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

Article	Citations
The relationship between role and social identities and physical activity participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	93
Self-compassion in sport: a scoping review	90
Evidence of gender imbalance across samples in sport and exercise psychology	82
Scoping review of literature and systematic search of web-based resources: parasport classification instructions, experiences, and outcomes	58
A scoping review of empirical research on dance imagery	58
Therapeutic hypnosis and sports performance: a systematic review	51
Exercise caution: some methodological and theoretical considerations when examining improvements in attentional selectivity following exercise	47
Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: a systematic review and meta-aggregation	46
Executive function and visual attention in sport: a systematic review	43
What do we currently know about the development of talent? A systematic review in the soccer context	43
How is the participation of individuals with disabilities studied and understood in current research within the sport context? A systematic literature review	40
A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions that target the intersection of body image and movement among girls and women	39
The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery (AO + MI) practice on motor learning: a systematic review	36
Complex interventions	34
Talent development environments within sports: a scoping review examining functional and dysfunctional environmental features	31
Meta-ethnography	31
Comparisons of different focuses of attention on children’s learning and performance: a systematic review	29
Anti-doping education interventions in athletic populations: a systematic review of their characteristics, outcomes and practical implications	29
Introduction to IRSEP special issue: research review methodologies in sport and exercise psychology	29
Correlates of athlete mental health during career transitions: a systematic review of quantitative research	28
Systematic review methods	28
Barriers to and enablers of physical education engagement among school students aged 6–16 years: a scoping review	27
Psychological readiness to return to sport following injury: a state-of-the-art review	23