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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Successfully Reducing Sitting Time Can Improve Metabolic Flexibility	75
Fitness, Weight Status and Executive Functions in Adolescents: A Cluster Analysis	74
Incidence of Head Contact Events Including Headers, and Potential Head Injuries at the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021	65
Using Self‐Reported Training Characteristics to Better Understand Who Is More Likely to Sustain Running‐Related Injuries Than Others: The Garmin‐RUNSAFE Running Health Study	54
Physical activity volume and intensity distribution in relation to bone, lean and fat mass in children	49
Slackline training for Paralympic alpine sit skiers: Development of human‐device multi‐joint coordination	44
Issue Information	43
Is the Dynamic Knee Extension Exercise Inherently Ischemic Already at Low to Moderate Loads?	40
Temporal Variations and Sociodemographic Differences in no Muscle‐Strengthening Exercise Among Adolescents: A 10‐Year Repeated Cross‐Sectional Study	39
Long‐term effects on weight loss and maintenance by intensive start with diet and exercise	38
The impacts of a combined exercise on executive function in children with ADHD: A randomized controlled trial	36
Response to “complexities of defining the bioenergetic efficiency and VO₂ slow component of skeletal muscle contraction”	36
Return to sports following lower limb musculoskeletal tumor surgery—A systematic review	35
Motivational predictors of children's involvement in out‐of‐school activities: An application of a football program	34
Hot‐ and Cold‐Water Immersion Do Not Alter Performance or Perceived Fatigability but Improve Muscle Activation, Cardiac Vagal Modulation, and Cardiorespiratory Recovery After Distinct Running Protocol	33
Effectiveness Index of Mechanical Energy Utilization in Male 400‐m Sprinters and the Relation Between Muscle Cross‐Sectional Area of the Trunk and the Lower Limb	33
Second‐Generation Oral Contraceptive Use Is Associated With Greater Muscle Hypertrophy Following Resistance Training	32
Changes in running biomechanics during the 2017 IAAF world championships men's 1500 m final	31
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Effects of Exercise Training on the Bone Marrow Immune Microenvironment and Minimal Residual Disease in Multiple Myeloma Patients Following First‐Line Treatment	30
Changes in cycling economy and fractional utilization of V̇O_2peak during a 40‐min maximal effort exercise test with acute hypobaric hypoxia corresponding to 2800 m of altitude	28
Intratendinous pressure of the Achilles tendon during exercise is related to the degree of tendon torsion	28
Gray Matter Volumes Mediate the Relationship Between Disease Duration and Balance Control Performance in Chronic Ankle Instability	27

Individual variations in pre‐altitude hemoglobin mass influence hemoglobin mass responses to repeated altitude sojourns	27
Editor highlights: Assessment of commercially available metabolic carts, physical activity to boost brain performance, and training prepubertal children	26