OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Replay the game and teach for understanding: exploring the use of video tagging in an invasion games unit	53
Physical education podcasts: a thriving community of practice or a one-way mode of communication?	32
Enriching organisational design for games: the case of badminton in physical education	27
Constructing the ‘healthy’ student: a narrative review of the re-legitimisation of the biomedical discourse in physical education	25
‘The elephants in the room’: the multiple challenges that limit the impact of school-based professional learning for physical education teachers	20
Exploring practitioner inquiry among health and physical education teachers: insights from teachers’ perspectives	19
The lived experience of sport education: a web of interconnected experiences	19
The influence of physical education on the use of healthy lifestyle technologies: insights from young adults’ digital PE experiences and future recommendations	18
Facilitating loose parts play with elementary school staff: professional development and implementation from the perspective of the facilitator	17
Producing the well and skilled body: a critical discourse analysis of health and physical education curriculum policy in Aotearoa New Zealand	16
Reimagining school-university partnerships in physical education: a collaborative design to approach democratic professionalism	15
Student choice and barriers to physical activity in Latino boys in the REACH after-school program	15
Sowing sport integrity: co-creation of an educational module for fraud prevention in elite sport schools	15
Intervention fidelity: multiple strategies to design, implement, and assess mastery motivational climate behavioral interventions	14
A longitudinal investigation of the reciprocal associations between motivational climate and need satisfaction in Finnish high school students	14
A hope and a prayer: first-year experiences of a Black male physical educator	14
Coach as youth development specialist: developing a TPSR-based coach training program and examining participants’ experiences	13
Developing social and school facilitators for a positive school transition through a Sport Education and Service-Learning programme	12
Positive youth development through sport and physical education: a systematic review of empirical research conducted with grade 5 to 12 children and youth	12
Health-based physical education in an elementary school: effects on physical self-concept, motivation, fitness and physical activity	11
Walk the walk or talk the talk: elite coaches espoused thoughts and actions	11
Urban–rural differences in TGfU-based physical education at Taiwanese primary schools from the perspective of cultural capital	11
Transforming physical education: an analysis of context and resources that support curriculum transformation and enactment	11
Gender preference of conceptions toward caloric-balanced living	11
The paradox of experience: generational analysis of AI integration in physical education using the iTPACK framework	11

Effects of a unit of circus activities through a hybridization of cooperative learning and self-made material: a students, teachers and parents combined perspective	11
deportigualízate: enacting critical intersectional feminist pedagogy in Spanish PESTE	10
A qualitative examination on the preparation of preservice physical education teachers for assessment in secondary teaching methods courses in the US	10
Teachers’ experiences of enacting pedagogical models and models-based practice: a systematic mixed study review	10
Two teachers’ positioning toward Meaningful PE: agency, sensemaking, and ownership	10
Teachers’ perceptions of implementing sport education in Saudi middle schools	10
A pre-longitudinal screen of performance in an integrated assessment of throwing and catching competence	10
Exploring students experiences of secondary school Physical Education in England	10
Everyone is welcome under the big top: a multiple case study on circus arts instruction in physical education	9
Healthy lifestyle, physical education, and sports for Saudi women	9
Sport pedagogy and feminism: what is known and what is missing? Findings from a scoping review	9
Generalization and maintenance of skill trials from physical education to recess in elementary school	9
An uphill struggle: an exploration of parents’, carers’, and support workers’ impressions of inclusivity for pupils with learning disabilities in Physical Education	9
Developing a love for playing games: a clarification of why Digital Video Games Approach is not Gamification	8
Environmental constraints: a comparative analysis of children’s swimming competence in different aquatic environments	8
All physical and no education? – Gender, sexuality and the ‘affective atmosphere’ in physical education	8
Critical application of TGfU in sports coaching	8
Developing embodied competence while becoming a PE teacher: PETE students’ embodied experiences and reflections after micro-teaching	7
Addressing contemporary concerns in models-based practice: insights from Ireland’s national physical education curriculum	7
Students’ perception of dominant objectives in Physical Education: the Purpose of Physical Education Scale	7
Exploring pedagogies of embodiment in physical education teacher education	7
Reflection and reflective practice in high-performance sport coaching: a heuristic device	7
Learning sport: a site-ontological practice theory perspective	6
Does perceived physical literacy relate to academic achievement in Chinese university students? Insights from a cross-sectional study	6
The othering of trans, inter and non-binary students in physical education: an intersectional perspective	6
The association between physical education and academic achievement in other curriculum learning areas: A review of literature	6
How ball games experts legitimate ball games knowledge within Swedish physical education teacher education	6
Collaborative inquiry for change: enacting social justice in health and physical education	6
How physical education teachers are positioned in models scholarship: a scoping review	6
Autistic adolescents and their experiences of physical education at school	6
Chinese students’ experiences of ‘high-stakes’ assessment: the role of fitness testing	6
Early childhood physical activity parenting and sport club participation as predictors of perceived motor competence – a three-year longitudinal study	6
The suffering of students in physical education. Unsettling experiences and situational conditions	6
Digital technology in game-based approaches: video tagging in football in PE	6
Game performance assessment instrument in physical education: a systematic review from 2015 to 2024	6