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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The PsychMapping exercise – revised: Exercise development and practitioner and client experiences	35
Mental health service provision in elite sport: An evaluation of the Australian Institute of Sport Mental Health Referral Network	34
Suicidal ideation among Chinese national team elite athletes	24
Psychological states underlying excellent performance in sport: A paradigm shift toward multiple-state perspectives	22
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
Cultivating legacies and connections: A narrative analysis of Instagram stories of retired elite athlete mothers through an ethic of care lens	20
Using a culturally humble approach to examine and address disordered eating in sport	19
UK professional male cricketers’ mental health and support experiences: A qualitative exploration	16
Coaching Generation Z: A response to McDougall et al.’s commentary	16
« I won’t lie in my head it’s just ‘Fight, fight, fight’ »: relationships between emotional processes and attentional focus in a competitive context	13
A commentary: Aspiring athletes’ transition literacy and beyond	13
Exploring former NCAA Division I college athletes’ experiences with post-sport physical activity: A qualitative approach	12
Brief report: A proximal external focus does not benefit skilled skiers	12
Black Student-Athletes and racism pandemic: Building antiracist practices in athletics	12
“I always just viewed it as part of sport”: Psychological maltreatment and conformity to the sport ethic	12
“Supporting my daughter, the best way I can”: Parental support in youth golf	12
The usefulness of the useless: How ritualized behavior improves self-control under competition pressure	11
Presentation of self, impression management and the period: A qualitative investigation of physically active women’s experiences in sport and exercise	11
Elite athletes seeking psychiatric treatment: Stigma, impression management strategies, and the dangers of the performance narrative	11
Two on a tightrope: The stress experiences of the romantic partners of professional athletes	11
Performance safety: conceptualising psychological safety when errors have consequences	10
Exploring the meta-transitions of first level elite athletes in the Chinese Whole Nation System: A polyphonic reflective tale	10
Dialogue in athletics: A program evaluation of a social justice education initiative in high school sports	10
Motivational self-talk mitigates the harmful impact of mental fatigue on endurance performance	10

Why do people cycle (a lot)? A multivariate approach on mental health, personality traits and motivation as determinants for cycling ambition	9
Lessons learned from meaningful work: Implications for understanding meaningfulness in elite/high performance sport	9
A qualitative analysis of novice and expert mental performance consultants’ professional philosophies	9
Māori exercise professionals: Using Indigenous knowledge to connect the space between performance and wellbeing	9
Brief report: Exploring the icing the kicker strategy in the NFL	9
Swim-Bike-Mum: Exploring postpartum experiences of triathlete mothers	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
The lived experience of sport-related concussion: A collaborative inquiry in elite sport	8
Classification in sport: Exploring the experiences of elite British athletes with a disability	8
Psychological skills training and perfectionism: A single-subject multiple baseline study	8
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	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
The pursuit of optimal dual career balance by athletes in women’s professional ice hockey	8
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
“It’s not handcuffing the athlete to success or failure”: Sport psychology practitioners’ use of nonspecific goals in applied contexts	7
Exploring the interplay of functional and dysfunctional environmental features for holistic development: A case study in a German Olympic sport	7
Coaching in the ‘alternate universe’ of U.S. Figure skating: A developmental perspective of need-supportive behavior in the coach-athlete relationship	7
Applied psychology of sport injury: Getting to—and moving across—The Valley of death	7
Elite athletes report lower psychological safety and are less likely to report interpersonal violence compared to recreational athletes: A cross-sectional study	7