Science and Medicine in Football

Papers
(The H4-Index of Science and Medicine in Football is 17. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
A special issue only for one virus: has the football research community responded well to the pandemic?59
Exploring decision-making practices during coaching sessions in grassroots youth soccer: a mixed-methods study49
World Congress on Science and Soccer 2025 (WCSS 2025): encourage progress, enhance practice49
Reliability of spatial-temporal metrics used to assess collective behaviours in football: an in-silico experiment40
Determining age-specific velocity thresholds for elite youth female soccer players34
A formative investigation assessing menstrual health literacy in professional women’s football29
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players28
Estimating is not measuring: the use of non-invasive estimations of somatic maturity in youth football22
Load monitoring, strength training, and recovery in futsal: Practitioners’ perspectives21
The incidence and characteristics of heading in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™20
Are there differences in the attention of elite football players concerning playing positions?20
Exploring the impact of athletic identity on gender role conflict and athlete injury fear avoidance in male English professional academy football players20
A systematic review of concussion education, knowledge, and attitudes in football18
An investigation into the effect of audiences on the soccer penalty kick18
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: harnessing data for decision support17
Monitoring the beautiful adapted game: a 3-year prospective surveillance study of injuries in elite English Para football17
Sleep duration is associated with overnight changes in perceived fatigue in elite women soccer players17
The associations of transformational leadership and team cohesion on the psychological health of young football players through basic psychological needs17
Multi-hosting UEFA European Football Championship: fair enough between participating teams?17
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