Science and Medicine in Football

Papers
(The median citation count of Science and Medicine in Football is 4. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Reliability of spatial-temporal metrics used to assess collective behaviours in football: an in-silico experiment62
World Congress on Science and Soccer 2025 (WCSS 2025): encourage progress, enhance practice42
Improving longitudinal performance assessment of youth soccer players: 10 m sprint percentile curves adapted to biological age31
Exploring decision-making practices during coaching sessions in grassroots youth soccer: a mixed-methods study28
A formative investigation assessing menstrual health literacy in professional women’s football27
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players26
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 soccer23
An investigation into the effect of audiences on the soccer penalty kick23
A systematic review of concussion education, knowledge, and attitudes in football22
Driving the future of health and performance in Women’s football21
#ReadyToplay: hamstring injuries in women’s football – a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian women’s premier league19
Sleep duration is associated with overnight changes in perceived fatigue in elite women soccer players19
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: harnessing data for decision support18
Optimising classification in sport: a replication study using physical and technical-tactical performance indicators to classify competitive levels in rugby league match-play18
The associations of transformational leadership and team cohesion on the psychological health of young football players through basic psychological needs18
Need a break? The locomotor and tackle pacing profile and loads of women’s rugby league match-play following various between-match turnaround durations17
Psychology research in women’s soccer: a scoping review16
Injury surveillance in The FA Walking Football Cup 202416
The relative age effect in the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA): a mixed methods approach15
The emergence of critical incidents in Rugby Union matches using Markov chain analysis15
The incidence and burden of injury in male adolescent community rugby union in Australia15
Agreement between perceived and objective sleep duration in highly trained young male soccer players14
Distinguishing skill from technique in football14
The effect of knee-flexion angle on peak force and muscle activation during isometric knee-flexor strength testing using the Nordbord device in soccer players13
Sport-related concussion knowledge and attitudes of staff working in English elite women’s football: a survey-based study13
Concurrent validation of foot-mounted inertial measurement units for quantifying Australian Rules football kicking12
Discriminative validity of summarized hip and knee angular accelerations for lower extremity training load quantification in male soccer players during a standardised training drill12
Survey of the current practices of German football academies towards biological maturation assessment11
Seasonal health tracking of Australian Football League Women’s athletes11
Injuries and risk factors in men’s beach soccer: Japanese national championships 2013–202311
Effects of concussion on technical performance in professional Australian football11
Time-loss injuries and illnesses at the FIFA world cup Qatar 202211
Development of novel calibration model(s) to predict whole-body density in professional football players11
Broadening our understanding of injury mechanisms to include at-risk situations: an overview of potential injuries at the FIFA men’s World Cup Qatar 2022 TM10
Match activity profile and heart rate responses of top-level soccer referees during Brazilian national first and second division and regional championships9
FIFA Arab Cup tournament with full capacity of spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study9
Where do you go when your periods go?: A case-study examining secondary amenorrhea in a professional internationally-capped female soccer player through the lens of the sport nutritionist9
Maximum speed exposures in Australian rules football: do methods matter?9
Crossing time zones and touchlines: an observational survey of practitioner perceptions on travel in elite North American soccer9
The relative age effect in under-17, under-20, and adult elite female soccer players9
How to mitigate injury risk after return-to-play in elite football? Expert judgement meets data analytics9
Medical care delivery in international football: perceived best practice and challenges. An interview-based study of national team clinicians8
Additional time error in association football is associated with interruption type and goal difference8
Correction8
‘After they see what you have, they contact you’: a qualitative study of national team football players’, coaches’ and clinicians’ experiences in engaging with a context-specific injury surveillance s8
Soccer coaches vs. sport science and medicine staff: who can more accurately predict the skeletal age of high-level youth soccer players?8
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in football – a “Keeping SCORE” approach to judicious use7
Heading in football: a systematic review of descriptors, definitions, and reporting methods used in heading incidence studies7
Individual and situational factors affecting the movement characteristics and internal responses to Touch match-play during an international tournament7
Correction7
Health problems in top-level female football players: a four-season prospective study in the Finnish top football league7
Analysing the impact of the 50:22 kick law changes in South African rugby tournaments between 2021 and 20227
Broadcast analytics – an evaluation of video-based tracking systems with constrained player visibility7
Exploring psychosocial risk factors for dropout in adolescent female soccer7
Acute pre- and post-competitive soccer match-play changes in neuromuscular factors, physical performance, and muscle response in youth male players7
Experienced academy soccer coaches’ perceptions of evaluating talented youth soccer players’ skilfulness in small-sided games: a mixed-methods study7
Decrease in aerial challenges after revision of goal kick rules in Japan Professional Soccer League: explorative study of the possibility of a risk reduction for head injury, concussion, and brain dam6
Relative age and biological maturity-related selection biases in male youth soccer across different competitive levels within a national association6
Evolution of passing network in the Soccer World Cups 2010–20226
Single leg drop jump is affected by physical capacities in male soccer players following ACL reconstruction6
Incidence of concussion and associated risk factors in collegiate soccer: findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE consortium6
Examining the mental health status of referees in the turkish professional football league6
The use of sand as an alternative surface for training, injury prevention and rehabilitation in English professional football and barriers to implementation: a cross-sectional survey of medical staff5
Most common movements preceding goal scoring situations in female professional soccer5
Acute fuelling and recovery practices of academy soccer players: implications for growth, maturation, and physical performance5
Planning and periodisation strategies in English professional men’s football: an investigation into current practice5
Characteristics of potential head injury situations at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 TM5
Assessing the association between on-field heading technique and head impact kinematics in a cohort of female youth soccer players5
Physical demands in Spanish male and female elite football referees during the competition: a prospective observational study5
Epidemiology of football-related injuries in young male football players. An additional analysis of data from a cluster-randomised controlled trial5
Barriers and enablers to implementing the UEFA Consensus Statement on Nutrition: insights from sport nutrition practitioners in the English Premier League5
A prospective epidemiologic study of injuries and illnesses in the football matches of the 14th National Student Games of China5
Monitoring the physical demands of training in Rugby League: the practices and perceptions of practitioners5
Interchangeability of optical tracking technologies: potential overestimation of the sprint running load demands in the English Premier League5
Frequency and intensity of change of directions in German Bundesliga soccer5
Research on women’s futsal: a scoping review5
Exploring the true burden of a time-loss injury: full vs partial time-loss in elite academy football (soccer)4
Assessing maximal sprinting speed in soccer – criterion validity of commonly used devices4
Surveying the youth-to-senior transition landscape in Major League Soccer: a new frontier4
Introducing a new “ Preliminary Report” submission category for small-sample intervention studies: rationale and instructions4
Data analytics practices and reporting strategies in senior football: insights into athlete health and performance from over 200 practitioners worldwide4
Correction4
A multi-club analysis of the locomotor training characteristics of elite female soccer players4
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: computational approaches to tactics4
Exploring the relationship between well-being and match playing time in elite U-17 footballers4
Walking football for Health – physiological response to playing and characteristics of the players4
Elite female footballers in England: an exploration of mental ill-health and help-seeking intentions4
A scoping review of the research supporting coaching practice in women’s football – as the game grows the research strives to keep up4
The short-term relation between load and acute psychophysiological responses in football: a meta-analysis and methodological considerations4
Factors associated with career longevity and satisfaction: findings from the women’s soccer/football health study4
Menstrual cycle knowledge, first- and second-hand experiences, personal opinions, and practices of players and staff from elite European women’s football clubs4
Results of a cardiac screening program in elite football players in New Zealand4
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