OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Motor Behavior is 2. 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.)

Article	Citations
Effect of Social Context on Cognitive and Motor Behavior: A Systematic Review	22
Environmental Influence on Cognitive-Motor Interaction During Wheelchair Propulsion	17
Quantification of Goal-Directed Stepping Behavior Under Two Limb Choice Conditions in Neurotypical Adults: A Preliminary Investigation	14
Force Perception Across Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands in Healthy Individuals: A Gender-Based Analysis	12
Motor Control in Parkinson’s Disease During the Performance of Multi-Joint Reversal Movements	11
Structural Learning Benefits in a Visuomotor Adaptation Task Generalize to a Contralateral Effector	11
How Positional Constraints Affect Footedness in Football: A Notational Analysis of Five Leagues in Europe	11
The Relationship between Postural Control and Muscle Quality in Older Adults	11
The Effect of Walking in High Heels on the Activation and Deactivation of Upper Trunk Muscles	9
Mental Chronometry: Do Imagined Times Merely Relate to Task Duration?	8
Effects of Upper Limb Robot Therapy with Action Observation Training on Subacute Stroke Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial	8
Is Dyadic Fitts’ Law Task Affected by Action Observation?	7
Effects of Age and Attentional Focus on the Performance and Coordination of the Sit-to-Stand Task	7
The Reciprocal Nature of Fitts’ Law in Space and Time	6
The Relationship between Inclination for Conscious Movement Monitoring and Control and Stopping a Golf Stroke	6
Self-Controlled Feedback in Motor Learning: The Effects Depend on the Frequency of Request	6
Approaching Process in Walking through an Aperture for Individuals with Stroke	6
Determining the Corticospinal Responses and Cross-Transfer of Ballistic Motor Performance in Young and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	6
Motion Analysis of the Mug Transportation Task Through Upper Limb Kinematics	6
Partial-Hand Prosthesis Users Show Improved Reach-to-Grasp Behaviour Compared to Transradial Prosthesis Users with Increased Task Complexity	5
Reciprocal Inhibition and Coactivation of Ankle Muscles in Low- and High-Velocity Forward and Backward Perturbations	5
Systemic Effects of Molar and Incisor Biting on Walking Direction With and Without Visual Feedback	5
Effects of Attentional Focus on Dual-Task Walking Performance in Older and Young Adults	5
The Effects of Constraints on the Variability of Throwing Patterns in Young Children	5
Investigating the EEG Profile of Elite and Non-Elite Players in the Basketball Free Throw Task	4

Effects of Moderate-to-Vigorous Acute Exercise on Conscious Perception and Visual Awareness	4
More Predictable and Less Automatized Movements during Walking -not during Repetitive Punching- in Knee Osteoarthritis	4
Examining Learner-Controlled Role-Switching in Dyad Practice for the Learning of a Speed Cup-Stacking Task	4
A Violation of Fitts’ Law is Maintained in Ecologically Valid Settings	4
Strategies Adopted by Stroke Patients to Maintain Balance in Dynamic Tasks in a Video Game	4
Association between the Effects of Positive Social-Comparative Feedback and Learners’ Competitiveness	4
The Effects of tDCS with NDT on the Improvement of Motor Development in Cerebral Palsy	4
Accuracy of Force Generation and Preparatory Prefrontal Oxygenation in Ballistic Hand Power and Precision Grips	4
Postural Stability When Grasping an Object While Standing: Younger and Older Adults (Fallers and Non-Fallers)	4
Neurophysiological and Biomechanical Determinants of Successful Basketball Throws	4
Treadmill Handrail-Use Increases the Anteroposterior Margin of Stability in Individuals’ Post-Stroke	3
Influences of VR-Based Optokinetic Stimulation on Head and Trunk Instability on a Sinusoidal Moving Platform	3
Implicit Versus Explicit Learning a Novel Skill for High School Students	3
Optimizing Motor Learning: Difficulty Manipulation Combined with Feedback- Frequency Enhance Under-Time-Pressure Fine-Motor-Coordination Skill Acquisition and Retention	3
Reaching Task in Rats: Quantitative Evaluation and Effects of 6-OHDA into the Striatum	3
Interlimb Coordination during Double Support Phase of Gait in People with and without Stroke	3
Control of paretic and non-paretic upper extremity during bimanual reaching after stroke	3
Acute Effects of Strength and Skill Training on the Cortical and Spinal Circuits of Contralateral Limb	3
Does Phase of the Menstrual Cycle Affect Balance and Postural Control?	3
Kinematic Analysis of Reaching Tasks at Different Execution Speeds in Children with Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy	3
Effects of External Pacing Type on the Cross-Education of Motor Skill	3
Reducing Grip Uncertainty During Initial Prosthetic Hand Use Improves Eye-Hand Coordination and Lowers Mental Workload	3
Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Shows Greater Efficacy Than Traditional in Visuospatial Skills and Cognition in Neglect Patients	3
Midfrontal Theta and Cognitive Control During Interlimb Coordination Across the Adult Lifespan	3
Infant Sitting and Multi-Directional Reaching Skill	3
Online Anticipatory Cues During Practice Disrupt Intentional and Incidental Sequence Learning	3
Non-Linearity in Development of Dynamic Balance Repertoire in Middle Childhood	2
Development of an Effector-Specific Stop Signal Task with Higher Complexity: A Proof-of-Concept Study	2
Effect of Virtual Reality Upper Limb Rehabilitation Training on Older Adults	2
Concussed Neural Signature is Substantially Different than Fatigue Neural Signature in Non-concussed Controls	2
Temporal and Spatial Accuracy of Reaching Movements do not Improve Off-line	2
Neural Correlates of Dual-Task Processing following Motor Sequence Learning: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study	2
Attentional Demand of a Movement Sequence Guided by Visual-Spatial and by Motor Representations	2
Combined Imagery/Physical Practice Yields Comparable Benefits to Physical Practice in Snare Drum Performance	2
Sports-Related Motor Processing at Different Rates of Force Development	2
Visual Information Processing in Older Adults: Force Control and Motor Unit Pool Modulation	2
The Role of the Corpus Callosum (Micro)Structure in Bimanual Coordination: A Literature Review Update	2
Pilates and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Stability, Balance, and Depression in Patients with Stroke	2
Limb-Target Control Increases With Effective Index of Difficulty	2
Effects of Muscular Fatigue on the Performance of Handgrip Tasks During Force Generation and Relaxation	2
Guiding the Hand to an Invisible Target	2
The Effect of Different Combinations of Practice Schedules on Motor Response Stability during Practice	2