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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A multilevel analysis of collegiate student-athletes’ goals, character strengths, and well-being	54
The relationship among perceived parental psychological control, socially prescribed perfectionism, fear of failure, and performance of adolescent athletes	51
The future-oriented hopes and goals of adolescent student-athletes in Finnish sport high schools	49
Men’s goal-oriented motives, physical activity experiences and body-related perceptions: a latent profile analysis	46
The effect of total sleep deprivation on executive functions in athletes	35
Career trajectories of junior athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean and their relationship with mental health	34
A network meta-analysis on the comparative effectiveness and acceptability of physical exercise interventions in children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder	28
Assessing the relationship between pre- and post-game interpersonal emotions in women’s soccer teams	28
Physical activity intention-behavior gap during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of motivation and health-belief	26
Multisensory integration in anticipation: moderating effects of time and task constraints	25
Leading “us” to better health: exercise instructors’ engagement in identity leadership behaviours promotes perceptions of effort, positive affect, mental well-being, and physical health	24
“If I talk about it, I'm weak, and I'm supposed to be strong”: experiences of body-related shame in women athletes	22
Linking physical fitness to perceived mental fatigue in school-aged adolescents: the moderator role of age and sex	22
A qualitative examination of tilt in League of Legends esports players	22
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress among Chinese college students: the moderating effects of physical activity and sleep duration	22
Patterns of reasons for retirement in Olympic athletes from Switzerland: a person-oriented study	21
How small differences grow over time – the snowball effect of grit on practice in sport	21
Affect and exercise adherence: an integrative framework with the aerial yoga example	19
The relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions related to doping: the role of attitude certainty	19
Motivational profiles and students’ achievement emotions during fitness testing in secondary school physical education in England	19
What constitutes editorial virtuous leadership	19
Can they walk the talk? Exploring exercise intention and adherence among Chinese leisure cyclists	16
Understanding the intention-to-behaviour relationship for adolescents: an application of the multi-process action control model	15
Investigating the effect of attentional focus on competitive state anxiety and performance under pressure: a mixed-methods study	15
Effects of coach encouragement on psychophysiological responses and technical actions in different small-sided soccer games	14

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	14
High consistency of interest but not perseverance of effort is related to doping via moral disengagement: a cross-sectional study of grit	14
International Society of Sport Psychology position stand: scientist practitioners	14
Coaches’ pointing gestures as means to convey tactical information in basketball: an eye-tracking study	13
Mental toughness in sport: testing the goal-expectancy-self-control (GES) model among runners and cyclists using cross-sectional and experimental designs	13
Migration and meaning: an exploration of elite refugee athletes’ transitions into the Canadian sports system	13
Hierarchical model of superior athletic performance and its neurohormonal foundations: bringing order to the domains of IZOF, momentum, and flow	13
Excellence and expert performance in sports: what do we know and where are we going?	13
Dialogical exchanges and collegiality in critical commentaries: an editorial	13
Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport	12
Towards an explanatory model of the enjoyment of physical activity based on physical self-concept	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
Autonomy support by choosing task order enhances the performance of form-based motor skills in gymnastics	11
Sport psychology consultants’ views on mental training with elite Deaf sport athletes	11
Improving service performance in young tennis players: the superiority of dynamic over static motor imagery	11
The relationship between effort-reward imbalance and burnout among sport coaches: the moderating role of over-commitment and job control	11
Investigating the relationships among athlete leadership behaviours, perceptions of athlete leader fairness, and cohesion	11
Correction	11
Motivational self-talk improves muscular endurance performance by increasing cerebral asymmetry and reducing neuromuscular fatigue	11
Working memory capacity and embodied emotion states in shot anticipation among college-level tennis players	10
The core literacies of sport psychology scientist-practitioners	10
Examining the psychological characteristics of developing excellence profiles of male English youth soccer players: differences across ages and performance levels	10
Development and validation of the Sports Grit Scale	10
A photography-based meaning-in-life intervention to improve healthy behaviours: a randomised controlled study	10
Effects of free dance on the mood state, aging perspective and optimism of women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial	10
Development and preliminary validation of the RESilience qualities In SporT (RESIST) scale	9
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
Association between motor competence, sex, age, and risk of obesity in children from the austral zone of Chile	9
Social networks and levels of physical activity in Dutch adults – the SaNAE study	9
Technical fouls as a trigger of momentum change: analysis of two decades of NBA data	9
Caring coaching climates emerge as key factor in promoting high school athletes’ well-being and motivation, complimented by a task-involving climate	9
Effects of acute aerobic exercise with self-selected music on working memory and alpha oscillation	9
“There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes	9
The effect of acute exercise combined with virtual reality on inhibitory control: an event-related potential study	9
Motivation for sport: a comparison between perfectionism and excellencism in self-determination theory	8
Engagement and burnout as predictors of dual career outcomes in Finnish student-athletes: a longitudinal study	8
The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season	8
Exploring perceptions of depression: a performer perspective	8
Evaluating a Brazilian online parent education programme in sport using the RE-AIM framework	8
Training of the eSport FIFA enhances cognitive performance of planning and decision making in cognitive tests	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
Core affective responses to light, moderate, and high intensity resistance exercise: a quasi-experimental study	7
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (IJSEP)	7
Impact of open and closed-skill sports on inhibitory control: evidence from event related potentials	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
Exploring the interplay between coaches’ need experiences and motivation with their (de)motivating coaching: a circumplex approach	7
Identifying behavioural addictions in endurance and ultra-endurance runners: a population at risk?	7
Antecedents and mediators of the association between adolescents’ intention and physical activity: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries	7
Context matters: an examination of game management in refereeing	7

Are college perfectionists more likely to be addicted to exercise? The promotion effect of psychological needs and motivation	7
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity	7
Comparative acute effects of aerobic versus resistance exercise on ameliorating cravings and associated emotional and cognitive factors in individuals with methamphetamine use disorders	7
Happiness on wheels: what makes cyclists happy?	7
A systematic review of interventions for developing athletes as leaders	7
A symptom network analysis of exercise addiction and personality on ultra-marathon runners with serious complications	7
Can stress and coping profiles predict athletes’ emotions and performance in competition? Analysis of profiles at competitions throughout the sporting season	6
Functional connectivity in table tennis players under cognitive task demands: dynamic regulation by the dominant hemisphere	6
Mental health and wellbeing of elite male youth Australian footballers on the road to the AFL draft: a longitudinal analysis	6
Social norms and emotion regulation among youth athletes	6
Influence of an audience on conscious motor processing and performance during a go-only and stop-signal soccer penalty shooting task	6
What makes running club participants commit to exercise in an adaptive way? Perspectives from self-determination theory	6
Parent–child co-participation in sport and physical activity: a scoping review	6
Promote “ we ” to inspire me: examining the roles of group identification and trust in the association between identity leadership and follower inspiration	6
Sprinting beyond sexism and gender stereotypes: Indian female fans’ experiences in the sports fandom	6
A systematic literature review of remote social support for physical activity	6
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Singapore national youth athletes’ mental health and potential protective factors	6
Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration	6
Semantic and affective processing of implicit associations are related to the regularity of running behaviour in young women: an ERP study	6
Correction	6
Social identification and relational efficacy beliefs in sports teams and training groups	6
Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children	6
Association of ANKK1 and DRD2 gene polymorphisms with exercise addiction among elite athletes	6
Mental health risk and protective factors in Australian cricket	6
Temporal dynamics of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship over one season among adolescent handball players: a latent class analysis approach	6
Longitudinal social network analysis of perceived physical ability and peer exposure among adolescents in school-based physical activity	5
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory	5
The affect-intensity relationship in aerobic exercise: an analysis based on a systematic review	5
The cognitive fatigue experienced by batters is modulated by the strike rate of a twenty20 innings	5
In pursuit of dual career excellence: factors associated to satisfaction of Swedish University student-athletes	5
Mental preparation for nationality-based challenges at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: a multi-level intervention	5
Strategic decision-making in Olympic bouldering: the role of climbing movement repertoire examined	5
An autoethnographic account and interpretation of sport related life skills and personal development	5
Online exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic and factors promoting or hindering participation in adults: a scoping review	5
A qualitative examination of parental mental health and well-being in youth sport	5
Are aging stereotypes in the physical domain associated with physical capacities in older adults?	5
A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation	5
Examining the effectiveness of focus of attention instructions on the learning of a badminton long serve in novice students: movement automaticity hypothesis	5
Predicting students’ basic psychological needs, motivation, and well-being in online physical education: a semester-term longitudinal study	5
The effect of expertise upon perceived reach- and grasp-ability in rock climbers	5
Trends of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among secondary school students in Singapore: what has changed in 15 years?	5
Coping with intensive training demands: a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between appraisal, emotion, coping effectiveness and engagement among elite fencers	5
Acute exercise on complex motor memory retention: the role of task cognitive demands	5