OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Mental health service provision in elite sport: An evaluation of the Australian Institute of Sport Mental Health Referral Network	45
Suicidal ideation among Chinese national team elite athletes	29
An inhibitory retrieval approach for maximizing exposure therapy in elite sport	24
« I won’t lie in my head it’s just ‘Fight, fight, fight’ »: relationships between emotional processes and attentional focus in a competitive context	21
Using a culturally humble approach to examine and address disordered eating in sport	19
Coaching Generation Z: A response to McDougall et al.’s commentary	17
Cultivating legacies and connections: A narrative analysis of Instagram stories of retired elite athlete mothers through an ethic of care lens	17
A commentary: Aspiring athletes’ transition literacy and beyond	16
Coaching generation Z: A response to Gould et al. from a critical cultural perspective	16
Reimagining positive youth development and life skills in sport through a social justice lens	16
UK professional male cricketers’ mental health and support experiences: A qualitative exploration	16
The role of self-care and professional quality of life in sustaining a long-lasting career in sport psychology: A qualitative exploration	14
“I always just viewed it as part of sport”: Psychological maltreatment and conformity to the sport ethic	13
Exploring former NCAA Division I college athletes’ experiences with post-sport physical activity: A qualitative approach	12
Black Student-Athletes and racism pandemic: Building antiracist practices in athletics	12
The usefulness of the useless: How ritualized behavior improves self-control under competition pressure	11
“Supporting my daughter, the best way I can”: Parental support in youth golf	11
A proximal external focus does not benefit skilled skiers	10
Two on a tightrope: the stress experiences of the romantic partners of professional athletes	10
Elite athletes seeking psychiatric treatment: Stigma, impression management strategies, and the dangers of the performance narrative	10
A qualitative analysis of novice and expert mental performance consultants’ professional philosophies	9
Motivational self-talk mitigates the harmful impact of mental fatigue on endurance performance	9
Presentation of self, impression management and the period: A qualitative investigation of physically active women’s experiences in sport and exercise	9
Dialogue in athletics: A program evaluation of a social justice education initiative in high school sports	9
Brief report: Exploring the icing the kicker strategy in the NFL	9

From superhero to human: A narrative analysis of digital news stories of retirement from the NFL due to injury	9
Lessons learned from meaningful work: Implications for understanding meaningfulness in elite/high performance sport	8
Māori exercise professionals: Using Indigenous knowledge to connect the space between performance and wellbeing	8
Exploring the meta-transitions of first level elite athletes in the Chinese Whole Nation System: A polyphonic reflective tale	8
Why do people cycle (a lot)? A multivariate approach on mental health, personality traits and motivation as determinants for cycling ambition	8
A retrospective investigation of the perceived influence of coaches, parents and peers on talented football players’ motivation during development	7
Psychological skills training and perfectionism: A single-subject multiple baseline study	7
“It’s not handcuffing the athlete to success or failure”: Sport psychology practitioners’ use of nonspecific goals in applied contexts	7
Psychological stress and psychological well-being among sports coaches: A close proximity longitudinal daily diary study	7
Applied psychology of sport injury: Getting to—and moving across—The Valley of death	7
How do goal orientations and motivational climate interact to affect short-term performance and self-confidence in sport? A test of the matching hypothesis across three studies	7
The pursuit of optimal dual career balance by athletes in women’s professional ice hockey	7
Coaching in the ‘alternate universe’ of U.S. Figure skating: A developmental perspective of need-supportive behavior in the coach-athlete relationship	7
Mental toughness in youth sport coaches: A phenomenological exploration	7
“Are you here for performance or are you here for well-being?” Using participatory research to promote thriving in a British Olympic sport organization	7
The lived experience of sport-related concussion: A collaborative inquiry in elite sport	7
Psychosocial demands and situational properties of the club-to-international transition in male youth football	7
Imagery training for athletes with low imagery abilities	7