OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Research on women’s football: a scoping review	50
Injuries are negatively associated with player progression in an elite football academy	36
Evolution of physical and technical parameters in the Spanish LaLiga 2012-2019	29
Linear advancing actions followed by deceleration and turn are the most common movements preceding goals in male professional soccer	28
Dealing with small samples in football research	27
Acceleration and deceleration demands during training sessions in football: a systematic review	27
One of these things is not like the other: time to differentiate between relative age and biological maturity selection biases in soccer?	26
Detraining of specific neuromuscular qualities in elite footballers during COVID-19 quarantine	25
The psychological impact of COVID-19 infection on athletes: example of professional male football players	22
Carbohydrate fear, skinfold targets and body image issues: a qualitative analysis of player and stakeholder perceptions of the nutrition culture within elite female soccer	21
An audit of hormonal contraceptive use in Women’s Super League soccer players; implications on symptomology	19
Do elite soccer players cover less distance when their team spent more time in possession of the ball?	19
A league-wide investigation into variability of rugby league match running from 322 Super League games	18
An analysis of Bundesliga matches before and after social distancing by COVID-19	17
The effect of bio-banding on physical and psychological indicators of talent identification in academy soccer players	16
Change of direction frequency off the ball: new perspectives in elite youth soccer	16
Missing data: current practice in football research and recommendations for improvement	15
Progression to the target vs. regular rules in Soccer small-sided Games	15
Heading incidence in boys’ football over three seasons	15
Elite female football players’ perception of the impact of their menstrual cycle stages on their football performance. A semi-structured interview-based study	15
Immediate effects of an acute bout of repeated soccer heading on cognitive performance	14
Exploring Factors Related to Goal Scoring Opportunities in Professional Football	14
Talent map: how demographic rate, human development index and birthdate can be decisive for the identification and development of soccer players in Brazil	14
The variability of physical match demands in elite women’s football	13
Does playing football (soccer) lead to SARS-CoV-2 transmission? - A case study of 3 matches with 18 infected football players -	13

Estimating is not measuring: the use of non-invasive estimations of somatic maturity in youth football	13
A risk-reward assessment of passing decisions: comparison between positional roles using tracking data from professional men’s soccer	12
The effect of bio-banding on technical and tactical indicators of talent identification in academy soccer players	12
Perceiving, reporting and managing an injury – perspectives from national team football players, coaches, and health professionals	11
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on professional soccer players’ match physical activities	11
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?	11
Quantifying technical actions in professional soccer using foot-mounted inertial measurement units	11
Interchangeability of player movement variables from different athlete tracking systems in professional soccer	11
Relative age effects and the youth-to-senior transition in Italian soccer: the underdog hypothesis versus knock-on effects of relative age	11
Mind the gap! A survey comparing current strength training methods used in men’s versus women’s first team and academy soccer	10
Isokinetic hamstring and quadriceps strength interpretation guideline for football (soccer) players with ACL reconstruction: a Delphi consensus study in the Netherlands	10
The effect of stroboscopic vision on performance in a football specific assessment	10
Examining the mental health status of referees in the turkish professional football league	10
The effect of ball characteristics on head acceleration during purposeful heading in male and female youth football players	10
The effectiveness of 3D multiple object tracking training on decision-making in soccer	10
Mental stress reduces performance and changes musculoskeletal loading in football-related movements	10
The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on soccer positional and physical demands in the Spanish La Liga	9
Forecasting football injuries by combining screening, monitoring and machine learning	9
The keys of pressing to gain the ball – Characteristics of defensive pressure in elite soccer using tracking data	9
Tactical analysis of individual and team behaviour in professional Australian Football	9
Normalising the conversation: a qualitative analysis of player and stakeholder perceptions of menstrual health support within elite female soccer	9
Quantification of internal and external training load during a training camp in senior international female footballers	9
Elite female footballers in England: an exploration of mental ill-health and help-seeking intentions	9
Physical match performance and injuries in professional soccer before and after the COVID-19 break	9
Resilience as a protective factor for well-being and emotional stability in elite-level football players during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic	9
How spatial constraints afford successful and unsuccessful penetrative passes in elite association football	8
Analysis of defensive playing styles in the professional Chinese Football Super League	8
Video analysis of anterior cruciate ligament injury situations in the women’s Australian football league	8
Inter-methodological quantification of the target change for performance test outcomes relevant to elite female soccer players	8
Physical fitness profiles of female Australian football players across five competition levels	8
Maturation, signal detection, and tactical behavior of young soccer players in the game context	8
Handling and reporting missing data in training load and injury risk research	8
The menstrual cycle and football: The experiences of African women football players	8
Fundamental movement skills and perceived competence, but not fitness, are the key factors associated with technical skill performance in boys who play grassroots soccer	8
Relationship between training load and recovery in collegiate American football players during pre-season training	7
The influence of relative playing area and player numerical imbalance on physical and perceptual demands in soccer small-sided game formats	7
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players	7
Evaluation of nutrition knowledge in elite and sub-elite Gaelic football players	7
Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players	7
Bout duration and number of players of soccer small-sided games affect perceived enjoyment, physiological responses, and technical-tactical performance	7