OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology is 4. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Career development and transitions of athletes: the International Society of Sport Psychology Position Stand Revisited	129
The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and psychobiosocial states in Italian athletes	117
Sport psychology services to high performance athletes during COVID-19	97
Athlete mental health in the Olympic/Paralympic quadrennium: a multi-societal consensus statement	53
The COVID-19 pandemic and Olympic/Paralympic athletes’ developmental challenges and possibilities in times of a global crisis-transition	41
Developing mixed methods research in sport and exercise psychology: potential contributions of a critical realist perspective	32
Sport psychology services to professional athletes: working through COVID-19	26
Physical activity, health and well-being in an imposed social distanced world	24
The circumplex model of affect in physical activity contexts: a systematic review	23
An integrated conceptual framework of decision-making in soccer refereeing	19
From athletic talent development to dual career development? A case study in a Finnish high performance sports environment	17
How does exercising make you feel? The associations between positive and negative affect, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and vitality	17
Athletes have different dominant cognitive functions depending on type of sport	16
Home advantage in soccer after the break due to COVID-19 pandemic: does crowd support matter?	16
Thriving in youth sport: the antecedents and consequences	15
Relationship between athlete stress and burnout: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
International society of sport psychology position stand: mental health through occupational health and safety in high performance sport	13
Effect of mental fatigue on decision-making skill and visual search behaviour in basketball players: an experimental and randomised study	12
The relationship between executive functions and sports experience, relative age effect, as well as physical maturity in youth soccer players of different ages	12
Multimodal perception in table tennis: the effect of auditory and visual information on anticipation and planning of action	11
Further examination of the psychometric properties of the Brief Self-Control Scale: evidence from Chinese athletes and students	11
Elite athletes’ achievement goals, burnout levels, psychosomatic stress symptoms, and coping strategies	10
Sampling between sports and athlete development: a scoping review	10
Normalised step targets in fitness apps affect users’ autonomy need satisfaction, motivation and physical activity – a six-week RCT	10
Do both coaches and parents contribute to youth soccer players’ motivation and engagement? An examination of their unique (de)motivating roles	10

Mental well-being profiles and physical activity in times of social isolation by the COVID-19: a latent class analysis	10
Psychological need-supportive instruction improves novel skill performance, intrinsic motivation, and enjoyment: a cluster-randomised study	10
Perspective, control, and confidence: perceived outcomes of using psycho-behavioural skills in the developmental trauma experience	9
The effects of rational emotive behaviour therapy on performance under pressure in adolescent soccer athletes: a randomised control design	9
The influence of mindfulness training on running economy and perceived flow under different attentional focus conditions – an intervention study	9
Tackling childhood obesity through a school-based physical activity programme: a cluster randomised trial	9
Body shaming as a form of emotional abuse in sport	9
The compassionate coach scale as perceived by the athlete: development and initial validation in Portuguese athletes	8
Motor imagery during action observation in virtual reality: the impact of watching myself performing at a level I have not yet achieved	8
The effect of explicit, implicit and analogy instruction on decision making skill for novices, under stress	8
Head-fake perception in basketball: the relative contributions of expertise, visual or motor training, and test repetition	8
The behavioural component of emotions: exploring outward emotional reactions in table tennis	8
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity	7
Using a “Think Aloud” protocol to understand meta-attention in club-level golfers	7
Understanding action control of physical activity among mothers with young children	7
Muscular collision chess: a qualitative exploration of the role and development of cognition, understanding and knowledge in elite-level decision making	7
Group exercise membership is associated with forms of social support, exercise identity, and amount of physical activity	7
The effects of acute exercise on driving and executive functions in healthy older adults	7
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (IJSEP)	7
Take me into the ball game: an examination of a brief psychological skills training and mindfulness-based intervention with baseball players	7
Effects of a strategic self-talk intervention on attention functions	7
Does loving a group mean hating its rivals? Exploring the relationship between ingroup cohesion and outgroup hostility among soccer fans	6
Emotional competences training in equestrian sport – a preliminary study	6
The influence of spectators on home advantage and referee bias in national teams matches: insights from UEFA Nations League	6
“I’m a hurler … basically just a hurler”: a mixed methods study of the athletic identity of elite Irish Gaelic Athletic Association dual career athletes	6
Psychometric properties of the Brunel Mood Scale among athletes and non-athletes in Singapore	6
Which cyclists manage to cope with the corona crisis in a resilient way? The role of motivational profiles	6
Testing a model of personal attributes and emotions regarding physical activity and sedentary behaviour	6
When it is no longer a bit of banter: Coaches’ perspectives of bullying in professional soccer	6
Doping behaviour in mixed martial arts athletes: the roles of social norms and self-regulatory efficacy	6
The dual pandemic: COVID-19, systemic racism, and college student-athletic mental health	6
Exploring life skills transfer processes in youth hockey and volleyball	6
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory	6
Development and validation of the coach knowledge questionnaire: measuring coaches’ professional, interpersonal and intrapersonal knowledge	6
Motivational processes of the relationship between weight stigma and physical activity: a comparison between France and Mexico	5
Associations between resistance training motivation, behaviour and strength	5
Sport-based video game causes mental fatigue and impairs visuomotor skill in male basketball players	5
Intimidation and distraction in an exercise context	5
Linking facets of pride with moral behaviour in sport: the mediating role of moral disengagement	5
Mind-wandering during long-distance running and mood change. The role of working memory capacity and temporal orientation of thoughts	5
“My teammates think it is alright to fight to protect friends”: collective moral disengagement in team sports	5
Personality, grit, and performance in rock-climbing: down to the nitty-gritty	5
Effects of personalised motor imagery on the development of a complex weightlifting movement	5
The efficacy of psychological skills training for enhancing performance in sport: a review of reviews	5
Sports lunch breaks, vigor, and creativity at work: a test of the work-home resources model	5
Does executive functions’ performance at rest predict executive function performance during acute physical exercise?	5
Home advantage in football after moving to a new stadium: evidence from European professional teams	5
Unloading the dice: selection and design of comparison and control groups in controlled trials to enhance translational impact within motor learning and control research	5
Compassion and self-compassion motivation and action levels in a high-performance soccer youth academy	4
Contribution of deliberate practice, play, and futsal to the acquisition of decision-making skills in Brazilian professional female soccer players	4

An interactive cognitive-behavioural multimedia program favourably affects pain and kinesiophobia during rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament surgery: an effectiveness trial	4
Peripheral perception as discriminant factor of tactical behaviour efficiency of young soccer players	4
Does passion for physical activity spillover into performance at work? Examining the direct and indirect effects of passion and life satisfaction on organisational performance and innovativeness	4
Why do people do yoga? Examining motives across different types of yoga participants	4
The mental health of Chinese elite athletes: revisiting the assessment methods and introducing a management framework	4
Goalkeepers put their money where the coach’s mouth is: Knowing kickers’ preferences enhances anticipation of football goalkeepers	4
Associations of self-compassion with shame, guilt, and training motivation after sport-specific daily stress – a smartphone study	4
Emotion regulation among competitive youth athletes: exploring the independent and interactive effects of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression	4
The mediating effect of parental warmth on the association of parent pressure and athlete perfectionism in adolescent soccer	4
Effects of behavioural skill training on cognitive antecedents and exercise and sport behaviour in high school students: a cluster-randomised controlled trial	4
Self-transcendence achievement goals and well-being	4
Motivations, barriers and preferences to exercise among overweight and obese desk-based employees	4
Early specialisation among Swedish aesthetic performers: exploring motivation and perceptions of parental influence	4
Peer and parental processes predict distinct patterns of physical activity participation among adolescent girls and boys	4
Pathways through acute athlete care during training and major tournaments: a multi-national conceptualised process	4
Pressure makes diamonds? A narrative review on the application of pressure training in high-performance sports	4
A retrospective analysis of the development of psychological skills and characteristics among National Hockey League players	4
The reliability and validity of the sport engagement instrument in the Finnish dual career context	4
Optimising golf putting	4
Perfectionism and attitudes towards doping in athletes: the mediating role of achievement goal orientations	4
Oatmeal is better than no meal: the career pathways of African American male professional athletes from underserved communities in the United States	4