Journal of Sport and Health Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Sport and Health Science is 8. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Esports players, got muscle? Competitive video game players’ physical activity, body fat, bone mineral content, and muscle mass in comparison to matched controls202
One hundred marathons in 100 days: Unique biomechanical signature and the evolution of force characteristics and bone density193
Which intensities, types, and patterns of movement behaviors are most strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk factors among children?162
The secrets to running economy149
Sport and exercise during viral acute respiratory illness—Time to revisit137
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical activity of the Thai population: Evidence from Thailand's Surveillance on Physical Activity 2020102
Look into my eyes: What can eye-based measures tell us about the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance?99
Comparison of the effects of high-intensity interval and moderate-intensity continuous training on inflammatory markers, cardiorespiratory fitness, and quality of life in breast cancer patients98
Exercise immunology: Novel insights94
Editorial Board87
Effects of personalized exercise prescriptions and social media delivered through mobile health on cancer survivors’ physical activity and quality of life83
Biceps femoris long head sarcomere and fascicle length adaptations after 3 weeks of eccentric exercise training78
Commentary on “The deterministic condition for the ground reaction force acting point on the combined knee valgus and tibial internal rotation moments in the early phase of cutting maneuvers in female72
Comparative efficacy of various exercise interventions on cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis71
Editorial Board71
Association of physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, grip strength, and grip strength asymmetry with incident musculoskeletal disorders in 406,080 White adults69
The effectiveness of physical activity interventions on blood pressure in children and adolescents: A systematic review and network meta-analysis67
Benefits and harms of exercise therapy and physical activity for low back pain: An umbrella review67
Acknowledgment to reviewers—November 2022 to August 202367
Impact of exercise on markers of B cell-related immunity: A systematic review62
Soleus arthrogenic muscle inhibition following acute lateral ankle sprain correlates with symptoms and ankle disability but not with postural control59
Lymphangiogenesis: A new player in the heart's adaptive response to exercise59
Do multiparous women need to work or exercise extra hard to control gestational diabetes?57
Effectiveness of statins vs. exercise on reducing postprandial hypertriglyceridemia in dyslipidemic population: A systematic review and network meta-analysis54
Commentary on “Alexa, let's train now! A systematic review and classification approach to digital and home-based physical training interventions aiming to support healthy cognitive aging”51
Acknowledgment to reviewers—September 2023 to June 202451
Most ankle sprain research is either false or clinically unimportant: A 30-year audit of randomized controlled trials51
Changes in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and self-reported cognitive function in cancer survivors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study50
Associations of self-reported and device-assessed physical activity with fatigue, quality of life, and sleep quality in adults living with and beyond cancer50
Observations regarding open access publishing in hybrid journals in sport sciences50
A primer on global molecular responses to exercise in skeletal muscle: Omics in focus49
Intensity of effort and momentary failure in resistance training: Are we asking a binary question for a continuous variable?48
Factors that affect heart rate variability following acute resistance exercise: A systematic review and meta-analysis47
Step volume and intensity in older adults: Commentary on “Association of accelerometer-derived step volume and intensity with hospitalizations and mortality in older adults: A prospective cohort study46
Editorial Board46
Lacrosse-related injuries in boys and girls treated in U.S. emergency departments, 2000–201646
Relationship of proprioception, cutaneous sensitivity, and muscle strength with the balance control among older adults46
Exerkine response to acute exercise: Still much to discover45
Associations of accelerometer-determined physical activity and sedentary behavior with sarcopenia and incident falls over 12 months in community-dwelling Swedish older adults44
Exercise training improves participation in persons with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis44
Neurogranin as an important regulator in swimming training to improve the spatial memory dysfunction of mice with chronic cerebral hypoperfusion42
Effects of resistance training performed to repetition failure or non-failure on muscular strength and hypertrophy: A systematic review and meta-analysis40
Do people with low back pain walk differently? A systematic review and meta-analysis40
How much resistance exercise is beneficial for healthy aging and longevity?38
Editorial Board37
Comment on “Global prevalence and gender inequalities in at least 60 min of self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity 1 or more days per week: An analysis with 707,616 adolescents”36
The Catalogue of Journal of Sport and Health Science 202235
The impact of height-adjustable desks and classroom prompts on classroom sitting time, social, and motivational factors among adolescents35
Risk management strategies for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games: The Beijing scheme35
Effects of a school-based karate intervention on academic achievement, psychosocial functioning, and physical fitness: A multi-country cluster randomized controlled trial35
Editorial Board35
Interference screws vs. suture anchors for isolated medial patellofemoral ligament femoral fixation: A systematic review35
Exercise and quality of life in cancer34
The association of grip strength with cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality in people with hypertension: Findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology China Study33
Endoscopic debridement for non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy with and without platelet-rich plasma32
Exercise promotes angiogenesis by enhancing endothelial cell fatty acid utilization via liver-derived extracellular vesicle miR-122-5p32
Advancing pediatric exercise research: A focus on immunomics and cutting-edge technologies32
Metabolic cost of level, uphill, and downhill running in highly cushioned shoes with carbon-fiber plates31
The epigenetic landscape of exercise in cardiac health and disease31
Effect and feasibility of wearable physical activity trackers and pedometers for increasing physical activity and improving health outcomes in cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis30
Number of parous events affects the association between physical exercise and glycemic control among women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study29
Muscle strength deficits are associated with low bone mineral density in young pediatric cancer survivors: The iBoneFIT project29
Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games: Commitments to science and public health29
Editorial Board29
Go to the back before going forward: Addressing psychological responses in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation28
Bidirectional relationships of physical activity and gross motor skills before and after summer break: Application of a cross-lagged panel model28
Physical activity and its relationship with COVID-19 cases and deaths: Analysis of U.S. counties27
Exploring the associations between skeletal muscle echogenicity and physical function in aging adults: A systematic review with meta-analyses26
Editorial Board26
WITHDRAWN: Effects of a school-based karate intervention on academic achievement, psychosocial functioning, and physical fitness: A multi-country cluster randomized controlled trial25
Does ergogenic effect of caffeine supplementation depend on CYP1A2 genotypes? A systematic review with meta-analysis25
Development, validation, and transportability of several machine-learned, non-exercise-based VO2max prediction models for older adults25
Commentary on “Does light-intensity physical activity moderate the relationship between sitting time and adiposity markers in adolescents?”25
The effectiveness of a 17-week lifestyle intervention on health behaviors among airline pilots during COVID-1924
Exercise attenuates bone mineral density loss during diet-induced weight loss in adults with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis24
Association between physical activity and risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis24
Influence of biological sex and exercise on murine cardiac metabolism24
Association of physical activity with risk of chronic kidney disease in China: A population-based cohort study24
Elevated brain temperature under severe heat exposure impairs cortical motor activity and executive function24
Incidence of injuries in professional snow sports: A systematic review and meta-analysis24
Maximizing recovery time between knock-out races improves sprint cross-country skiing performance23
Reflections on four decades of physical activity epidemiology23
State laws governing school physical education in relation to attendance and physical activity among students in the USA: A systematic review and meta-analysis23
Exercise cardiac power and the risk of heart failure in men: A population-based follow-up study23
Physical exercises for preventing injuries among adult male football players: A systematic review22
A review of public health guidelines for postpartum physical activity and sedentary behavior from around the world22
Contributions of the Cybathlon championship to the literature on functional electrical stimulation cycling among individuals with spinal cord injury: A bibliometric review21
Association of daily sitting time and leisure-time physical activity with body fat among U.S. adults21
Increasing our return on investment in science: Start with better behavior21
Neuromuscular, biomechanical, and energetic adjustments following repeated bouts of downhill running21
Let's get moving: The Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022 calls for urgent action21
Exercise is medicine for type 2 diabetes: An interview with Dr. Sheri R. Colberg20
Anticancer effects of exercise: Insights from single-cell analysis20
Six high-intensity interval training sessions over 5 days increases maximal oxygen uptake, endurance capacity, and sub-maximal exercise fat oxidation as much as 6 high-intensity interval training sess19
Speed and surface steepness affect internal tibial loading during running19
Prevalence and correlates of meeting the muscle-strengthening exercise recommendations among Chinese children and adolescents: Results from 2019 Physical Activity and Fitness in China—The Youth Study19
Exercised blood plasma promotes hippocampal neurogenesis in the Alzheimer's disease rat brain19
The deterministic condition for the ground reaction force acting point on the combined knee valgus and tibial internal rotation moments in early phase of cutting maneuvers in female athletes18
Editorial Board18
Gender inequalities in physical activity among adolescents from 64 Global South countries18
Dynamic resistance exercise increases skeletal muscle-derived FSTL1 inducing cardiac angiogenesis via DIP2A–Smad2/3 in rats following myocardial infarction17
Epidemiology of injuries in male and female youth football players: A systematic review and meta-analysis17
Subpopulations of regulatory T cells are associated with subclinical atherosclerotic plaques, levels of LDL, and cardiorespiratory fitness in the elderly17
Exercise-induced extracellular vesicles delay tumor development by igniting inflammation in an immunologically cold triple-negative breast cancer mouse model17
Toe-out landing reduces anterior talofibular ligament strain while maintains calcaneofibular ligament strain in people with chronic ankle instability17
Peripheral actions and direct central–local communications of melanocortin 4 receptor signaling17
Exercise training mode effects on myokine expression in healthy adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis17
A critical review of national physical activity policies relating to children and young people in England17
Neurophysiological correlates of interference control and response inhibition processes in children and adolescents engaging in open- and closed-skill sports16
Acknowledgment to reviewers—October 2020 to October 202116
Biomechanics associated with tibial stress fracture in runners: A systematic review and meta-analysis16
Examining the intrinsic foot muscles’ capacity to modulate plantar flexor gearing and ankle joint contributions to propulsion in vertical jumping16
Eccentric exercise-induced muscle weakness abolishes sex differences in fatigability during sustained submaximal isometric contractions16
Association between physical activity and incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is modified by predicted cardiovascular risk: The China-PAR project16
A scoping review of methodologies for applying artificial intelligence to physical activity interventions16
Associations of daily sedentary behavior, physical activity, and sleep with irritable bowel syndrome: A prospective analysis of 362,193 participants16
Associations between meeting 24-hour movement guidelines and academic achievement in Australian primary school-aged children16
Effect of high-intensity interval training in adolescents with asthma: The eXercise for Asthma with Commando Joe's® (X4ACJ) trial16
The Journal of Sport and Health Science: Commemorating a decade of publishing milestones and impact16
Back to school after lockdown: The effect of COVID-19 restrictions on children's device-based physical activity metrics15
Predictors of multiple injuries in individual distance runners: A retrospective study of 75,401 entrants in 4 annual races–SAFER XX15
The Catalogue of Journal of Sport and Health Science 202315
The effects of a 20-week exercise program on blood-circulating biomarkers related to brain health in overweight or obese children: The ActiveBrains project15
Foam rolling and stretching do not provide superior acute flexibility and stiffness improvements compared to any other warm-up intervention: A systematic review with meta-analysis15
Lower limb suspension induces threshold-specific alterations of motor units properties that are reversed by active recovery15
Six-year trends and intersectional correlates of meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among South Korean adolescents: Korea Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2013–201815
Large language models’ performances regarding common patient questions about osteoarthritis: A comparative analysis of ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4.0, and perplexity15
Dose–response associations, physical activity intensity and mortality risk: A narrative review14
Physical activity lowers the risk for acute respiratory infections: Time for recognition14
Biomechanical analysis of the “running” vs. “conventional” diagonal stride uphill techniques as performed by elite cross-country skiers14
Pacing profiles and tactical behaviors of elite runners14
The effects of plyometric jump training on lower-limb stiffness in healthy individuals: A meta-analytical comparison14
Stair climbing, genetic predisposition, and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: A large population-based prospective cohort study14
Effects of exercise by type and duration on quality of life in patients with digestive system cancers: A systematic review and network meta-analysis14
Cardiorespiratory fitness, white blood cell count, and mortality in men and women14
Who could and should give exercise prescription: Physicians, exercise and health scientists, fitness trainers, or ChatGPT?13
Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) Version 1513
Countermeasures to reduce the risk of infections at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games—A balancing act13
2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities: A third update of the energy costs of human activities13
Policy and physical activity13
Exercise regulates cardiac metabolism: Sex does matter13
Effects of exercise on inflammation, circulating tumor cells, and circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer13
Association between ACTN3 R577X genotype and risk of non-contact injury in trained athletes: A systematic review13
IGF1–PI3K-induced physiological cardiac hypertrophy: Implications for new heart failure therapies, biomarkers, and predicting cardiotoxicity13
Is it possible to run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits without tackling social inequalities?13
Conceptual physical education: A course for the future13
Editorial Board12
Editorial Board12
Effect of resistance training volume on body adiposity, metabolic risk, and inflammation in postmenopausal and older females: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials12
Impact loading in female runners with single and multiple bone stress injuries during fresh and exerted conditions12
Increased number of symptoms during the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection in athletes is associated with prolonged time to return to full sports performance—AWARE VIII12
What's new in the 2020 World Health Organization Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior?11
Artificial intelligence-powered social robots for promoting physical activity in older adults: A systematic review11
Sports activity patterns and cardio-metabolic health over time among adults in Germany: Results of a nationwide 12-year follow-up study11
Refining safety considerations for intradialytic blood flow restriction exercise. Commentary on “Concerns on the application of blood-flow restriction resistance exercise and thrombosis risk in hemodi11
Estimates of voluntary activation in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Effects of type of stimulator, number of stimuli, and quantification technique11
Effects of contact/collision sport history on gait in early- to mid-adulthood11
Publisher's Note11
How to make the “jump” on understanding the importance of the intrinsic foot muscles for propulsion11
The association of diet quality and physical activity with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 85,545 older Australians: A longitudinal study11
Mediation role of cardiorespiratory fitness on the association between fatness and cardiometabolic risk in European adolescents: The HELENA study10
How completely are randomized controlled trials of non-pharmacological interventions following concussion reported? A systematic review10
Gut prevotella copri abundance linked to elevated post-exercise inflammation10
Meeting guidelines for physical activity, muscle strength, and sleep lowers mortality risk: Commentary on: “Associations between aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity, sleep duration, and10
Profiling elite male 100-m sprint performance: The role of maximum velocity and relative acceleration10
Exercise benefits meet the esophagus10
From London buses to activity trackers: A reflection of 70 years of physical activity research10
Active video games in fully immersive virtual reality elicit moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and improve cognitive performance in sedentary college students10
Editorial Board10
Cerebral and muscle tissue oxygenation during exercise in healthy adults: A systematic review10
Is device-measured vigorous physical activity associated with health-related outcomes in children and adolescents? A systematic review and meta-analysis10
Lymphangiogenesis contributes to exercise-induced physiological cardiac growth9
Chronic effects of stretching on range of motion with consideration of potential moderating variables: A systematic review with meta-analysis9
Longitudinal bending stiffness does not affect running economy in Nike Vaporfly Shoes9
The merit of superimposed vibration for flexibility and passive stiffness: A systematic review with multilevel meta-analysis9
The evidence for the impact of policy on physical activity outcomes within the school setting: A systematic review9
Epidemiology of insertional and midportion Achilles tendinopathy in runners: A prospective cohort study9
Ethical implications of artificial intelligence in sport: A systematic scoping review9
Commentary on “Why people should run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits”9
Non-exercise estimated cardiorespiratory fitness and cancer incidence: The NIH-AARP diet and health study9
Does intensity really matter regarding aerobic exercise reductions in wave reflection and central hemodynamics? Commentary on “The effect of acute aerobic exercise on central arterial stiffness, wave 9
Acute effect of foot strike patterns on in vivo tibiotalar and subtalar joint kinematics during barefoot running8
The effects of plyometric jump training on physical fitness attributes in basketball players: A meta-analysis8
Does eccentric exercise stimulate sarcomerogenesis?8
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the movement behaviors of children and youth: A scoping review of evidence after the first year8
Physical activity and amyloid beta in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis8
Can changes in midsole bending stiffness of shoes affect the onset of joint work redistribution during a prolonged run?8
Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines in children with mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders: Data from the 2016–2020 National Survey of Children's Health8
Sex differences in injury rates in team-sport athletes: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis8
The effect of muscle warm-up on voluntary and evoked force-time parameters: A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression8
The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on physical activity in U.S. children8
Movement behaviors and their association with depressive symptoms in Brazilian adolescents: A cross-sectional study8
Changes in segment coordination variability and the impacts of the lower limb across running mileages in half marathons: Implications for running injuries8
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