OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Journal of Applied Physiology is 26. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Low energy availability: history, definition and evidence of its endocrine, metabolic and physiological effects in prospective studies in females and males	79
Echo intensity as an indicator of skeletal muscle quality: applications, methodology, and future directions	72
The knowns and unknowns of neural adaptations to resistance training	57
Nutritional interventions for reducing the signs and symptoms of exercise-induced muscle damage and accelerate recovery in athletes: current knowledge, practical application and future perspectives	56
Exercise-induced muscle damage: mechanism, assessment and nutritional factors to accelerate recovery	54
Mechanisms underlying performance impairments following prolonged static stretching without a comprehensive warm-up	53
Transferring clinically established immune inflammation markers into exercise physiology: focus on neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and systemic immune-inflammation index	47
Bioelectrical impedance analysis versus reference methods in the assessment of body composition in athletes	42
How to improve the muscle synergy analysis methodology?	41
Body mapping of regional sweat distribution in young and older males	40
Molecular mechanisms involved in the positive effects of physical activity on coping with COVID-19	38
Regulation of muscle potassium: exercise performance, fatigue and health implications	37
Power profiling and the power-duration relationship in cycling: a narrative review	37
The cold truth: the role of cryotherapy in the treatment of injury and recovery from exercise	35
The (in)dependency of blood and sweat sodium, chloride, potassium, ammonia, lactate and glucose concentrations during submaximal exercise	35
Effects of a high-volume static stretching programme on plantar-flexor muscle strength and architecture	34
Wearable activity trackers–advanced technology or advanced marketing?	34
A comparison of foam rolling and vibration foam rolling on the quadriceps muscle function and mechanical properties	33
Hypoxic training improves blood pressure, nitric oxide and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha in hypertensive patients	31
Chronic resistance training: is it time to rethink the time course of neural contributions to strength gain?	30
MitoQ and CoQ10 supplementation mildly suppresses skeletal muscle mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide levels without impacting mitochondrial function in middle-aged men	29
The effects of 12 weeks of static stretch training on the functional, mechanical, and architectural characteristics of the triceps surae muscle–tendon complex	29
The use of whole-body cryotherapy: time- and dose-response investigation on circulating blood catecholamines and heart rate variability	28
The effect of caffeine on cognitive performance is influenced by CYP1A2 but not ADORA2A genotype, yet neither genotype affects exercise performance in healthy adults	28
Genetics and sports performance: the present and future in the identification of talent for sports based on DNA testing	26

Analysis of sex-based differences in energy substrate utilization during moderate-intensity aerobic exercise	26
Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation enhances strength training volume but not the force–velocity profile	26
Factors influencing bilateral deficit and inter-limb asymmetry of maximal and explosive strength: motor task, outcome measure and muscle group	26