OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Applied Sport Psychology is 7. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
The PsychMapping exercise – revised: Exercise development and practitioner and client experiences	34
Mental health service provision in elite sport: An evaluation of the Australian Institute of Sport Mental Health Referral Network	25
Psychological states underlying excellent performance in sport: A paradigm shift toward multiple-state perspectives	24
Suicidal ideation among Chinese national team elite athletes	24
Coaching generation Z: A response to Gould et al. from a critical cultural perspective	21
An inhibitory retrieval approach for maximizing exposure therapy in elite sport	21
Using a culturally humble approach to examine and address disordered eating in sport	19
Coaching Generation Z: A response to McDougall et al.’s commentary	17
UK professional male cricketers’ mental health and support experiences: A qualitative exploration	17
« I won’t lie in my head it’s just ‘Fight, fight, fight’ »: relationships between emotional processes and attentional focus in a competitive context	14
Cultivating legacies and connections: A narrative analysis of Instagram stories of retired elite athlete mothers through an ethic of care lens	13
A commentary: Aspiring athletes’ transition literacy and beyond	13
“I always just viewed it as part of sport”: Psychological maltreatment and conformity to the sport ethic	13
Elite athletes seeking psychiatric treatment: Stigma, impression management strategies, and the dangers of the performance narrative	12
Brief report: A proximal external focus does not benefit skilled skiers	12
The usefulness of the useless: How ritualized behavior improves self-control under competition pressure	12
Black Student-Athletes and racism pandemic: Building antiracist practices in athletics	12
Two on a tightrope: The stress experiences of the romantic partners of professional athletes	11
“Supporting my daughter, the best way I can”: Parental support in youth golf	11
Presentation of self, impression management and the period: A qualitative investigation of physically active women’s experiences in sport and exercise	10
Brief report: Exploring the icing the kicker strategy in the NFL	10
Motivational self-talk mitigates the harmful impact of mental fatigue on endurance performance	10
A qualitative analysis of novice and expert mental performance consultants’ professional philosophies	10
Performance safety: conceptualising psychological safety when errors have consequences	10
Dialogue in athletics: A program evaluation of a social justice education initiative in high school sports	10

Exploring the meta-transitions of first level elite athletes in the Chinese Whole Nation System: A polyphonic reflective tale	10
Swim-Bike-Mum: Exploring postpartum experiences of triathlete mothers	9
How do goal orientations and motivational climate interact to affect short-term performance and self-confidence in sport? A test of the matching hypothesis across three studies	9
Why do people cycle (a lot)? A multivariate approach on mental health, personality traits and motivation as determinants for cycling ambition	9
Māori exercise professionals: Using Indigenous knowledge to connect the space between performance and wellbeing	9
Classification in sport: Exploring the experiences of elite British athletes with a disability	9
Lessons learned from meaningful work: Implications for understanding meaningfulness in elite/high performance sport	9
Psychological skills training and perfectionism: A single-subject multiple baseline study	8
Elite athletes report lower psychological safety and are less likely to report interpersonal violence compared to recreational athletes: A cross-sectional study	8
The pursuit of optimal dual career balance by athletes in women’s professional ice hockey	8
“It’s not handcuffing the athlete to success or failure”: Sport psychology practitioners’ use of nonspecific goals in applied contexts	8
“Are you here for performance or are you here for well-being?” Using participatory research to promote thriving in a British Olympic sport organization	8
Division I level athletes respond more favorably to caring, task-involving climates while ego-involving climates trigger concerning psychophysiological stress responses during a brief experimental inv	8
Exploring the interplay of functional and dysfunctional environmental features for holistic development: A case study in a German Olympic sport	7
Applied psychology of sport injury: Getting to—and moving across—The Valley of death	7
A qualitative exploration of neophyte sport psychology practitioners self-care experiences and perceptions	7
Coaching in the ‘alternate universe’ of U.S. Figure skating: A developmental perspective of need-supportive behavior in the coach-athlete relationship	7
Confidentiality and surveillance challenges for psychologists working in men’s football academies in England	7
Research note: Evaluating the efficacy of an online post event reflection tool in competitive sport	7
Psychological stress and psychological well-being among sports coaches: A close proximity longitudinal daily diary study	7
Athlete leader development: The perspectives of athlete leaders, teammates, and coaches	7