OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology is 4. 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
Assessing the relationship between pre- and post-game interpersonal emotions in women’s soccer teams	39
“If I talk about it, I'm weak, and I'm supposed to be strong”: experiences of body-related shame in women athletes	39
Career trajectories of junior athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean and their relationship with mental health	30
Men’s goal-oriented motives, physical activity experiences and body-related perceptions: a latent profile analysis	29
The relationship among perceived parental psychological control, socially prescribed perfectionism, fear of failure, and performance of adolescent athletes	27
Effects of past and current motor experiences as soccer players in decision-making of amateur soccer referees	27
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress among Chinese college students: the moderating effects of physical activity and sleep duration	23
How small differences grow over time – the snowball effect of grit on practice in sport	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	19
Multisensory integration in anticipation: moderating effects of time and task constraints	17
Physical activity intention-behavior gap during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of motivation and health-belief	17
The future-oriented hopes and goals of adolescent student-athletes in Finnish sport high schools	15
Patterns of reasons for retirement in Olympic athletes from Switzerland: a person-oriented study	15
What constitutes editorial virtuous leadership	14
Early specialisation among Swedish aesthetic performers: exploring motivation and perceptions of parental influence	14
Understanding the intention-to-behaviour relationship for adolescents: an application of the multi-process action control model	13
The relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions related to doping: the role of attitude certainty	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
Effects of coach encouragement on psychophysiological responses and technical actions in different small-sided soccer games	13
Cognitive reappraisal mitigates affective valence declines during exercise at the ventilatory threshold	12
Coaches’ pointing gestures as means to convey tactical information in basketball: an eye-tracking study	11
A mixed-methods examination of a mental health awareness program in elite ice hockey	11
Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport	11
International Society of Sport Psychology position stand: scientist practitioners	11

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	11
Students’ efficacy profiles and outcomes of perceived relation-inferred self-efficacy support in physical education	11
Mental toughness in sport: testing the goal-expectancy-self-control (GES) model among runners and cyclists using cross-sectional and experimental designs	10
Home advantage in soccer after the break due to COVID-19 pandemic: does crowd support matter?	10
A wolf in (black) sheep’s clothing? Subjective group dynamics in sports fans	10
Excellence and expert performance in sports: what do we know and where are we going?	10
Migration and meaning: an exploration of elite refugee athletes’ transitions into the Canadian sports system	10
Integration of sport and education in China: a case study of a dual career development environment of a Shanghai junior men’s basketball team	9
Correction	9
The effect of instructional and motivational self-talk on accuracy and electromyography of active and passive muscles in elbow joint position sense test	9
The dual pandemic: COVID-19, systemic racism, and college student-athletic mental health	9
Examining the psychological characteristics of developing excellence profiles of male English youth soccer players: differences across ages and performance levels	9
Towards an explanatory model of the enjoyment of physical activity based on physical self-concept	9
Caring coaching climates emerge as key factor in promoting high school athletes’ well-being and motivation, complimented by a task-involving climate	9
Effects of free dance on the mood state, aging perspective and optimism of women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial	9
Investigating the relationships among athlete leadership behaviours, perceptions of athlete leader fairness, and cohesion	9
“There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes	8
Technical fouls as a trigger of momentum change: analysis of two decades of NBA data	8
The impact of action observation on the intention for action engagement	8
Development and validation of the Sports Grit Scale	8
How COVID-19 lockdown affected physical activity levels and wellbeing: an Italian Survey	8
Emotion regulation among competitive youth athletes: exploring the independent and interactive effects of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression	8
Development and preliminary validation of the RESilience qualities In SporT (RESIST) scale	8
Sport psychology consultants’ views on mental training with elite Deaf sport athletes	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	7
The effects of acute yoga practice on heart rate and heart rate variability responses to mental stress	7
Antecedents and mediators of the association between adolescents’ intention and physical activity: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries	7
A symptom network analysis of exercise addiction and personality on ultra-marathon runners with serious complications	7
Applied imagery for motivation: a person-centred model	7
Impact of open and closed-skill sports on inhibitory control: evidence from event related potentials	7
Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic	7
The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season	7
Are college perfectionists more likely to be addicted to exercise? The promotion effect of psychological needs and motivation	7
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity	7
Promote “ we ” to inspire me: examining the roles of group identification and trust in the association between identity leadership and follower inspiration	6
Context matters: an examination of game management in refereeing	6
Evaluating a Brazilian online parent education programme in sport using the RE-AIM framework	6
Semantic and affective processing of implicit associations are related to the regularity of running behaviour in young women: an ERP study	6
Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a topic modelling approach	6
Dynamic visual support is superior to its static counterpart in learning a series of Judo refereeing gestures	6
The effect of structured brain gym and brisk walking training on the executive functions of university students: a single-blinded randomised controlled trial	6
Parent–child co-participation in sport and physical activity: a scoping review	6
The impact of Chinese calligraphy practice on athletes’ self-control	6
Comparative acute effects of aerobic versus resistance exercise on ameliorating cravings and associated emotional and cognitive factors in individuals with methamphetamine use disorders	6
Exploring perceptions of depression: a performer perspective	6
Social norms and emotion regulation among youth athletes	6
Mental health risk and protective factors in Australian cricket	5
An autoethnographic account and interpretation of sport related life skills and personal development	5
Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children	5

The influence of spectators on home advantage and referee bias in national teams matches: insights from UEFA Nations League	5
Temporal dynamics of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship over one season among adolescent handball players: a latent class analysis approach	5
Acute exercise on complex motor memory retention: the role of task cognitive demands	5
In pursuit of dual career excellence: factors associated to satisfaction of Swedish University student-athletes	5
Can stress and coping profiles predict athletes’ emotions and performance in competition? Analysis of profiles at competitions throughout the sporting season	5
Online exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic and factors promoting or hindering participation in adults: a scoping review	5
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Singapore national youth athletes’ mental health and potential protective factors	5
Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration	5
The affect-intensity relationship in aerobic exercise: an analysis based on a systematic review	5
Are aging stereotypes in the physical domain associated with physical capacities in older adults?	5
Predicting students’ basic psychological needs, motivation, and well-being in online physical education: a semester-term longitudinal study	5
Coping with intensive training demands: a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between appraisal, emotion, coping effectiveness and engagement among elite fencers	5
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory	5
Influence of an audience on conscious motor processing and performance during a go-only and stop-signal soccer penalty shooting task	5
Examining the effectiveness of focus of attention instructions on the learning of a badminton long serve in novice students: movement automaticity hypothesis	5
A qualitative examination of parental mental health and well-being in youth sport	5
Strategic decision-making in Olympic bouldering: the role of climbing movement repertoire examined	5
The effect of expertise upon perceived reach- and grasp-ability in rock climbers	5
Emotional intelligence and drawing inferences from nonverbal cues in sports	5
The cognitive fatigue experienced by batters is modulated by the strike rate of a twenty20 innings	5
Trends of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among secondary school students in Singapore: what has changed in 15 years?	5
Achieving international podium success with a positive sport experience	4
Authentic leadership and well-being in sport: the mediating role of psychological safety and the moderating role of interpersonal violence	4
Does executive functions’ performance at rest predict executive function performance during acute physical exercise?	4
Validation of modified youth experience survey for sport (MYES-S) using multidimensional Rasch model	4
A weight-inclusive approach to applied sport psychology	4
Transcranial direct current stimulation over prefrontal cortex did not improve the decision-making skill of athletes exposed to prolonged social media use: a crossover and randomised investigation	4
Relationships of automatic associations, affect, and outcome expectations with adolescents’ impulsive decision to opt into physical activity	4
The effects of prosocial video games on empathy and prosocial behavior in athletes: evidence from cross-sectional survey and experimental studies	4
Effectiveness of interventions based on health action process approach in promoting physical activity among rehabilitation patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Alignment of qualitative and quantitative focus of attention assessment of stone delivery among high-level Canadian curlers	4
Elite athletes’ values in action: an important yet complicated aspect in anti-doping education	4
International society of sport psychology position stand: mental health through occupational health and safety in high performance sport	4
Mind in action: the interplay of cognition and action in skilled performance	4
Movement and mind: the role of exercise content in the development of attention parameters and motor skills in boys	4
Development and preliminary validation of the sport injury-related growth inventory	4
Investigating the impact of coach behaviours and coach-athlete relationships on psychological safety	4
A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation	4
A meta-analysis of physical activity interventions targeting executive functions in children: focus on cognitive and/or metabolic demands?	4
Are core executive functions predictive of decision-making in sport? A scoping review	4
The Team Denmark applied model of athlete mental health	4
The importance of body perception in the relationship between physical activity and self-esteem in adolescents	4
Cross-cultural validation of the sport emotion questionnaire using elite hockey players: psychometric evidence from seven African countries	4
The effects of self-control on bullying behaviour among martial arts practicing adolescents: based on the analyses of multiple mediation effects	4
Discussing safe sport in the digital space: the #gymnastalliance movement	4
Good performance-high attractiveness effect: an empirical study on the association between athletes’ rankings and their facial attractiveness	4
Relationship between athlete stress and burnout: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4