OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Physical Education Review is 8. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Despite good intentions: The elusiveness of social justice in health and physical education curricula across different contexts	32
Beginning, rise, fall, and comeback: Exploring the journey of a physical education teacher community in South Korea	31
Information and communication technologies in physical education: Exploring the association between role modeling and digital literacy	28
Universal design for learning in physical education: Overview and critical reflection	24
Formative assessment in physical education: teachers’ experiences when designing and implementing formative assessment activities	23
Exploring social justice pedagogies in physical education in Austria: Teaching practices for diversity and equity	22
A three-legged stool: Teachers’ views of Junior Cycle Physical Education curriculum change	20
Students’ perceptions of teaching styles use and motivation to participate in PE: A multigroup analysis of the mediating role of basic psychological needs	20
“We have limited time, so it's a zero-sum game”: Influence of secondary organizational socialization on the forms of physical education teacher education provided by European, Asian, and North America	20
The process(es) of learning about teaching using models-based practice: Pre-service teachers’ experiences	19
Physical education teachers’ perceptions and operationalisations of personal and social development goals in primary education	17
Fitting in or standing out? The organisational socialisation of early career physical education specialism graduates through a micropolitical lens	17
Relationships between students’ individual interest, achievement goals, perceived competence and situational interest: A cluster analysis in swimming	17
Re-imagining performance spaces and locations in ecological dynamics: Implications for pedagogical practices in physical education	15
That's what I like! Fostering enjoyment in primary physical education	14
The relationship between occupational socialization factors and in-service physical educators’ reported use of sport education	14
Working with trauma-affected young people in secondary schools: Exploring ‘self-care’ with pre-service physical education teachers	14
The association of perceived mattering and emotions with physical educator teacher resilience	14
Creative dance – practising and improving … what? A study in physical education teacher education	13
Trans-Contextual Model Predicting Change in Out-of-School Physical Activity: A One-Year Longitudinal Study	13
Journeying into the kinescape of unicycling: A Deleuzian perspective	12
The if, why and how of fitness testing in secondary school physical education in the United Kingdom	12
Preservice physical education teachers’ perceptions of initial teacher education	11
The role of teaching experience and year level in shaping pre-service PE teachers’ efficacy	11
Becoming activist teacher educators: The learning journeys of two physical education cooperating teachers in a school–university partnership	11

Understandings and enactments of social justice pedagogies in Swedish physical education and health practice	11
Adaptation and testing of the factorial structure of the Achievement Emotional Questionnaire-Short to the Spanish context of physical education classes	10
Effects of a two-stage physical education teacher education programme on preservice teachers’ specialised content knowledge and students’ game-play in a student-centred Sport Education-Step Game appro	10
‘I am finding my path’: A case study of Swedish novice physical education teachers’ experiences when managing the realities and challenges of their first years in the profession	10
Swimming competence of 9–10-year-old Norwegian primary school children: A cross-sectional study of physical education	9
When teachers Google physical literacy: A cartography of controversies analysis	9
Online teaching and learning in physical education teacher education: A mixed studies review of literature	9
Adolescents’ enjoyment in face-to-face physical education during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Investigating preservice classroom teachers’ practices and views about teaching physical education lessons: An exploratory case study	9
Obstacle course-based versus traditional physical education: Which promotes more physical activity and less sedentary behaviour?	9
Physical education pre-service teachers’ perceptions of learning about the spectrum of teaching styles and its role in their pedagogical awareness and practice	9
‘Involve me, and I learn’: Effects of social status on students’ physical activity, skill, and knowledge during group work	9
The transformation of ball games as pedagogic discourse within physical education teacher education	8
The role of marginalisation and role stressors in physical education teachers’ perceived mattering	8
An analysis of content development in physical education: Preschool teachers’ selection of instructional tasks	8
‘The teacher could correct me without being there’: Adapting distance education approaches to promote physical activity during lockdown	8
Bildung: A German student-centered approach to health and physical education	8
Relationships of a Cooperative Learning intervention in physical education with children's self-perception dimensions	8
Students’ perceptions of physical education teachers’ (de)motivating styles via the circumplex approach: Differences by gender, grade level, experiences, intention to be active, and learning	8
Understanding (and extending) the conceptual boundaries of policy research in physical education: A scoping review	8
How is observed (de)motivating teaching associated with student motivation and device-based physical activity during physical education?	8
‘Let them do PE!’ The ‘becoming’ of Swedish physical education in the age of COVID-19	8