International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Papers
(The median citation count of International Review 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
The relationship between role and social identities and physical activity participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis93
Self-compassion in sport: a scoping review90
Evidence of gender imbalance across samples in sport and exercise psychology82
A scoping review of empirical research on dance imagery58
Scoping review of literature and systematic search of web-based resources: parasport classification instructions, experiences, and outcomes58
Therapeutic hypnosis and sports performance: a systematic review51
Exercise caution: some methodological and theoretical considerations when examining improvements in attentional selectivity following exercise47
Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: a systematic review and meta-aggregation46
Executive function and visual attention in sport: a systematic review43
What do we currently know about the development of talent? A systematic review in the soccer context43
How is the participation of individuals with disabilities studied and understood in current research within the sport context? A systematic literature review40
A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions that target the intersection of body image and movement among girls and women39
The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery (AO + MI) practice on motor learning: a systematic review36
Complex interventions34
Talent development environments within sports: a scoping review examining functional and dysfunctional environmental features31
Meta-ethnography31
Introduction to IRSEP special issue: research review methodologies in sport and exercise psychology29
Comparisons of different focuses of attention on children’s learning and performance: a systematic review29
Anti-doping education interventions in athletic populations: a systematic review of their characteristics, outcomes and practical implications29
Systematic review methods28
Correlates of athlete mental health during career transitions: a systematic review of quantitative research28
Barriers to and enablers of physical education engagement among school students aged 6–16 years: a scoping review27
Psychological readiness to return to sport following injury: a state-of-the-art review23
Playoff beards and unwashed uniforms: a scoping review on athletes’ superstitions and rituals22
The implementation and effectiveness of sports-based mental health programmes in schools: a systematic review22
Citation network analysis21
Imagery training of motor actions in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis20
Dyadic trust in sport: a theoretical and integrative review19
Correction19
A meta-analysis on immediate effects of attentional focus on motor tasks performance19
Coach mental health literacy: a scoping review18
Autonomy support in sport and exercise settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis16
The role of anticipated affect in the context of physical activity: a scoping review16
The mental health of student-athletes: a systematic scoping review14
Loneliness in sport: A systematic mixed studies review14
Mechanisms for handling uncertainty in sensorimotor control in sports: a scoping review13
Sport and exercise-based interventions for young people in alternative provisions ‘what, where, how, and for who’: a realist review13
Monitoring training adaptation: a scoping review of the relationship between self-reported subjective variables and resting vagally-mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV) in adult athletes13
Multidimensional perfectionism and sport performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis13
Implementing pressure on athletes during training: a scoping review12
A critical review of research on executive functions in sport and exercise12
The effectiveness of physical activity interventions that include both physical activity and psychosocial strategies in people living with a severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysi11
The use of video feedback as a facet of performance analysis: an integrative review10
Realist review10
Performance support team effectiveness in elite sport: a narrative review9
A review of the interpersonal experience, expression, and regulation of emotions in sport9
The role of deliberation in intuitive decision-making in sports8
Toxic leadership in high-performance sports and its consequences for mental health and performance: a scoping review7
Training vision in athletes to improve sports performance: a systematic review of the literature6
The performance and psychological effects of goal setting in sport: A systematic review and meta-analysis6
Mental and physical health outcomes of burnout in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Emotion regulation interventions on physical activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Scoping reviews and rapid reviews6
The role of psychosocial factors in performing hurt: a systematic review covering the high-performance domains of sport, music, and dance6
The effect of self-confidence on performance in sports: a meta-analysis and narrative review5
Athletes’ lived experiences recovering from and returning to sport following a sport-related concussion: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies5
Revising home advantage in sport – home advantage mediation (HAM) model5
Acute effects of exercise engagement on neurocognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis on P3 amplitude and latency5
Anonymous vs. non-anonymous administration of depression scales in elite athletes: a meta-analysis5
A systematic review of ironic effects of motor task performance under pressure: The past 25 years5
Norms in sport: a scoping review5
Effects of exercise on electroencephalography-recorded neural oscillations: a systematic review5
Training decision making in sports using virtual reality: a scoping review5
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