OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology is 19. 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
The relationship between role and social identities and physical activity participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	93
Self-compassion in sport: a scoping review	90
Evidence of gender imbalance across samples in sport and exercise psychology	82
A scoping review of empirical research on dance imagery	58
Scoping review of literature and systematic search of web-based resources: parasport classification instructions, experiences, and outcomes	58
Therapeutic hypnosis and sports performance: a systematic review	51
Exercise caution: some methodological and theoretical considerations when examining improvements in attentional selectivity following exercise	47
Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: a systematic review and meta-aggregation	46
Executive function and visual attention in sport: a systematic review	43
What do we currently know about the development of talent? A systematic review in the soccer context	43
How is the participation of individuals with disabilities studied and understood in current research within the sport context? A systematic literature review	40
A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions that target the intersection of body image and movement among girls and women	39
The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery (AO + MI) practice on motor learning: a systematic review	36
Complex interventions	34
Talent development environments within sports: a scoping review examining functional and dysfunctional environmental features	31
Meta-ethnography	31
Introduction to IRSEP special issue: research review methodologies in sport and exercise psychology	29
Comparisons of different focuses of attention on children’s learning and performance: a systematic review	29
Anti-doping education interventions in athletic populations: a systematic review of their characteristics, outcomes and practical implications	29
Correlates of athlete mental health during career transitions: a systematic review of quantitative research	28
Systematic review methods	28
Barriers to and enablers of physical education engagement among school students aged 6–16 years: a scoping review	27
Psychological readiness to return to sport following injury: a state-of-the-art review	23
Playoff beards and unwashed uniforms: a scoping review on athletes’ superstitions and rituals	22
The implementation and effectiveness of sports-based mental health programmes in schools: a systematic review	22

Citation network analysis	21
Imagery training of motor actions in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis	20
Correction	19
A meta-analysis on immediate effects of attentional focus on motor tasks performance	19
Dyadic trust in sport: a theoretical and integrative review	19