Science and Medicine in Football

Papers
(The TQCC of Science and Medicine in Football is 7. 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 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Research on women’s football: a scoping review35
Injuries are negatively associated with player progression in an elite football academy30
Effectiveness of 360° virtual reality and match broadcast video to improve decision-making skill29
Effects of mental fatigue on soccer-specific performance in young players25
Physical characteristics and match performances in women’s international versus domestic-level football players: a 2-year, league-wide study23
Detraining of specific neuromuscular qualities in elite footballers during COVID-19 quarantine23
Infectious diseases and football – lessons not only from COVID-1923
Feedback of GPS training data within professional English soccer: a comparison of decision making and perceptions between coaches, players and performance staff22
One of these things is not like the other: time to differentiate between relative age and biological maturity selection biases in soccer?20
The psychological impact of COVID-19 infection on athletes: example of professional male football players19
Dealing with small samples in football research19
Decision-making practice during coaching sessions in elite youth football across European countries19
Linear advancing actions followed by deceleration and turn are the most common movements preceding goals in male professional soccer18
Occurrences of near-to-maximal speed-running bouts in elite soccer: insights for training prescription and injury mitigation18
The illogic of being data-driven: reasserting control and restoring balance in our relationship with data and technology in football16
Menstrual cycle phase and elite female soccer match-play: influence on various physical performance outputs16
An analysis of Bundesliga matches before and after social distancing by COVID-1915
Do elite soccer players cover less distance when their team spent more time in possession of the ball?15
A league-wide investigation into variability of rugby league match running from 322 Super League games15
External load differences between elite youth and professional football players: ready for take-off?14
The effect of bio-banding on physical and psychological indicators of talent identification in academy soccer players13
Heading incidence in boys’ football over three seasons13
The influence of the offside rule on players’ positional dynamics in soccer small-sided games13
Evolution of physical and technical parameters in the Spanish LaLiga 2012-201913
Does playing football (soccer) lead to SARS-CoV-2 transmission? - A case study of 3 matches with 18 infected football players -13
Immediate effects of an acute bout of repeated soccer heading on cognitive performance12
Carbohydrate fear, skinfold targets and body image issues: a qualitative analysis of player and stakeholder perceptions of the nutrition culture within elite female soccer12
Acceleration and deceleration demands during training sessions in football: a systematic review12
Visual search strategy and anticipation in tactical behavior of young soccer players12
Sharing information is probably more helpful than providing generic training recommendations on return to play after COVID-19 home confinement11
Exploring Factors Related to Goal Scoring Opportunities in Professional Football11
Epidemiology of injuries in elite male and female futsal: a systematic review and meta-analysis11
An audit of hormonal contraceptive use in Women’s Super League soccer players; implications on symptomology11
Assessing the nutrition knowledge of professional female Australian football (AFLW) athletes11
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on professional soccer players’ match physical activities10
Progression to the target vs. regular rules in Soccer small-sided Games10
The association between visual exploration and passing performance in high-level U13 and U23 football players10
Research in Another un-Examined (RAE) context. A chronology of 35 years of relative age effect research in soccer: is it time to move on?10
The confounding effect of biological maturity on talent identification and selection within youth Australian football10
Change of direction frequency off the ball: new perspectives in elite youth soccer10
The use of technical-tactical and physical performance indicators to classify between levels of match-play in elite rugby league9
Physiological characteristics and acute fatigue associated with position-specific speed endurance soccer drills: production vs maintenance training9
Can match play kicking and physical performance outcomes be replicated in an Australian football small-sided game?9
The dose–response relationship between training-load measures and aerobic fitness in elite academy soccer players9
Estimating is not measuring: the use of non-invasive estimations of somatic maturity in youth football9
Transfer of 360° virtual reality and match broadcast video-based tests to on-field decision-making8
Mental stress reduces performance and changes musculoskeletal loading in football-related movements8
Elite female footballers in England: an exploration of mental ill-health and help-seeking intentions8
A risk-reward assessment of passing decisions: comparison between positional roles using tracking data from professional men’s soccer8
Measuring the response to simulated fixture congestion in soccer8
Isokinetic hamstring and quadriceps strength interpretation guideline for football (soccer) players with ACL reconstruction: a Delphi consensus study in the Netherlands8
Inter-methodological quantification of the target change for performance test outcomes relevant to elite female soccer players8
Elite female football players’ perception of the impact of their menstrual cycle stages on their football performance. A semi-structured interview-based study8
Maturation, signal detection, and tactical behavior of young soccer players in the game context8
Talent map: how demographic rate, human development index and birthdate can be decisive for the identification and development of soccer players in Brazil8
Quantifying technical actions in professional soccer using foot-mounted inertial measurement units8
Resilience as a protective factor for well-being and emotional stability in elite-level football players during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic8
Sprint acceleration force-velocity-power characteristics in drafted vs non-drafted junior Australian football players: preliminary results7
Physical match performance and injuries in professional soccer before and after the COVID-19 break7
Organisation of instep kicking in young U11 to U20 soccer players7
Perceiving, reporting and managing an injury – perspectives from national team football players, coaches, and health professionals7
The effect of ball characteristics on head acceleration during purposeful heading in male and female youth football players7
Missing data: current practice in football research and recommendations for improvement7
The effect of bio-banding on technical and tactical indicators of talent identification in academy soccer players7
The sensitivity of countermovement jump, creatine kinase and urine osmolality to 90-min of competitive match-play in elite English Championship football players 48-h post-match7
The influence of relative playing area and player numerical imbalance on physical and perceptual demands in soccer small-sided game formats7
Relative age effects and the youth-to-senior transition in Italian soccer: the underdog hypothesis versus knock-on effects of relative age7
Interchangeability of player movement variables from different athlete tracking systems in professional soccer7
Quantification of internal and external training load during a training camp in senior international female footballers7
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