Journal of Sports Sciences

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Sports Sciences is 21. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
The impact of an early childhood educator e-Learning course on young children’s fundamental movement skills: A cluster randomized controlled trial60
A data mining approach for determining biomechanical adaptations in runners who experienced and recovered from patellofemoral pain syndrome57
Associations among metabolic health, weight status, and various physical fitness components in Japanese adolescents: a cross-sectional study (NICE EVIDENCE study- Agano 3)51
Study State Dynamics of Team Passing Networks in Soccer Games44
An investigation into the relationships between technical collision behaviours and physical characteristics in world-class, international female rugby players39
Self-selected music enhances bench press performance compared to no-music alone and mood compared to stimulative and no-music conditions36
The impact of a multicomponent training program on physical fitness and joint injuries in Spanish male professional soccer players32
Correction31
Acrobatic gymnastics: The effect of experience, interpersonal coordination and variability in partner-assisted flight29
Physical activity during recess in elementary schoolchildren in Belgium and Ecuador: The role of the physical environment at school28
A self-determination theory based investigation of life skills development in youth sport28
Effects of different types of chronic physical activities and sports on executive functions among children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis26
Nasal dilator and physiological parameters associated to running performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis26
The Application of non-linear methods to quantify changes to movement dynamics during running: A scoping review24
Monocular markerless position tracking of elite amateur boxing fighters in real combat situation23
A comprehensive analysis of one-foot and two-foot approach jump reliability in youth basketball athletes23
Children’s outdoor time and multisport participation predict motor competence three years later23
Association between childcare movement behaviour compositions with health and development among preschoolers: Finding the optimal combinations of physical activities and sedentary time23
What explains adolescents’ physical activity and sports participation during the COVID-19 pandemic? – an interpretable machine learning approach22
That’s out! How expert umpires make leg-before-wicket judgements in cricket22
Functional threshold power and the critical-power controversy21
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