OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part P-Journal is 2. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Engineering for Women in Sport-Editorial	14
Comparative study on the performance of different table tennis rubbers	12
Validity and Reliability of GPS-Based Running Distance Measurements at Varying Bluetooth Connection Ranges	11
Impact of a cue with a billiard ball	11
Reliability and validity of the new portable Nordic hamstring test device (IVMES H-Bord)	10
The effect of coupling a helmet and shoulder pads on head and neck loading in American football impacts	9
Unlocking the potential: A comprehensive meta-synthesis of Internet of Things in the sports industry	9
Effect of weight on dynamic ropes’ responses in indoor climbing	8
Design and development of a feedback system for automatic treadmill speed adaptation	8
Horse gait analysis using wearable inertial sensors and machine learning	8
Gender differences in phases of play by match outcomes and football confederations during the FIFA U-20 World Cup	7
Comparison of ground reaction force and contact time during various-direction lunges between badminton shoes without and with a lateral forefoot wedge sole	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
Consequences of field obstacles on tactical, conditional, and emotional dimensions in young female soccer players during small-sided games	5
A comparison of protocols for measuring forces during landing on competition mats in gymnastics	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
Biomechanical mechanisms of lower limb adaptations to drop-jump height in sprinters under fixed load conditions	5
Development and application of a method to simulate commotio cordis inducing impacts for the evaluation of football chest protective equipment	5
Estimating skier’s load in cross-country sit-ski by generative simulation of poling motion using deep reinforcement learning	5

Modeling and control of active magnetic bearings using reinforcement learning for high-performance cycling ergometers	5
Development of a method for the impact performance characterization of commonly worn helmets in rodeo bull-riding	4
Women sport actions dataset for visual classification using small-scale training data	4
Arrival velocities for headers from corner kicks are comparable between modern and historic association footballs	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
The effectiveness of chalk as a friction modifier for finger pad contact with rocks of varying roughness	4
The effects of spin and material on the coefficient of restitution for oblique impacts of solid balls	4
Comparison of three launch monitors assessment of driver performance	4
Concurrent validity and intra-unit reliability of the Speedtrack X radar gun device for measuring tennis ball speed	4
A single trunk-mounted wearable sensor to measure motor performance in triathletes during competition	4
Optimizing simulation suggests that maximizing swimming speed and minimizing undesirable body roll are contradicting for swimmers stroking with one upper limb	4
Using large language models to generate baseball spray charts in the absence of numerical data	4
Parametric design methods development for the comparison of American football faceguards using validated structural stiffness models	4
Impact of wearable resistance training on knee and ankle joint biomechanics: Enhancing change of direction ability in football athletes	4
Using wireless inertial measurement units for measuring hip range of motion through commonly used clinical tests	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
Using IMU sensors to compare rowing ergometers with rowing on the water	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
The influence of seam orientation on the lift and drag of a rotating baseball in flight	3
Reliability device for measuring frictional resistance between footwear sole and contact surface	3
Tribological devices in cycling: A review	3
Development and validation of inverted head form orientation for helmet testing using a pneumatic linear impact system	3
Influence of tactics and situational variables on goal scoring in European football	3
Differences between men’s and women’s lacrosse helmets in managing impact energy	3
Features of ball impact in straight, curve and knuckle kicks in soccer	3
Linking network structures and stochastic flow properties: An exploratory Markov-spectral case study in professional football	2
How are the impact attenuation properties of men’s and women’s helmets affected after one season in professional ice hockey?	2
Where to aim in soccer penalty kicks: Balancing strategy and execution	2
Finish-line photography system based on multi-scale convolutional neural network deblurring	2
Selecting archers for the three-archer team event at major international archery competitions	2
Aerodynamic comparisons between Al Rihla and recent World Cup soccer balls	2
Understanding lower-limb synergies and their role in angular momentum transfer: A biomechanical analysis on tennis double-handed backhand	2
The effect of the head surrogate on the performance of bicycle helmets	2
Three-defender versus two-defender systems in football: A comparison of offensive play	2
Comparison of three different ice hockey helmets using an ice hockey specific test protocol	2
Investigating the influence of head kinematics on head injury metrics and factors to consider for football helmet design	2
Exploring the impact of sepak takraw ball heading on brain injury risk: An analytical and experimental investigation	2
Energy loss in oblique collisions	2
A comparative evaluation of Elo ratings- and machine learning-based methods for tennis match result prediction	2
A mathematical model of dynamic skate blade holders	2
The informative power of heart rate along with machine learning regression models to predict maximal oxygen consumption and maximal workload capacity	2
Shoe wear test machine: What exists versus innovations and promising concepts. A scoping review	2
Effect of increasing the mass of the ball on power output during the overarm throw in professional male handball players	2
Test-retest reliability of customised inertial measurement units (IMUs) in evaluating skateboarding related manoeuvres	2
Pressure wave propagation from association football head collisions	2
Does pad displacement correlate to impact severity metrics in football helmets?	2
Multi-sensor fusion based optimized deep convolutional neural network for boxing punch activity recognition	2
AI-assisted umpire evaluation in baseball: A data-driven approach to assessing ball-strike decisions	2

Shifting joint regulation: The influence of hard spring surfaces on lower limb mechanics during hopping	2
Logarithmic dimensionless jerk as a metric for movement smoothness in traditional archery	2