International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
The relationship between role and social identities and physical activity participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis83
Mapping the scientific structure of positive youth development research in sport82
Scoping review of literature and systematic search of web-based resources: parasport classification instructions, experiences, and outcomes75
Self-compassion in sport: a scoping review49
Evidence of gender imbalance across samples in sport and exercise psychology48
Therapeutic hypnosis and sports performance: a systematic review46
How is the participation of individuals with disabilities studied and understood in current research within the sport context? A systematic literature review39
Exercise caution: some methodological and theoretical considerations when examining improvements in attentional selectivity following exercise37
Executive function and visual attention in sport: a systematic review37
A scoping review of empirical research on dance imagery35
What do we currently know about the development of talent? A systematic review in the soccer context35
Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: a systematic review and meta-aggregation34
A systematic review exploring the reflective accounts of applied sport psychology practitioners33
A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions that target the intersection of body image and movement among girls and women29
The effectiveness of stress regulation interventions with athletes: A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials28
Complex interventions27
When is knowledge of performance (KP) superior to knowledge of results (KR) in promoting motor skill learning? A systematic review26
Talent development environments within sports: a scoping review examining functional and dysfunctional environmental features25
Meta-ethnography25
Comparisons of different focuses of attention on children’s learning and performance: a systematic review24
Systematic review methods24
Anti-doping education interventions in athletic populations: a systematic review of their characteristics, outcomes and practical implications24
Introduction to IRSEP special issue: research review methodologies in sport and exercise psychology24
Playoff beards and unwashed uniforms: a scoping review on athletes’ superstitions and rituals23
Psychological readiness to return to sport following injury: a state-of-the-art review23
Citation network analysis21
A meta-analysis on immediate effects of attentional focus on motor tasks performance20
Imagery training of motor actions in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis19
The mental health of student-athletes: a systematic scoping review19
The role of anticipated affect in the context of physical activity: a scoping review19
Correction19
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