OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Leading “us” to better health: exercise instructors’ engagement in identity leadership behaviours promotes perceptions of effort, positive affect, mental well-being, and physical health	48
A network meta-analysis on the comparative effectiveness and acceptability of physical exercise interventions in children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder	43
A qualitative examination of tilt in League of Legends esports players	42
Influence of pre-induced mental fatigue on tactical behaviour and performance among young elite football players	40
Assessing the relationship between pre- and post-game interpersonal emotions in women’s soccer teams	39
Career trajectories of junior athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean and their relationship with mental health	31
“If I talk about it, I'm weak, and I'm supposed to be strong”: experiences of body-related shame in women athletes	30
A multilevel analysis of collegiate student-athletes’ goals, character strengths, and well-being	26
Multisensory integration in anticipation: moderating effects of time and task constraints	25
How small differences grow over time – the snowball effect of grit on practice in sport	24
Physical activity intention-behavior gap during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of motivation and health-belief	22
The future-oriented hopes and goals of adolescent student-athletes in Finnish sport high schools	19
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress among Chinese college students: the moderating effects of physical activity and sleep duration	19
Patterns of reasons for retirement in Olympic athletes from Switzerland: a person-oriented study	18
Men’s goal-oriented motives, physical activity experiences and body-related perceptions: a latent profile analysis	18
The mediating role of self-esteem in the association between physical fitness and risk of depression in adolescents: DADOS Study	18
The relationship among perceived parental psychological control, socially prescribed perfectionism, fear of failure, and performance of adolescent athletes	18
The effect of total sleep deprivation on executive functions in athletes	18
The relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions related to doping: the role of attitude certainty	16
What constitutes editorial virtuous leadership	16
Can they walk the talk? Exploring exercise intention and adherence among Chinese leisure cyclists	15
Effects of coach encouragement on psychophysiological responses and technical actions in different small-sided soccer games	15
High consistency of interest but not perseverance of effort is related to doping via moral disengagement: a cross-sectional study of grit	14
Motivational profiles and students’ achievement emotions during fitness testing in secondary school physical education in England	13
Testing fear of COVID-19, difficulties in emotion regulation, state anxiety as predictors of withdrawal effects in individuals with problematic exercise behaviour: a serial mediation model	13

Excellence and expert performance in sports: what do we know and where are we going?	13
The impact of intra-team communication and support relationships on team identification and collective efficacy in elite team sport: a social network analysis	13
Understanding the intention-to-behaviour relationship for adolescents: an application of the multi-process action control model	13
Hierarchical model of superior athletic performance and its neurohormonal foundations: bringing order to the domains of IZOF, momentum, and flow	13
International Society of Sport Psychology position stand: scientist practitioners	13
Coaches’ pointing gestures as means to convey tactical information in basketball: an eye-tracking study	13
Migration and meaning: an exploration of elite refugee athletes’ transitions into the Canadian sports system	12
Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport	12
Integration of sport and education in China: a case study of a dual career development environment of a Shanghai junior men’s basketball team	12
Mental toughness in sport: testing the goal-expectancy-self-control (GES) model among runners and cyclists using cross-sectional and experimental designs	12
Dialogical exchanges and collegiality in critical commentaries: an editorial	12
Development and validation of the Sports Grit Scale	11
Towards an explanatory model of the enjoyment of physical activity based on physical self-concept	11
Correction	11
Sport psychology consultants’ views on mental training with elite Deaf sport athletes	11
Examining the psychological characteristics of developing excellence profiles of male English youth soccer players: differences across ages and performance levels	10
Autonomy support by choosing task order enhances the performance of form-based motor skills in gymnastics	10
Improving service performance in young tennis players: the superiority of dynamic over static motor imagery	10
The relationship between effort-reward imbalance and burnout among sport coaches: the moderating role of over-commitment and job control	10
Investigating the relationships among athlete leadership behaviours, perceptions of athlete leader fairness, and cohesion	10
Caring coaching climates emerge as key factor in promoting high school athletes’ well-being and motivation, complimented by a task-involving climate	10
The effect of instructional and motivational self-talk on accuracy and electromyography of active and passive muscles in elbow joint position sense test	10
The core literacies of sport psychology scientist-practitioners	10
Effects of free dance on the mood state, aging perspective and optimism of women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial	10
A cross-level study on the impact of teacher experience, positive teacher-student relationships and exercise self-efficacy on physical activity among students within a multi-level framework	9
Social networks and levels of physical activity in Dutch adults – the SaNAE study	9
Training of the eSport FIFA enhances cognitive performance of planning and decision making in cognitive tests	9
How COVID-19 lockdown affected physical activity levels and wellbeing: an Italian Survey	9
The effect of acute exercise combined with virtual reality on inhibitory control: an event-related potential study	9
Technical fouls as a trigger of momentum change: analysis of two decades of NBA data	9
The effects of acute yoga practice on heart rate and heart rate variability responses to mental stress	9
Motivation for sport: a comparison between perfectionism and excellencism in self-determination theory	9
“There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes	9
Association between motor competence, sex, age, and risk of obesity in children from the austral zone of Chile	9
Development and preliminary validation of the RESilience qualities In SporT (RESIST) scale	8
Engagement and burnout as predictors of dual career outcomes in Finnish student-athletes: a longitudinal study	8
Evaluating a Brazilian online parent education programme in sport using the RE-AIM framework	8
The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season	8
The effect of structured brain gym and brisk walking training on the executive functions of university students: a single-blinded randomised controlled trial	8
Effects of acute aerobic exercise with self-selected music on working memory and alpha oscillation	8
Exploring perceptions of depression: a performer perspective	8
Exploring the interplay between coaches’ need experiences and motivation with their (de)motivating coaching: a circumplex approach	8
A symptom network analysis of exercise addiction and personality on ultra-marathon runners with serious complications	7
A systematic review of interventions for developing athletes as leaders	7
The impact of Chinese calligraphy practice on athletes’ self-control	7
Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic	7
Identifying behavioural addictions in endurance and ultra-endurance runners: a population at risk?	7
Context matters: an examination of game management in refereeing	7
Antecedents and mediators of the association between adolescents’ intention and physical activity: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries	7
Functional connectivity in table tennis players under cognitive task demands: dynamic regulation by the dominant hemisphere	6

Correction	6
Sprinting beyond sexism and gender stereotypes: Indian female fans’ experiences in the sports fandom	6
Promote “ we ” to inspire me: examining the roles of group identification and trust in the association between identity leadership and follower inspiration	6
Semantic and affective processing of implicit associations are related to the regularity of running behaviour in young women: an ERP study	6
Parent–child co-participation in sport and physical activity: a scoping review	6
Impact of open and closed-skill sports on inhibitory control: evidence from event related potentials	6
Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a topic modelling approach	6
Social identification and relational efficacy beliefs in sports teams and training groups	6
Temporal dynamics of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship over one season among adolescent handball players: a latent class analysis approach	6
The effect of expertise upon perceived reach- and grasp-ability in rock climbers	6
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity	6
Are college perfectionists more likely to be addicted to exercise? The promotion effect of psychological needs and motivation	6
Mental health and wellbeing of elite male youth Australian footballers on the road to the AFL draft: a longitudinal analysis	6
Can stress and coping profiles predict athletes’ emotions and performance in competition? Analysis of profiles at competitions throughout the sporting season	6
Social norms and emotion regulation among youth athletes	6
Happiness on wheels: what makes cyclists happy?	6
Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children	6
Comparative acute effects of aerobic versus resistance exercise on ameliorating cravings and associated emotional and cognitive factors in individuals with methamphetamine use disorders	6
Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration	5
What makes running club participants commit to exercise in an adaptive way? Perspectives from self-determination theory	5
Mental health risk and protective factors in Australian cricket	5
Association of ANKK1 and DRD2 gene polymorphisms with exercise addiction among elite athletes	5
A systematic literature review of remote social support for physical activity	5
Movement and mind: the role of exercise content in the development of attention parameters and motor skills in boys	5
Strategic decision-making in Olympic bouldering: the role of climbing movement repertoire examined	5
A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation	5
Acute exercise on complex motor memory retention: the role of task cognitive demands	5
Coping with intensive training demands: a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between appraisal, emotion, coping effectiveness and engagement among elite fencers	5
A qualitative examination of parental mental health and well-being in youth sport	5
Examining the effectiveness of focus of attention instructions on the learning of a badminton long serve in novice students: movement automaticity hypothesis	5
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory	5
The cognitive fatigue experienced by batters is modulated by the strike rate of a twenty20 innings	5
Transcranial direct current stimulation over prefrontal cortex did not improve the decision-making skill of athletes exposed to prolonged social media use: a crossover and randomised investigation	5
Conceptions of the coach-team relationship in the views of youth team sport coaches and athletes	5
In pursuit of dual career excellence: factors associated to satisfaction of Swedish University student-athletes	5
An autoethnographic account and interpretation of sport related life skills and personal development	5
The affect-intensity relationship in aerobic exercise: an analysis based on a systematic review	5
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Singapore national youth athletes’ mental health and potential protective factors	5
Influence of an audience on conscious motor processing and performance during a go-only and stop-signal soccer penalty shooting task	5
Online exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic and factors promoting or hindering participation in adults: a scoping review	5
Trends of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among secondary school students in Singapore: what has changed in 15 years?	5
Mental preparation for nationality-based challenges at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: a multi-level intervention	5
Are aging stereotypes in the physical domain associated with physical capacities in older adults?	5
Predicting students’ basic psychological needs, motivation, and well-being in online physical education: a semester-term longitudinal study	5