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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Reliability of spatial-temporal metrics used to assess collective behaviours in football: an in-silico experiment43
World Congress on Science and Soccer 2025 (WCSS 2025): encourage progress, enhance practice34
Improving longitudinal performance assessment of youth soccer players: 10 m sprint percentile curves adapted to biological age31
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players30
A formative investigation assessing menstrual health literacy in professional women’s football27
Exploring decision-making practices during coaching sessions in grassroots youth soccer: a mixed-methods study26
Exploring the impact of athletic identity on gender role conflict and athlete injury fear avoidance in male English professional academy football players25
Load monitoring, strength training, and recovery in futsal: Practitioners’ perspectives24
The incidence and characteristics of heading in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™23
Development of team-based and individualised speed zone thresholds for elite club-level women’s soccer21
A systematic review of concussion education, knowledge, and attitudes in football19
Optimising classification in sport: a replication study using physical and technical-tactical performance indicators to classify competitive levels in rugby league match-play19
An investigation into the effect of audiences on the soccer penalty kick19
Driving the future of health and performance in Women’s football18
Head acceleration events are associated with tackler head contact and running speed during tackling in junior Australian football17
#ReadyToplay: hamstring injuries in women’s football – a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian women’s premier league17
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: harnessing data for decision support16
Sleep duration is associated with overnight changes in perceived fatigue in elite women soccer players16
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