Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Papers
(The H4-Index of Psychology of Sport and Exercise is 27. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Body image experiences in retired Olympians: Losing the embodied self95
January 2023 Editorial80
Ego depletion does not negatively impact novice sprinters’ start performance during a timed 20m all-out sprint70
Less stick more carrot? Increasing the uptake of deposit contract financial incentives for physical activity: A randomized controlled trial68
Examination of the consistency effect between physical activity levels and approach-avoidance behaviors65
How high-performance practitioners think and intervene to change technique57
A randomized controlled trial of school-based exercise on procrastination in high school students: The mediating role of adolescence time management disposition52
The relationship between physical activity environment, mental wellbeing, flourishing and thriving: A mixed method study46
Why experience fails to foster expertise in athlete selection45
Effects of non-functional overreaching and overtraining syndrome on psychological and cognitive functioning in elite athletes: A systematic review39
Within-person association of volitional factors and physical activity: Insights from an ecological momentary assessment study37
The Stride program: Feasibility and pre-to-post program change of an exercise service for university students experiencing mental distress37
Measuring leadership in sport: Development and validation of the Identity Leadership Inventory – Youth (ILI-Y)36
A grounded theory of youth athlete concussion under-reporting decisions36
Mental health in sport: Opportunities for the future of recreational and elite sport psychology34
A framework to explain the in-match decision-making of elite Australian football coaches34
The Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-4): Psychometric evidence of introjected approach regulation in Portuguese health club exercisers33
Mind over body: Interfering with the inner voice is detrimental to endurance performance32
Development of the Stressors among Parents in Youth Sport Survey (SPYSS)31
(Re)conceptualizing cohesion: A theoretical realignment and roadmap for future research31
Lady and the champ: The shared career experiences and retirement transition of a champion jockey and his partner30
Effects of acute aerobic exercise on emotional memory formation in individuals with methamphetamine use disorder: Encoding vs consolidation30
FEPSAC Newsletter29
Daily measures of sport enjoyment, social interaction, and attendance among female adolescent handball players29
A test of the impact of pain on automatic motivational processes in people with knee osteoarthritis29
Mental health profiles among 13-16-year-Old Norwegian talent and mainstream students - A prospective person-centered analytical approach28
The Avengers in action: A gamified-based intermittent teaching unit in the Physical Education setting to promote physical activity and its psychological mediators in secondary education students28
Running as a way fat women re-story their bodies and construct a runner identity in a North American sociocultural context27
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