OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of British Journal of Sports Medicine is 50. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
An update to terminology describing abnormal uterine bleeding in female athletes: facilitating cross-disciplinary health care	579
Evolving roles of medical and healthcare professionals: where do we go from here?	442
Youth athletes’ quests for gold: does opportunity supersede undue risk?	276
Association between SARS‐COV‐2 infection and muscle strain injury occurrence in elite male football players: a prospective study of 29 weeks including three teams from the Belgian professional footbal	255
Keep moving: overcoming physical, mental and pandemic challenges to stay active	223
Orthopedic Humanitarian Initiatives (Ortho HI), Inc: facilitating movement by connecting cultures	207
Polygenic risk analysis in physical activity and health: why are the same results interpreted differently?	167
Sports and exercise medicine rising to the challenge	143
Infographic. Getting to the bottom of saddle sores: an infographic	130
Forecasting feels-like temperatures as a strategy to reduce heat illnesses during sport events	128
Socioecological approach for building stronger youth for life	120
Infographic. All health professionals should talk about physical activity with patients	114
Female athletes with ADHD: time to level the playing field	109
Fatigue recovery and connected factors following paediatric concussion	108
From Fitbits to chatbots: can digital humans help solve the physical inactivity pandemic?	103
Retraction: A cause for concern?	95
Infographic. Having pelvic health conversations within sports settings	94
International Delphi consensus on bone stress injuries in athletes	89
International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus statement on acute respiratory illness in athletes part 1: acute respiratory infections	88
Adherence to aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 3.3 million participants across 32 countries	86
Exercise as medicine in hip osteoarthritis: an investigation of exercise type, muscle power and predictive factors (PhD Academy Award)	82
Meniscal procedures are not increased with delayed ACL reconstruction and rehabilitation: results from a randomised controlled trial	80
Small steps, strong shield: directly measured, moderate physical activity in 65 361 adults is associated with significant protective effects from severe COVID-19 outcomes	78
Prevalence of and factors associated with osteoarthritis and pain in retired Olympians compared with the general population: part 2 – the spine and upper limb	77
Changes in physical activity and all-cause mortality among individuals with dementia: a cohort study using the National Health Insurance Service Database in Korea	76

Living with multiple chronic conditions: how exercise helps me self-manage my conditions	75
Does a corticosteroid injection plus exercise or exercise alone add to the effect of patient advice and a heel cup for patients with plantar fasciopathy? A randomised clinical trial	74
Role of sit-to-stand muscle power in healthy ageing: assessing validity, clinical relevance, decline and interventions in older adults with and without chronic conditions (PhD Academy Award)	73
Applying systems thinking approaches to investigate the complex interrelationships of risk factors affecting acute non-contact lower limb injuries in team sports (PhD Academy Award)	71
Protecting the stars of tomorrow: do international cardiovascular preparticipation screening policies account for the paediatric athlete? A systematic review and quality appraisal	71
Safety of maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing in individuals with sickle cell disease: a systematic review	69
Efficacy of the FIFA cooling break heat policy during an intermittent treadmill football simulation in hot conditions in trained males	68
Accelerometer-measured intensity-specific physical activity, genetic risk and incident type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study	66
Body composition, exercise-related performance parameters and associated health factors of transgender women, cisgender women and cisgender men volleyball players	65
Effect of a coaching intervention to enhance physical activity and prevent falls in community-dwelling people aged 60+ years: a cluster randomised controlled trial	64
Effective fall prevention exercise in residential aged care: an intervention component analysis from an updated systematic review	64
Long-term quality of life, work limitation, physical activity, economic cost and disease burden following ACL and meniscal injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the OPTIKNEE consensus	62
Prevalence and clinical implications of persistent or exertional cardiopulmonary symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection in 3597 collegiate athletes: a study from the Outcomes Registry for Cardiac Con	61
Athlete abuse hurts everyone: vicarious and secondary traumatic stress in sport	60
Prevalence of lower airway dysfunction in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by a subgroup of the IOC consensus group on ‘acute respiratory illness in the athlete’	59
The intention-behaviour gap in physical activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the action control framework	58
Moving for a healthier mind and stronger community: howJe Bouge Pour Mon Moraltransforms lives in France	57
Cardiac autonomic function and sleep patterns after training sessions and matches in female soccer players	55
4 Return to golf post arthroplasty	55
Avoiding a red card: recommendations for a consistent standard of concussion management in professional football (soccer)	55
Moving forward together for maximum impact: research in sport and exercise medicine demands a team effort!	52
From Copenhagen to Nyborg 2022: take the Tour de France Route to #WCSPT2022	52
Injury epidemiology and prevention in youth rugby union (PhD Academy Award)	51
It’s high time for a change	51
Correction: Review of the scientific rationale, development and validation of the International Olympic Committee Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport Clinical Assessment Tool: V.2 (IOC REDs CAT2)—by a	50
Women’s preferences for pelvic floor screening in sport and exercise: a mixed-methods study integrating survey and interview data in Australian women	50
Pelvic organ prolapse and physical activity: directions for future research	50
Hearts, knees and reducing disease through exercise – what is happening this year in the world of sport and exercise medicine in Australasia?	50