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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Suicidal ideation among Chinese national team elite athletes	51
Mental health service provision in elite sport: An evaluation of the Australian Institute of Sport Mental Health Referral Network	31
« I won’t lie in my head it’s just ‘Fight, fight, fight’ »: relationships between emotional processes and attentional focus in a competitive context	28
A commentary: Aspiring athletes’ transition literacy and beyond	21
Coaching generation Z: A response to Gould et al. from a critical cultural perspective	18
Reimagining positive youth development and life skills in sport through a social justice lens	18
Coaching Generation Z: A response to McDougall et al.’s commentary	18
An inhibitory retrieval approach for maximizing exposure therapy in elite sport	18
Using a culturally humble approach to examine and address disordered eating in sport	18
UK professional male cricketers’ mental health and support experiences: A qualitative exploration	17
“I always just viewed it as part of sport”: Psychological maltreatment and conformity to the sport ethic	16
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
Black Student-Athletes and racism pandemic: Building antiracist practices in athletics	13
“Supporting my daughter, the best way I can”: Parental support in youth golf	12
Exploring former NCAA Division I college athletes’ experiences with post-sport physical activity: A qualitative approach	12
The usefulness of the useless: How ritualized behavior improves self-control under competition pressure	11
Two on a tightrope: The stress experiences of the romantic partners of professional athletes	11
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	10
From superhero to human: A narrative analysis of digital news stories of retirement from the NFL due to injury	10
Motivational self-talk mitigates the harmful impact of mental fatigue on endurance performance	10
Performance safety: conceptualising psychological safety when errors have consequences	10
Presentation of self, impression management and the period: A qualitative investigation of physically active women’s experiences in sport and exercise	10
A qualitative analysis of novice and expert mental performance consultants’ professional philosophies	10

Exploring the meta-transitions of first level elite athletes in the Chinese Whole Nation System: A polyphonic reflective tale	9
Brief report: Exploring the icing the kicker strategy in the NFL	9
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	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	8
Māori exercise professionals: Using Indigenous knowledge to connect the space between performance and wellbeing	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	7
Lessons learned from meaningful work: Implications for understanding meaningfulness in elite/high performance 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
Psychosocial demands and situational properties of the club-to-international transition in male youth football	7
Emotional intelligence training program for adolescents involved in intensive training centers	7
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	7
The pursuit of optimal dual career balance by athletes in women’s professional ice hockey	7
Imagery training for athletes with low imagery abilities	7
Psychological stress and psychological well-being among sports coaches: A close proximity longitudinal daily diary study	7
Confidentiality and surveillance challenges for psychologists working in men’s football academies in England	7
“It’s not handcuffing the athlete to success or failure”: Sport psychology practitioners’ use of nonspecific goals in applied contexts	7
The lived experience of sport-related concussion: A collaborative inquiry in elite sport	7
Psychological skills training and perfectionism: A single-subject multiple baseline study	7
Applied psychology of sport injury: Getting to—and moving across—The Valley of death	7
Research note: Evaluating the efficacy of an online post event reflection tool in competitive sport	7
Coaching in the ‘alternate universe’ of U.S. Figure skating: A developmental perspective of need-supportive behavior in the coach-athlete relationship	7