OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Psychology of Sport and Exercise is 25. 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
Physical activity is positively associated with college students' positive affect regardless of stressful life events during the COVID-19 pandemic	77
The impact of identity leadership on team functioning and well-being in team sport: Is psychological safety the missing link?	59
Ambulatory assessment for physical activity research: State of the science, best practices and future directions	56
Home advantage during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of European football leagues	55
Does mental practice still enhance performance? A 24 Year follow-up and meta-analytic replication and extension	53
Psychological and physiological stress in non-competitive and competitive esports settings: A systematic review	45
A systematic review and meta-synthesis of mental health position statements in sport: Scope, quality and future directions	44
Assessing physical activity through questionnaires – A consensus of best practices and future directions	43
A dual-process model of affective and instrumental attitudes in predicting physical activity	41
Assessing physical behavior through accelerometry – State of the science, best practices and future directions	40
All for us and us for all: Introducing the 5R Shared Leadership Program	38
Self-compassion, social rank, and psychological distress in athletes of varying competitive levels	37
Executive functions in elite athletes – Comparing open-skill and closed-skill sports and considering the role of athletes' past involvement in both sport categories	36
Reciprocal relations between autonomous motivation from self-determination theory and social cognition constructs from the theory of planned behavior: A cross-lagged panel design in sport injury preve	36
Cumulative lifetime stress exposure, depression, anxiety, and well-being in elite athletes: A mixed-method study	35
The rise and fall of executive functions in high-level football players	34
The effect of a virtual reality environment on gaze behaviour and motor skill learning	33
Physical activity and motor skills in children: A differentiated approach	33
Representative co-design: Utilising a source of experiential knowledge for athlete development and performance preparation	32
To Flourish or Languish, that is the question: Exploring the mental health profiles of Danish elite athletes	29
Effects of school-based interventions on motivation towards physical activity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Parents about parenting dual career athletes: A systematic literature review.	28
Higher inhibitory control is required to escape the innate attraction to effort minimization	28
What’s a coach to do? Exploring coaches’ perspectives of body image in girls sport	25
The effectiveness of psychological skills training and behavioral interventions in sport using single-case designs: A meta regression analysis of the peer-reviewed studies	25