OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Physical Education Review 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
“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	48
Students’ perceptions of teaching styles use and motivation to participate in PE: A multigroup analysis of the mediating role of basic psychological needs	33
Exploring social justice pedagogies in physical education in Austria: Teaching practices for diversity and equity	28
Seeking a balance between ideal teaching and ‘what works’ in a physical education teacher education service learning programme	23
Beginning, rise, fall, and comeback: Exploring the journey of a physical education teacher community in South Korea	21
Holistic assessment in school physical education: ‘Seeing the whole picture with our trained eye’	20
Despite good intentions: The elusiveness of social justice in health and physical education curricula across different contexts	20
Universal design for learning in physical education: Overview and critical reflection	19
Trauma-informed practices and physical education: A scoping literature review	19
Information and communication technologies in physical education: Exploring the association between role modeling and digital literacy	18
Formative assessment in physical education: teachers’ experiences when designing and implementing formative assessment activities	18
The process(es) of learning about teaching using models-based practice: Pre-service teachers’ experiences	17
The experiences of Latina and Latino blind and visually impaired students in physical education: A retrospective study	17
Classroom management and individual interest in physical education: A self-determination theory approach	17
Co-designing a running/walking programme with adolescent girls using meaningful physical activity and an activist approach	17
Grading in physical education: Exploring teachers’ experiences and reflections on the increase in top grades among upper secondary school students in Norway	16
Experiences of slow movement practices in upper secondary school physical education	16
Virtual reality in physical education: A systematic literature review	15
More than advocates: Exploring the role of school adults in amplifying the physical education voices of pupils with a severe learning difficulty in a special school in England	15
Examining the construct validity of the FMS ² assessment tool	14
Fitting in or standing out? The organisational socialisation of early career physical education specialism graduates through a micropolitical lens	14
Feeling the lesson: Affect, attunement and trauma-informed physical education	14
From barriers to facilitators: Examining views of schoolteachers on provision of school-based swimming and water safety education in Türkiye	13
Re-imagining performance spaces and locations in ecological dynamics: Implications for pedagogical practices in physical education	13
That's what I like! Fostering enjoyment in primary physical education	12

Working with trauma-affected young people in secondary schools: Exploring ‘self-care’ with pre-service physical education teachers	12
Becoming activist teacher educators: The learning journeys of two physical education cooperating teachers in a school–university partnership	11
The relationship between occupational socialization factors and in-service physical educators’ reported use of sport education	11
Preservice physical education teachers’ perceptions of initial teacher education	11
The association of perceived mattering and emotions with physical educator teacher resilience	11
The if , why and how of fitness testing in secondary school	10
Understandings and enactments of social justice pedagogies in Swedish physical education and health practice	10
Gross motor coordination, motivation and attitudes towards traffic rules in primary school children: A quasi-experimental pre–post cycling intervention study	10
Creative dance – practising and improving … what? A study in physical education teacher education	10
The role of teaching experience and year level in shaping pre-service PE teachers’ efficacy	10
Motivational processes matter: Understanding the choice of physical education as an elective in secondary school	9
Swimming competence of 9–10-year-old Norwegian primary school children: A cross-sectional study of physical education	9
Effects of a gamified physical education intervention on motor competence and emotional intelligence among disadvantaged primary-school children: A quasi-experimental pilot study	9
Obstacle course-based versus traditional physical education: Which promotes more physical activity and less sedentary behaviour?	9
Online teaching and learning in physical education teacher education: A mixed studies review of literature	9
Associations between organisational support, surface-acting, role stress, and physical education teachers’ work engagement: Moderated mediation and latent profile analyses	8
Relationships of a Cooperative Learning intervention in physical education with children's self-perception dimensions	8
Grading the physical self: Exploring the links between physical education grades, body image, and functional investment over one academic school year	8
Adolescents’ enjoyment in face-to-face physical education during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Physical education pre-service teachers’ perceptions of learning about the spectrum of teaching styles and its role in their pedagogical awareness and practice	8
The role of marginalisation and role stressors in physical education teachers’ perceived mattering	7
The transformation of ball games as pedagogic discourse within physical education teacher education	7
Analysing the physical education teaching competencies of pre-service teachers through observation	7
‘The teacher could correct me without being there’: Adapting distance education approaches to promote physical activity during lockdown	7
Bildung : A German student-centered approach to health and physical education	7
Motivation profiles in school physical education and the role of motor competence in profile memberships: A four-year latent transition analysis	7
Physical education teacher education matters – This is how!	7
Understanding (and extending) the conceptual boundaries of policy research in physical education: A scoping review	7
How is observed (de)motivating teaching associated with student motivation and device-based physical activity during physical education?	7
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	7