Science and Medicine in Football

Papers
(The H4-Index of Science and Medicine in Football is 16. 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
A special issue only for one virus: has the football research community responded well to the pandemic?49
Reliability of spatial-temporal metrics used to assess collective behaviours in football: an in-silico experiment45
Exploring decision-making practices during coaching sessions in grassroots youth soccer: a mixed-methods study40
Determining age-specific velocity thresholds for elite youth female soccer players39
A formative investigation assessing menstrual health literacy in professional women’s football37
World Congress on Science and Soccer 2025 (WCSS 2025): encourage progress, enhance practice33
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players31
The incidence and characteristics of heading in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™26
Load monitoring, strength training, and recovery in futsal: Practitioners’ perspectives25
Estimating is not measuring: the use of non-invasive estimations of somatic maturity in youth football23
Are there differences in the attention of elite football players concerning playing positions?22
Exploring the impact of athletic identity on gender role conflict and athlete injury fear avoidance in male English professional academy football players22
An investigation into the effect of audiences on the soccer penalty kick17
Monitoring the beautiful adapted game: a 3-year prospective surveillance study of injuries in elite English Para football16
The effectiveness of 3D multiple object tracking training on decision-making in soccer16
A systematic review of concussion education, knowledge, and attitudes in football16
The psychological impact of COVID-19 infection on athletes: example of professional male football players16
Multi-hosting UEFA European Football Championship: fair enough between participating teams?16
Sleep duration is associated with overnight changes in perceived fatigue in elite women soccer players16
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