OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biology of Sport is 19. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Recreational 3 × 3 basketball elicits higher heart rate, enjoyment, and physical activity intensities but lower blood lactate and perceived exertion compared to HIIT in active young adults	315
Internal and external load during 8 v 8, 5 v 5 and 3 v 3 in Chinese elite youth male football players	43
Large-scale sporting events during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar with an analysis of patterns of COVID-19 metrics	35
Mpox in sports: A comprehensive framework for anticipatory planning and risk mitigation in football based on lessons from COVID-19	32
A comparison in knee flexor and extensor strength following ACL reconstruction in international, male soccer players receiving patellar tendon or hamstrings grafts	31
Effect of 3 and 6 mg/kg of caffeine on fat oxidation during exercise in healthy active women	29
Fatigue score as a promising complementing training monitoring tool: a pilot study in elite rugby sevens players	28
Injury incidence and risk factors in youth soccer players: a systematic literature review. Part II: Intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors	28
Caffeine-carbohydrate mouth-rinsing counter-acts an observed negative effect of mouth-rinsing procedure during sprint-endurance training performance in fasted athletes: A pilot study	27
Ramadan intermittent fasting induced poorer training practices during the COVID-19 lockdown: A global cross-sectional study with 5529 athletes from 110 countries	25
Effects of light- vs. heavy-load squat training on velocity, strength, power, and total mechanical work in recreationally trained men and women	25
Tell me how much your opponent team runs and I will tell you how much you should run: A predictive model applied to Spanish high-level football	24
Laboratory-based determinants of simulated time trial performance in cyclists	22
Effects of recreational team sports on the metabolic health, body composition and physical fitness parameters of overweight and obese populations: A systematic review	21
Do small-sided games prepare players for the worst-case scenarios of match play in elite young soccer players?	21
Different pitch configurations constrain the external and internal loads of young professional soccer players during transition games	21
The influence of menstrual cycle phase on neuromuscular performance and subjective perception of effort in elite football players	20
Contextualized high-speed running and sprinting during English Premier League match-play with reference to possession, positional demands and opponent ranking	20
Female football players’ key physical qualities: playing-position specific comparison between national-team selected and non-selected players	19
Normative cardiorespiratory values in Italian first-division male soccer players: effects of age, playing position and season phase	19
Increased brain 1H-MRS glutamate and lactate signals following maximal aerobic capacity exercise in young healthy males: an exploratory study	19
Analysis of mental and physical fatigue over the course of a professional English Premier League season in outfield players	19