OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology is 23. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Mapping the scientific structure of positive youth development research in sport	68
Scoping review of literature and systematic search of web-based resources: parasport classification instructions, experiences, and outcomes	66
Evidence of gender imbalance across samples in sport and exercise psychology	64
Self-compassion in sport: a scoping review	59
A scoping review of empirical research on dance imagery	53
How is the participation of individuals with disabilities studied and understood in current research within the sport context? A systematic literature review	46
Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: a systematic review and meta-aggregation	40
What do we currently know about the development of talent? A systematic review in the soccer context	39
Exercise caution: some methodological and theoretical considerations when examining improvements in attentional selectivity following exercise	37
The effectiveness of stress regulation interventions with athletes: A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	35
Executive function and visual attention in sport: a systematic review	35
A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions that target the intersection of body image and movement among girls and women	33
A systematic review exploring the reflective accounts of applied sport psychology practitioners	32
Grit in sport: a scoping review	31
Complex interventions	30
When is knowledge of performance (KP) superior to knowledge of results (KR) in promoting motor skill learning? A systematic review	30
Talent development environments within sports: a scoping review examining functional and dysfunctional environmental features	27
Meta-ethnography	27
Introduction to IRSEP special issue: research review methodologies in sport and exercise psychology	27
Comparisons of different focuses of attention on children’s learning and performance: a systematic review	26
Anti-doping education interventions in athletic populations: a systematic review of their characteristics, outcomes and practical implications	25
Psychological readiness to return to sport following injury: a state-of-the-art review	24
Systematic review methods	24
Citation network analysis	23