OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology is 5. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing the relationship between pre- and post-game interpersonal emotions in women’s soccer teams	44
Men’s goal-oriented motives, physical activity experiences and body-related perceptions: a latent profile analysis	35
The relationship among perceived parental psychological control, socially prescribed perfectionism, fear of failure, and performance of adolescent athletes	34
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress among Chinese college students: the moderating effects of physical activity and sleep duration	32
A multilevel analysis of collegiate student-athletes’ goals, character strengths, and well-being	29
Leading “us” to better health: exercise instructors’ engagement in identity leadership behaviours promotes perceptions of effort, positive affect, mental well-being, and physical health	28
The future-oriented hopes and goals of adolescent student-athletes in Finnish sport high schools	28
Physical activity intention-behavior gap during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of motivation and health-belief	23
Influence of pre-induced mental fatigue on tactical behaviour and performance among young elite football players	21
The mediating role of self-esteem in the association between physical fitness and risk of depression in adolescents: DADOS Study	21
Multisensory integration in anticipation: moderating effects of time and task constraints	20
Patterns of reasons for retirement in Olympic athletes from Switzerland: a person-oriented study	19
Career trajectories of junior athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean and their relationship with mental health	17
What constitutes editorial virtuous leadership	16
“If I talk about it, I'm weak, and I'm supposed to be strong”: experiences of body-related shame in women athletes	16
How small differences grow over time – the snowball effect of grit on practice in sport	16
Students’ efficacy profiles and outcomes of perceived relation-inferred self-efficacy support in physical education	15
Understanding the intention-to-behaviour relationship for adolescents: an application of the multi-process action control model	15
A mixed-methods examination of a mental health awareness program in elite ice hockey	15
The relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions related to doping: the role of attitude certainty	15
Cognitive reappraisal mitigates affective valence declines during exercise at the ventilatory threshold	15
Effects of coach encouragement on psychophysiological responses and technical actions in different small-sided soccer games	14
International Society of Sport Psychology position stand: scientist practitioners	13
The impact of intra-team communication and support relationships on team identification and collective efficacy in elite team sport: a social network analysis	13
Migration and meaning: an exploration of elite refugee athletes’ transitions into the Canadian sports system	12

Testing fear of COVID-19, difficulties in emotion regulation, state anxiety as predictors of withdrawal effects in individuals with problematic exercise behaviour: a serial mediation model	12
Mental toughness in sport: testing the goal-expectancy-self-control (GES) model among runners and cyclists using cross-sectional and experimental designs	12
Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport	12
A wolf in (black) sheep’s clothing? Subjective group dynamics in sports fans	11
Coaches’ pointing gestures as means to convey tactical information in basketball: an eye-tracking study	11
Excellence and expert performance in sports: what do we know and where are we going?	11
Effects of free dance on the mood state, aging perspective and optimism of women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial	11
Investigating the relationships among athlete leadership behaviours, perceptions of athlete leader fairness, and cohesion	11
Correction	11
Integration of sport and education in China: a case study of a dual career development environment of a Shanghai junior men’s basketball team	10
Towards an explanatory model of the enjoyment of physical activity based on physical self-concept	10
Sport psychology consultants’ views on mental training with elite Deaf sport athletes	10
The effect of instructional and motivational self-talk on accuracy and electromyography of active and passive muscles in elbow joint position sense test	10
Development and validation of the Sports Grit Scale	9
How COVID-19 lockdown affected physical activity levels and wellbeing: an Italian Survey	9
The impact of action observation on the intention for action engagement	9
Caring coaching climates emerge as key factor in promoting high school athletes’ well-being and motivation, complimented by a task-involving climate	9
The dual pandemic: COVID-19, systemic racism, and college student-athletic mental health	9
Technical fouls as a trigger of momentum change: analysis of two decades of NBA data	9
Examining the psychological characteristics of developing excellence profiles of male English youth soccer players: differences across ages and performance levels	9
Improving service performance in young tennis players: the superiority of dynamic over static motor imagery	9
Training of the eSport FIFA enhances cognitive performance of planning and decision making in cognitive tests	9
Emotion regulation among competitive youth athletes: exploring the independent and interactive effects of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression	8
Applied imagery for motivation: a person-centred model	8
A symptom network analysis of exercise addiction and personality on ultra-marathon runners with serious complications	8
The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season	8
Development and preliminary validation of the RESilience qualities In SporT (RESIST) scale	8
The effects of acute yoga practice on heart rate and heart rate variability responses to mental stress	8
“There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes	8
Antecedents and mediators of the association between adolescents’ intention and physical activity: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries	8
The role of moral identity and regret on cheating in sport	8
Effects of acute aerobic exercise with self-selected music on working memory and alpha oscillation	8
Are college perfectionists more likely to be addicted to exercise? The promotion effect of psychological needs and motivation	8
Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic	8
The effect of structured brain gym and brisk walking training on the executive functions of university students: a single-blinded randomised controlled trial	7
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity	7
Comparative acute effects of aerobic versus resistance exercise on ameliorating cravings and associated emotional and cognitive factors in individuals with methamphetamine use disorders	7
The impact of Chinese calligraphy practice on athletes’ self-control	7
Evaluating a Brazilian online parent education programme in sport using the RE-AIM framework	7
Impact of open and closed-skill sports on inhibitory control: evidence from event related potentials	7
Semantic and affective processing of implicit associations are related to the regularity of running behaviour in young women: an ERP study	7
Exploring perceptions of depression: a performer perspective	7
Dynamic visual support is superior to its static counterpart in learning a series of Judo refereeing gestures	7
Context matters: an examination of game management in refereeing	7
Parent–child co-participation in sport and physical activity: a scoping review	7
Promote “ we ” to inspire me: examining the roles of group identification and trust in the association between identity leadership and follower inspiration	6
Social norms and emotion regulation among youth athletes	6
Functional connectivity in table tennis players under cognitive task demands: dynamic regulation by the dominant hemisphere	6
Temporal dynamics of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship over one season among adolescent handball players: a latent class analysis approach	6
Can stress and coping profiles predict athletes’ emotions and performance in competition? Analysis of profiles at competitions throughout the sporting season	6

Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a topic modelling approach	6
Influence of an audience on conscious motor processing and performance during a go-only and stop-signal soccer penalty shooting task	5
Online exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic and factors promoting or hindering participation in adults: a scoping review	5
A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation	5
Acute exercise on complex motor memory retention: the role of task cognitive demands	5
Emotional intelligence and drawing inferences from nonverbal cues in sports	5
Are aging stereotypes in the physical domain associated with physical capacities in older adults?	5
Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration	5
Coping with intensive training demands: a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between appraisal, emotion, coping effectiveness and engagement among elite fencers	5
Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children	5
An autoethnographic account and interpretation of sport related life skills and personal development	5
A qualitative examination of parental mental health and well-being in youth sport	5
The affect-intensity relationship in aerobic exercise: an analysis based on a systematic review	5
Relationship between athlete stress and burnout: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Strategic decision-making in Olympic bouldering: the role of climbing movement repertoire examined	5
Examining the effectiveness of focus of attention instructions on the learning of a badminton long serve in novice students: movement automaticity hypothesis	5
Mental health risk and protective factors in Australian cricket	5
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Singapore national youth athletes’ mental health and potential protective factors	5
Trends of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among secondary school students in Singapore: what has changed in 15 years?	5
In pursuit of dual career excellence: factors associated to satisfaction of Swedish University student-athletes	5
The effect of expertise upon perceived reach- and grasp-ability in rock climbers	5
The influence of spectators on home advantage and referee bias in national teams matches: insights from UEFA Nations League	5
The cognitive fatigue experienced by batters is modulated by the strike rate of a twenty20 innings	5
What makes running club participants commit to exercise in an adaptive way? Perspectives from self-determination theory	5
Predicting students’ basic psychological needs, motivation, and well-being in online physical education: a semester-term longitudinal study	5
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory	5