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

Article	Citations
Psychological states underlying excellent performance in sport: A paradigm shift toward multiple-state perspectives	34
The PsychMapping exercise – revised: Exercise development and practitioner and client experiences	27
Mental health service provision in elite sport: An evaluation of the Australian Institute of Sport Mental Health Referral Network	25
Suicidal ideation among Chinese national team elite athletes	25
Coaching generation Z: A response to Gould et al. from a critical cultural perspective	23
An inhibitory retrieval approach for maximizing exposure therapy in elite sport	21
Coaching Generation Z: A response to McDougall et al.’s commentary	20
« I won’t lie in my head it’s just ‘Fight, fight, fight’ »: relationships between emotional processes and attentional focus in a competitive context	18
A commentary: Aspiring athletes’ transition literacy and beyond	17
“I always just viewed it as part of sport”: Psychological maltreatment and conformity to the sport ethic	15
Cultivating legacies and connections: A narrative analysis of Instagram stories of retired elite athlete mothers through an ethic of care lens	14
UK professional male cricketers’ mental health and support experiences: A qualitative exploration	14
Using a culturally humble approach to examine and address disordered eating in sport	14
Brief report: A proximal external focus does not benefit skilled skiers	13
“Supporting my daughter, the best way I can”: Parental support in youth golf	12
Elite athletes seeking psychiatric treatment: Stigma, impression management strategies, and the dangers of the performance narrative	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
Motivational self-talk mitigates the harmful impact of mental fatigue on endurance performance	11
Dialogue in athletics: A program evaluation of a social justice education initiative in high school sports	10
Presentation of self, impression management and the period: A qualitative investigation of physically active women’s experiences in sport and exercise	10
Performance safety: conceptualising psychological safety when errors have consequences	10
Brief report: Exploring the icing the kicker strategy in the NFL	9
Swim-Bike-Mum: Exploring postpartum experiences of triathlete mothers	9

A qualitative analysis of novice and expert mental performance consultants’ professional philosophies	9
Why do people cycle (a lot)? A multivariate approach on mental health, personality traits and motivation as determinants for cycling ambition	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
Exploring the meta-transitions of first level elite athletes in the Chinese Whole Nation System: A polyphonic reflective tale	9
Lessons learned from meaningful work: Implications for understanding meaningfulness in elite/high performance sport	9
Māori exercise professionals: Using Indigenous knowledge to connect the space between performance and wellbeing	9
“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
The pursuit of optimal dual career balance by athletes in women’s professional ice hockey	8
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
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
Classification in sport: Exploring the experiences of elite British athletes with a disability	8
Applying an individualized psychosocial skills and characteristics development programme into an English male professional soccer academy	8
Exploring the interplay of functional and dysfunctional environmental features for holistic development: A case study in a German Olympic sport	7
Psychological stress and psychological well-being among sports coaches: A close proximity longitudinal daily diary study	7
“It’s not handcuffing the athlete to success or failure”: Sport psychology practitioners’ use of nonspecific goals in applied contexts	7
Coaching in the ‘alternate universe’ of U.S. Figure skating: A developmental perspective of need-supportive behavior in the coach-athlete relationship	7
“What can you see? What can you hear?” The implementation of a behaviour-based mental toughness framework within international youth football	7
Research note: Evaluating the efficacy of an online post event reflection tool in competitive sport	7