OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Science and Medicine in Football is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
A formative investigation assessing menstrual health literacy in professional women’s football	69
Reliability of spatial-temporal metrics used to assess collective behaviours in football: an in-silico experiment	58
Exploring decision-making practices during coaching sessions in grassroots youth soccer: a mixed-methods study	55
World Congress on Science and Soccer 2025 (WCSS 2025): encourage progress, enhance practice	36
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players	23
Load monitoring, strength training, and recovery in futsal: Practitioners’ perspectives	22
Exploring the impact of athletic identity on gender role conflict and athlete injury fear avoidance in male English professional academy football players	22
Multi-hosting UEFA European Football Championship: fair enough between participating teams?	21
A systematic review of concussion education, knowledge, and attitudes in football	21
The incidence and characteristics of heading in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™	21
An investigation into the effect of audiences on the soccer penalty kick	21
Sleep duration is associated with overnight changes in perceived fatigue in elite women soccer players	20
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: harnessing data for decision support	20
Optimising classification in sport: a replication study using physical and technical-tactical performance indicators to classify competitive levels in rugby league match-play	20
Driving the future of health and performance in Women’s football	19
#ReadyToplay: hamstring injuries in women’s football – a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian women’s premier league	18
The associations of transformational leadership and team cohesion on the psychological health of young football players through basic psychological needs	18
Injury surveillance in The FA Walking Football Cup 2024	17
Need a break? The locomotor and tackle pacing profile and loads of women’s rugby league match-play following various between-match turnaround durations	17
The incidence and burden of injury in male adolescent community rugby union in Australia	16
The relative age effect in the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA): a mixed methods approach	16
Distinguishing skill from technique in football	15
Agreement between perceived and objective sleep duration in highly trained young male soccer players	15
The emergence of critical incidents in Rugby Union matches using Markov chain analysis	15
Psychology research in women’s soccer: a scoping review	15

The effect of knee-flexion angle on peak force and muscle activation during isometric knee-flexor strength testing using the Nordbord device in soccer players	14
Concurrent validation of foot-mounted inertial measurement units for quantifying Australian Rules football kicking	14
Sport-related concussion knowledge and attitudes of staff working in English elite women’s football: a survey-based study	14
Survey of the current practices of German football academies towards biological maturation assessment	13
Discriminative validity of summarized hip and knee angular accelerations for lower extremity training load quantification in male soccer players during a standardised training drill	12
Effects of concussion on technical performance in professional Australian football	12
Development of novel calibration model(s) to predict whole-body density in professional football players	12
Injuries and risk factors in men’s beach soccer: Japanese national championships 2013–2023	11
Time-loss injuries and illnesses at the FIFA world cup Qatar 2022	11
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 ^TM	11
Match activity profile and heart rate responses of top-level soccer referees during Brazilian national first and second division and regional championships	11
Do environmental temperatures and altitudes affect physical outputs of elite football athletes in match conditions? A systematic review of the ‘real world’ studies	11
Seasonal health tracking of Australian Football League Women’s athletes	11
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 nutritionist	11
The relative age effect in under-17, under-20, and adult elite female soccer players	10
Maximum speed exposures in Australian rules football: do methods matter?	10
FIFA Arab Cup tournament with full capacity of spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study	10
‘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 s	9
Soccer coaches vs. sport science and medicine staff: who can more accurately predict the skeletal age of high-level youth soccer players?	9
The variability of physical match demands in elite women’s football	9
Additional time error in association football is associated with interruption type and goal difference	9
Medical care delivery in international football: perceived best practice and challenges. An interview-based study of national team clinicians	8
The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on soccer positional and physical demands in the Spanish La Liga	8
Correction	8
Broadcast analytics – an evaluation of video-based tracking systems with constrained player visibility	7
Exploring psychosocial risk factors for dropout in adolescent female soccer	7
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 dam	7
Experienced academy soccer coaches’ perceptions of evaluating talented youth soccer players’ skilfulness in small-sided games: a mixed-methods study	7
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in football – a “Keeping SCORE” approach to judicious use	7
Heading in football: a systematic review of descriptors, definitions, and reporting methods used in heading incidence studies	7
Individual and situational factors affecting the movement characteristics and internal responses to Touch match-play during an international tournament	7
Acute pre- and post-competitive soccer match-play changes in neuromuscular factors, physical performance, and muscle response in youth male players	7
Health problems in top-level female football players: a four-season prospective study in the Finnish top football league	7
Analysing the impact of the 50:22 kick law changes in South African rugby tournaments between 2021 and 2022	7
Research on women’s futsal: a scoping review	6
Incidence of concussion and associated risk factors in collegiate soccer: findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE consortium	6
Video analysis of anterior cruciate ligament injury situations in the women’s Australian football league	6
Characteristics of potential head injury situations at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 ^TM	6
Single leg drop jump is affected by physical capacities in male soccer players following ACL reconstruction	6
Evolution of passing network in the Soccer World Cups 2010–2022	6
No independent or synergistic effects of carbohydrate-caffeine mouth rinse on repeated sprint performance during simulated soccer match play in male recreational soccer players	6
Relative age and biological maturity-related selection biases in male youth soccer across different competitive levels within a national association	6
Barriers and enablers to implementing the UEFA Consensus Statement on Nutrition: insights from sport nutrition practitioners in the English Premier League	6
Examining the mental health status of referees in the turkish professional football league	5
A prospective epidemiologic study of injuries and illnesses in the football matches of the 14th National Student Games of China	5
Physical demands in Spanish male and female elite football referees during the competition: a prospective observational study	5
Assessing the association between on-field heading technique and head impact kinematics in a cohort of female youth soccer players	5
Energy availability and macronutrient intake in elite male Gaelic football players	5
Evolution of physical and technical parameters in the Spanish LaLiga 2012-2019	5
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 staff	5

Author reply to Weaving et al.: comment on: ‘A contemporary multi-modal mechanical approach to training monitoring in elite professional soccer: a mathematical problem?’	5
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: computational approaches to tactics	4
Acute fuelling and recovery practices of academy soccer players: implications for growth, maturation, and physical performance	4
Exploring the true burden of a time-loss injury: full vs partial time-loss in elite academy football (soccer)	4
Introducing a new “ Preliminary Report” submission category for small-sample intervention studies: rationale and instructions	4
A scoping review of the research supporting coaching practice in women’s football – as the game grows the research strives to keep up	4
A holistic analysis of collective behaviour and team performance in Australian Football via structural equation modelling	4
Frequency and intensity of change of directions in German Bundesliga soccer	4
Epidemiology of football-related injuries in young male football players. An additional analysis of data from a cluster-randomised controlled trial	4
The short-term relation between load and acute psychophysiological responses in football: a meta-analysis and methodological considerations	4
Surveying the youth-to-senior transition landscape in Major League Soccer: a new frontier	4
Monitoring the physical demands of training in Rugby League: the practices and perceptions of practitioners	4
Effect of an Energy Drink On Muscle and Liver Damage Enzymes, And Cardiovascular Indices in Soccer Players	4
Interchangeability of optical tracking technologies: potential overestimation of the sprint running load demands in the English Premier League	4
Correction	4
Exploring the relationship between well-being and match playing time in elite U-17 footballers	4
A multi-club analysis of the locomotor training characteristics of elite female soccer players	4
Most common movements preceding goal scoring situations in female professional soccer	4
Assessing maximal sprinting speed in soccer – criterion validity of commonly used devices	4
Re: A contemporary multi-modal mechanical approach to training monitoring in elite professional soccer: a statistical problem?	3
Measures of (injury and illness) occurrence: a primer on epidemiological concepts and terminology for authors	3
Strength effects of the Copenhagen adduction exercise vs an adductor squeeze exercise in male football players – A randomized controlled trial	3
Identification of potential risk factors for lower limb injuries in female team-sport athletes: a prospective cohort study	3
Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players	3
Epidemiology of injuries and illnesses in national team male beach soccer players: a prospective seven-year cohort study	3
Early identification of the opposition shot taker characterises elite goalkeepers’ ability to read the game	3
The effect of team formation on match running performance in UEFA Champions League matches: implications for position-specific conditioning	3
Acute locomotor, heart rate and neuromuscular responses to added wearable resistance during soccer-specific training	3
Mind the gap! A survey comparing current strength training methods used in men’s versus women’s first team and academy soccer	3
Elite female footballers in England: an exploration of mental ill-health and help-seeking intentions	3
Effect of support foot placement on football instep kick performance	3
Post-game recovery of isometric hamstring strength in a high-risk hamstring strain injury group throughout an Australian Football League season	3
Menstrual cycle, hormonal contraceptives, and pelvic floor dysfunction in ladies Gaelic football and Camogie: prevalence of use, side-effects, and perceived symptomology	3
Assessing the usefulness of submaximal exercise heart rates for monitoring cardiorespiratory fitness changes in elite youth soccer players	3
Results of a cardiac screening program in elite football players in New Zealand	3
Data analytics practices and reporting strategies in senior football: insights into athlete health and performance from over 200 practitioners worldwide	3
Walking football for Health – physiological response to playing and characteristics of the players	3
Analysis of potential hydration opportunities during future football tournaments based on data from the 2018 FIFA World Cup	3
Women’s football fandom and growing the ‘Beautiful’ game	3
When and how do professional soccer players experience maximal intensity sprints in LaLiga?	3
Comment on: influence of the time-task constraint on ocular metrics of semi-elite soccer	3
Longitudinal assessment of brain injury biomarker neurofilament light in female football players during a competitive season of football heading	3
Factors associated with career longevity and satisfaction: findings from the women’s soccer/football health study	3