OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part P-Journal is 1. 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
Engineering for Women in Sport-Editorial	17
Validity and Reliability of GPS-Based Running Distance Measurements at Varying Bluetooth Connection Ranges	12
Impact of a cue with a billiard ball	11
The effect of coupling a helmet and shoulder pads on head and neck loading in American football impacts	11
Reliability and validity of the new portable Nordic hamstring test device (IVMES H-Bord)	11
Comparative study on the performance of different table tennis rubbers	10
Design and development of a feedback system for automatic treadmill speed adaptation	9
Effect of weight on dynamic ropes’ responses in indoor climbing	8
Horse gait analysis using wearable inertial sensors and machine learning	8
Comparison of ground reaction force and contact time during various-direction lunges between badminton shoes without and with a lateral forefoot wedge sole	7
Gender differences in phases of play by match outcomes and football confederations during the FIFA U-20 World Cup	7
Unlocking the potential: A comprehensive meta-synthesis of Internet of Things in the sports industry	7
Quantifying athlete wellness: Investigating the predictive potential of subjective wellness reports through a player monitoring system	7
Non-exercise-based racing time prediction of cross-country skiers using machine learning methods combined with Relief-F feature selection	6
A new dragon-boat rowing machine with visual motion capture technology	6
Validity of smartphones for assessing kayak paddler training	6
Aerodynamics study on sweeper	6
Development and application of a method to simulate commotio cordis inducing impacts for the evaluation of football chest protective equipment	5
A comparison of protocols for measuring forces during landing on competition mats in gymnastics	5
Using large language models to generate baseball spray charts in the absence of numerical data	5
Consequences of field obstacles on tactical, conditional, and emotional dimensions in young female soccer players during small-sided games	5
Modeling and control of active magnetic bearings using reinforcement learning for high-performance cycling ergometers	5
The dependence of baseball lift and drag on spin	5
Head impacts in non-helmeted sports: Measuring and locating the impact force	5
Best table tennis rubber selection using decomposed Pythagorean fuzzy-CODAS method	5

The effectiveness of chalk as a friction modifier for finger pad contact with rocks of varying roughness	5
Estimating skier’s load in cross-country sit-ski by generative simulation of poling motion using deep reinforcement learning	5
Arrival velocities for headers from corner kicks are comparable between modern and historic association footballs	4
Concurrent validity and intra-unit reliability of the Speedtrack X radar gun device for measuring tennis ball speed	4
The influence of technical performance indicators on the results of the Chinese Football Super League at different stages of the season-based on evidence from the 2010–2019 seasons	4
Biomechanical mechanisms of lower limb adaptations to drop-jump height in sprinters under fixed load conditions	4
Parametric design methods development for the comparison of American football faceguards using validated structural stiffness models	4
Comparison of three launch monitors assessment of driver performance	4
Analysis on the mechanism of speed skaters’ skating sagittal trunk flexion angle control and wind resistance coefficient change on skating efficiency	4
Classification of movements of collegiate female soccer players using inertial measurement units	4
Development of a method for the impact performance characterization of commonly worn helmets in rodeo bull-riding	4
Using IMU sensors to compare rowing ergometers with rowing on the water	4
Impact of wearable resistance training on knee and ankle joint biomechanics: Enhancing change of direction ability in football athletes	4
A single trunk-mounted wearable sensor to measure motor performance in triathletes during competition	4
Women sport actions dataset for visual classification using small-scale training data	4
The effects of spin and material on the coefficient of restitution for oblique impacts of solid balls	4
YOLO-Ball: Real-time tennis ball detection under occlusion and motion blur	3
Development of an innovative method for evaluating a network of collective defensive interactions in football	3
Comparison of three different ice hockey helmets using an ice hockey specific test protocol	3
The influence of seam orientation on the lift and drag of a rotating baseball in flight	3
Influence of tactics and situational variables on goal scoring in European football	3
Optimizing simulation suggests that maximizing swimming speed and minimizing undesirable body roll are contradicting for swimmers stroking with one upper limb	3
Differences between men’s and women’s lacrosse helmets in managing impact energy	3
Development and validation of inverted head form orientation for helmet testing using a pneumatic linear impact system	3
Reliability device for measuring frictional resistance between footwear sole and contact surface	3
Tribological devices in cycling: A review	3
Effect of increasing the mass of the ball on power output during the overarm throw in professional male handball players	3
Shoe wear test machine: What exists versus innovations and promising concepts. A scoping review	2
Logarithmic dimensionless jerk as a metric for movement smoothness in traditional archery	2
Pressure wave propagation from association football head collisions	2
Aerodynamic comparisons between Al Rihla and recent World Cup soccer balls	2
Does pad displacement correlate to impact severity metrics in football helmets?	2
Investigating the influence of head kinematics on head injury metrics and factors to consider for football helmet design	2
Three-defender versus two-defender systems in football: A comparison of offensive play	2
Shifting joint regulation: The influence of hard spring surfaces on lower limb mechanics during hopping	2
Where to aim in soccer penalty kicks: Balancing strategy and execution	2
Selecting archers for the three-archer team event at major international archery competitions	2
A comparative evaluation of Elo ratings- and machine learning-based methods for tennis match result prediction	2
AI-assisted umpire evaluation in baseball: A data-driven approach to assessing ball-strike decisions	2
How are the impact attenuation properties of men’s and women’s helmets affected after one season in professional ice hockey?	2
Linking network structures and stochastic flow properties: An exploratory Markov-spectral case study in professional football	2
The effect of the head surrogate on the performance of bicycle helmets	2
Finish-line photography system based on multi-scale convolutional neural network deblurring	2
Multi-sensor fusion based optimized deep convolutional neural network for boxing punch activity recognition	2
Energy loss in oblique collisions	2
Exploring the impact of sepak takraw ball heading on brain injury risk: An analytical and experimental investigation	2
The informative power of heart rate along with machine learning regression models to predict maximal oxygen consumption and maximal workload capacity	2
The familiarity factor: How experience with spring surfaces influences joint mechanics during hopping	2
Stryd biomechanical parameters as indicators of running economy and performance	1
Understanding lower-limb synergies and their role in angular momentum transfer: A biomechanical analysis on tennis double-handed backhand	1

The use of technology in the assessment and monitorization of a season in a professional padel player: A case study	1
Mathematical modelling of the application of lane conditioner to a Tenpin bowling lane	1
Navigating team tactical analysis in football: An analytical pipeline leveraging player tracking technology	1
Does pedal mass affect pedaling biomechanics?	1
Review of World Rugby’s Test Method 01 head injury criteria: Procedure analysis and optimisation	1
Once or twice? The effect of different number of video assistant referees intervention	1
Validity and reliability of a new portable and cost-effective photoelectric cells device for measuring vertical jump performance: “The ADR Jumping”	1
Exploring the impact of bowling ball properties and performance through the use of technology: An analysis of bowling ball motion	1
Positioning to win: Key position-based performance indicators in elite soccer	1
Validity of a wearable device for measuring vertical displacement and jump count in young artistic roller skating athletes	1
Toward painless road-cycling for women: Innovative pressure distribution through lattice-based seat pads	1
Concurrent validity of single- and dual-beam timing systems for linear and change of direction speed testing in youth soccer players	1
Real time estimation of vertical jump height with a markerless motion capture smartphone app: A proof-of-concept case study	1
Effects of training repetition on young footballers’ tactical and physical performances: free and conditioned large-sided games	1
Analysis of technical-tactical performance in table tennis based on machine learning and evaluation theory	1
Inter and intra-session reliability and validity of the Performanz JumpR device for measuring different jump performances in young male soccer players	1
High-speed measurement of grip force and swing mechanics during forehand strokes in soft tennis	1
Comparison of dynamic performance of Jasti and Humanetics neckforms with an inter-lab validation	1
Comparison of collision dynamics of soccer balls with energy dissipation method	1
Experimental measurements of the wake flow and drag of a luge sled and rider combination	1
SALUTRACK: A smartphone application to evaluate and monitor injuries and health problems in athletes from the Balearic Islands	1
Design of badminton serving violation detection system based on AdaBoost algorithm	1
Investigation of tibia and fibula fracture risk during football impacts using finite element human body models	1
Development and damping characterisation of an ice climbing tool with rubber-interleaved carbon-aramid shaft	1
Field-based upper-body motor variability as determinant of stroke performance in the main tennis strokes	1
Aerodynamic analysis during the in-run phase of ski jumping: A numerical study of body posture effects	1
The utility of markerless motion capture for performance analysis in racket sports	1
All devices are not created equal: Simultaneous data collection of three triaxial accelerometers sampling at different frequencies	1
The impact of the automated ball-strike system (ABS) on baseball: A deep learning based counterfactual approach	1
Archery score analysis system for outdoor environments	1
A Random Forest clustering to explore the influence of physical fitness level of youth basketball players on match-related physical performance	1
Test-retest reliability and comparison of single- and dual-beam photocell timing system with video-based applications to measure linear and change of direction sprint times	1
Effect of wear and outsole material on the frictional performance of basketball shoes across playing surfaces	1
A mathematical model of dynamic skate blade holders	1
Unpacking success and failure: Key technical-tactical match statistics in UEFA and CONMEBOL’s top leagues	1
Stiffness of the glass shielding in ice hockey	1
Parking the bus or high pressing? Defensive tactical insights from the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup	1
How fractal complexity distorts distance and elevation gain in trail and mountain running: The case for course measurement standardization	1
The effect of video assistant referee (VAR) on match performance in elite football: A systematic review with meta-analysis	1
Research on learning and evaluation model of traditional sports skills of ethnic minorities using optimized spiking deep residual network	1
The concurrent validity and reliability of the My Jump Lab smartphone app for the real-time measurement of vertical jump performance	1
Technical–tactical differences between female and male elite football: A data mining approach through neural network analysis, binary logistic regression, and decision tree techniques	1
In-plane density gradation of shoe midsoles for optimal energy absorption performance	1
Computational turf model validation with Clegg Impact Soil Tester experimental impacts on a wide range of synthetic turf constructions	1
Using machine learning to determine the positions of professional soccer players in terms of biomechanical variables	1
Concurrent validity and reliability of real time barbell velocity and power measurement in the squat exercise	1
Acute:chronic workload ratio and training monotony variations over the season in professional soccer: A systematic review	1
An experimental and finite element modeling parametric study of artificial turf under translation and rotation loading	1
Reduction of knee loading during landing and cutting with a dual-joint brace	1