OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Applied Sport Psychology is 6. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Psychological states underlying excellent performance in sport: A paradigm shift toward multiple-state perspectives	33
The PsychMapping exercise – revised: Exercise development and practitioner and client experiences	23
Suicidal ideation among Chinese national team elite athletes	21
Mental health service provision in elite sport: An evaluation of the Australian Institute of Sport Mental Health Referral Network	20
Coaching generation Z: A response to Gould et al. from a critical cultural perspective	19
“I always just viewed it as part of sport”: Psychological maltreatment and conformity to the sport ethic	18
An inhibitory retrieval approach for maximizing exposure therapy in elite sport	18
Coaching Generation Z: A response to McDougall et al.’s commentary	17
A commentary: Aspiring athletes’ transition literacy and beyond	15
« I won’t lie in my head it’s just ‘Fight, fight, fight’ »: relationships between emotional processes and attentional focus in a competitive context	14
Cultivating legacies and connections: A narrative analysis of Instagram stories of retired elite athlete mothers through an ethic of care lens	14
Brief report: A proximal external focus does not benefit skilled skiers	13
“Supporting my daughter, the best way I can”: Parental support in youth golf	12
The usefulness of the useless: How ritualized behavior improves self-control under competition pressure	12
Preparing youth athletes for pressure: Mixed-methods effects of pressure inurement training on resilience and performance	12
Elite athletes seeking psychiatric treatment: Stigma, impression management strategies, and the dangers of the performance narrative	11
Dialogue in athletics: A program evaluation of a social justice education initiative in high school sports	11
Two on a tightrope: The stress experiences of the romantic partners of professional athletes	11
Motivational self-talk mitigates the harmful impact of mental fatigue on endurance performance	10
Brief report: Exploring the icing the kicker strategy in the NFL	10
Performance safety: conceptualising psychological safety when errors have consequences	10
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	9
Swim-Bike-Mum: Exploring postpartum experiences of triathlete mothers	9
Exploring the meta-transitions of first level elite athletes in the Chinese Whole Nation System: A polyphonic reflective tale	9
Māori exercise professionals: Using Indigenous knowledge to connect the space between performance and wellbeing	9

Lessons learned from meaningful work: Implications for understanding meaningfulness in elite/high performance sport	9
Division I level athletes respond more favorably to caring, task-involving climates while ego-involving climates trigger concerning psychophysiological stress responses during a brief experimental inv	8
Psychological skills training and perfectionism: A single-subject multiple baseline study	8
Classification in sport: Exploring the experiences of elite British athletes with a disability	8
Trajectories of mental health indicators in elite athletes before, during, and after major sports competitions: Evidence from Australian swimmers	8
The pursuit of optimal dual career balance by athletes in women’s professional ice hockey	8
Why do people cycle (a lot)? A multivariate approach on mental health, personality traits and motivation as determinants for cycling ambition	8
“Are you here for performance or are you here for well-being?” Using participatory research to promote thriving in a British Olympic sport organization	8
Applying an individualized psychosocial skills and characteristics development programme into an English male professional soccer academy	8
Exploring the interplay of functional and dysfunctional environmental features for holistic development: A case study in a German Olympic sport	7
Elite athletes report lower psychological safety and are less likely to report interpersonal violence compared to recreational athletes: A cross-sectional study	7
Coaching in the ‘alternate universe’ of U.S. Figure skating: A developmental perspective of need-supportive behavior in the coach-athlete relationship	7
“What can you see? What can you hear?” The implementation of a behaviour-based mental toughness framework within international youth football	7
Psychological stress and psychological well-being among sports coaches: A close proximity longitudinal daily diary study	7
“It’s not handcuffing the athlete to success or failure”: Sport psychology practitioners’ use of nonspecific goals in applied contexts	7
Student-athletes’ mood state profiles: the role of sports, sex, and performance level in sports and in school	6
Exploring stressors in elite rugby league (NRL/NRLW) players	6
Confidentiality and surveillance challenges for psychologists working in men’s football academies in England	6
Reclaiming the game: Challenges and opportunities to address mental health in youth sport	6
Emotional intelligence training program for adolescents involved in intensive training centers	6
Research note: Evaluating the efficacy of an online post event reflection tool in competitive sport	6
Imagery training for athletes with low imagery abilities	6