise intensity matter for fatigue during (neo‐)adjuvant cancer treatment? The Phys‐Can randomized clinical trial	33
The UEFA Heading Study: Heading incidence in children’s and youth’ football (soccer) in eight European countries	33
The importance of ventilatory thresholds to define aerobic exercise intensity in cardiac patients and healthy subjects	32
Effects of eccentric training at long‐muscle length on architectural and functional characteristics of the hamstrings	28
Effectiveness of blood flow‐restricted slow walking on mobility in severe multiple sclerosis: A pilot randomized trial	28
Exercise training‐induced visceral fat loss in obese women: The role of training intensity and modality	27
Positive and negative side effects of androgen abuse. The HAARLEM study: A one‐year prospective cohort study in 100 men	27
Effect of velocity loss during squat training on neuromuscular performance	27
The effects of exergames on anxiety levels: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	27
Reopening elite sport during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Experiences from a controlled return to elite football in Denmark	27
Step by step: Association of device‐measured daily steps with all‐cause mortality—A prospective cohort Study	27
Chronotypes and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time at midlife	26

Injuries and illnesses in Swedish Paralympic athletes—A 52‐week prospective study of incidence and risk factors	26
Performance progression of elite jumpers: Early performances do not predict later success	26