Journal of Sport and Health Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Sport and Health Science is 9. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Exercise-induced β-hydroxybutyrate contributes to cognitive improvement in aging mice352
Comparison of the effects of high-intensity interval and moderate-intensity continuous training on inflammatory markers, cardiorespiratory fitness, and quality of life in breast cancer patients280
Sport and exercise during viral acute respiratory illness—Time to revisit216
Look into my eyes: What can eye-based measures tell us about the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance?141
Esports players, got muscle? Competitive video game players’ physical activity, body fat, bone mineral content, and muscle mass in comparison to matched controls141
Biceps femoris long-head motor unit discharge rates and recruitment thresholds vary across 9 weeks of eccentric training131
Publisher’s Note to “Effects of different types of exercise over 24 weeks on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: A systematic review with pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomized con81
Editorial Board79
Commentary on “The deterministic condition for the ground reaction force acting point on the combined knee valgus and tibial internal rotation moments in the early phase of cutting maneuvers in female77
Adaptations in biceps femoris long-head muscle-tendon mechanics during the Nordic hamstring exercise in response to 9 weeks of training75
Association of physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, grip strength, and grip strength asymmetry with incident musculoskeletal disorders in 406,080 White adults72
Editorial Board72
Exercise immunology: Novel insights72
Effects of personalized exercise prescriptions and social media delivered through mobile health on cancer survivors’ physical activity and quality of life71
Metrics of concussion-related vision disorders among children and adolescents with persisting post-concussive symptoms using an objective eye tracking device69
Physical activity, genetic predisposition, and incident cardiovascular disease: Prospective analyses of the UK Biobank68
Soleus arthrogenic muscle inhibition following acute lateral ankle sprain correlates with symptoms and ankle disability but not with postural control67
Acknowledgment to reviewers—November 2022 to August 202366
Comment on “physical activity volume, intensity and life expectancy”66
Prehabilitation during neoadjuvant chemotherapy results in an enhanced immune response in esophageal adenocarcinoma tumors: A randomized controlled trial62
Benefits and harms of exercise therapy and physical activity for low back pain: An umbrella review61
Impact of exercise on markers of B cell-related immunity: A systematic review57
Corrigendum to “Exercised blood plasma promotes hippocampal neurogenesis in the Alzheimer's disease rat brain” [J Sport Health Sci 13 (2024) 245–255]55
Lymphangiogenesis: A new player in the heart's adaptive response to exercise52
Effects of resisted movement training on change-of-direction speed in recreationally active and trained individuals: A systematic review with network meta-analysis and meta-regression49
Acknowledgment to reviewers—September 2023 to June 202448
The effectiveness of physical activity interventions on blood pressure in children and adolescents: A systematic review and network meta-analysis48
Commentary on “Alexa, let's train now! A systematic review and classification approach to digital and home-based physical training interventions aiming to support healthy cognitive aging”47
Intensity of effort and momentary failure in resistance training: Are we asking a binary question for a continuous variable?46
Effectiveness of statins vs. exercise on reducing postprandial hypertriglyceridemia in dyslipidemic population: A systematic review and network meta-analysis46
Associations of self-reported and device-assessed physical activity with fatigue, quality of life, and sleep quality in adults living with and beyond cancer44
Do multiparous women need to work or exercise extra hard to control gestational diabetes?44
Observations regarding open access publishing in hybrid journals in sport sciences43
Changes in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and self-reported cognitive function in cancer survivors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study41
Exercise-induced musclin enhances efferocytosis via metabolic reprogramming to alleviate periprosthetic joint infection41
Promoting men's health through sports clubs: A systematic rapid realist review41
Feasibility and clinical potential of exercise interventions during neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal and rectal cancer41
Editorial Board40
Step volume and intensity in older adults: Commentary on “Association of accelerometer-derived step volume and intensity with hospitalizations and mortality in older adults: A prospective cohort study40
Exerkine response to acute exercise: Still much to discover39
Prolonged passive vibration of Achilles and patellar tendons decreases effort perception during subsequent cycling tasks39
Lacrosse-related injuries in boys and girls treated in U.S. emergency departments, 2000–201637
The medial septal–medial habenula cholinergic circuit: A new mechanism of exercise improving cognitive function in AD mice36
Do people with low back pain walk differently? A systematic review and meta-analysis36
The impact of height-adjustable desks and classroom prompts on classroom sitting time, social, and motivational factors among adolescents35
Neurogranin as an important regulator in swimming training to improve the spatial memory dysfunction of mice with chronic cerebral hypoperfusion35
Editorial Board35
Accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior, and incidence of macrovascular and microvascular events in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes35
How much resistance exercise is beneficial for healthy aging and longevity?34
Advancing pediatric exercise research: A focus on immunomics and cutting-edge technologies33
The exercise-conditioned human serum and skeletal muscle cells secretome induce apoptosis in breast cancer cells33
Risk management strategies for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games: The Beijing scheme33
Comment on “Global prevalence and gender inequalities in at least 60 min of self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity 1 or more days per week: An analysis with 707,616 adolescents”33
The Catalogue of Journal of Sport and Health Science 202233
Effect of older age and/or ACL injury on the dose–response relationship between ambulatory load magnitude and immediate load-induced change in serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein32
Effects of caloric restriction with different doses of exercise on fat loss in people living with type 2 diabetes: A secondary analysis of the DOSE-EX randomized clinical trial31
Exercise and quality of life in cancer31
Reduced PI3K(p110α) induces atrial myopathy, and PI3K-related lipids are dysregulated in athletes with atrial fibrillation31
Practical recommendations on stretching exercise: A Delphi consensus statement of international research experts30
Endoscopic debridement for non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy with and without platelet-rich plasma30
GEPREP: A comprehensive data atlas of RNA-seq-based gene expression profiles of exercise responses30
Hamstring muscle architecture and microstructure changes following Nordic hamstring exercise training and detraining30
Exercise promotes angiogenesis by enhancing endothelial cell fatty acid utilization via liver-derived extracellular vesicle miR-122-5p29
Muscle strength deficits are associated with low bone mineral density in young pediatric cancer survivors: The iBoneFIT project29
Go to the back before going forward: Addressing psychological responses in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation29
Effects of a school-based karate intervention on academic achievement, psychosocial functioning, and physical fitness: A multi-country cluster randomized controlled trial29
Does ischemic preconditioning enhance sports performance more than placebo or no intervention? A systematic review with meta-analysis28
Editorial Board28
Number of parous events affects the association between physical exercise and glycemic control among women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study28
Exploring the associations between skeletal muscle echogenicity and physical function in aging adults: A systematic review with meta-analyses28
Commentary on “Does light-intensity physical activity moderate the relationship between sitting time and adiposity markers in adolescents?”27
Can exercise kill tumors?27
Commentary on “A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing objectively measured and estimated fitness to predict all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults”27
Influence of biological sex and exercise on murine cardiac metabolism27
Associations of adiposity and device-measured physical activity with cancer incidence: UK Biobank prospective cohort study27
Muscle power: A simple concept causing much confusion27
Association of physical activity with risk of chronic kidney disease in China: A population-based cohort study27
Development, validation, and transportability of several machine-learned, non-exercise-based VO2max prediction models for older adults26
Association between physical activity and risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis25
Association of daily sitting time and leisure-time physical activity with body fat among U.S. adults25
Does ergogenic effect of caffeine supplementation depend on CYP1A2 genotypes? A systematic review with meta-analysis25
Elevated brain temperature under severe heat exposure impairs cortical motor activity and executive function25
Let's get moving: The Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022 calls for urgent action24
External force to live long and prosper: A passive exercise classification framework24
Sexual dimorphism on the acute effect of exercise in the morning vs. evening: A randomized crossover study23
A review of public health guidelines for postpartum physical activity and sedentary behavior from around the world23
The lasting impacts of relative energy deficiency in sport imposed on pregnancy health outcomes: A survey-based investigation23
Aerobic exercise alleviates statin-induced PCSK9 upregulation by increasing epoxyeicosatrienoic acid levels through the FoxO3a–Sirt6 axis23
Speed and surface steepness affect internal tibial loading during running23
Exercise-based interventions for smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis23
Reflections on four decades of physical activity epidemiology23
Data driven shoe design improves running economy beyond state-of-the-art Advanced Footwear Technology running shoes23
Multiscale hamstring muscle adaptations following 9 weeks of eccentric training23
Anticancer effects of exercise: Insights from single-cell analysis22
Contributions of the Cybathlon championship to the literature on functional electrical stimulation cycling among individuals with spinal cord injury: A bibliometric review22
The Catalogue of Journal of Sport and Health Science 202522
Increasing our return on investment in science: Start with better behavior22
Metabolome trajectories in male and female athletes22
Exercised blood plasma promotes hippocampal neurogenesis in the Alzheimer's disease rat brain21
Toe-out landing reduces anterior talofibular ligament strain while maintains calcaneofibular ligament strain in people with chronic ankle instability21
Exercise training mode effects on myokine expression in healthy adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis21
Gender inequalities in physical activity among adolescents from 64 Global South countries21
The deterministic condition for the ground reaction force acting point on the combined knee valgus and tibial internal rotation moments in early phase of cutting maneuvers in female athletes21
Are there sensitive periods for physical activity to influence the development of executive function in children?21
Exercise-induced extracellular vesicles delay tumor development by igniting inflammation in an immunologically cold triple-negative breast cancer mouse model21
Epidemiology of injuries in male and female youth football players: A systematic review and meta-analysis21
Biomechanics associated with tibial stress fracture in runners: A systematic review and meta-analysis20
The Journal of Sport and Health Science: Commemorating a decade of publishing milestones and impact20
Exercise as a cancer treatment: New evidence from preclinical and early phase clinical studies19
Subpopulations of regulatory T cells are associated with subclinical atherosclerotic plaques, levels of LDL, and cardiorespiratory fitness in the elderly19
Eccentric exercise-induced muscle weakness abolishes sex differences in fatigability during sustained submaximal isometric contractions19
Peripheral actions and direct central–local communications of melanocortin 4 receptor signaling19
The Youth Fitness International Test (YFIT) battery for monitoring and surveillance among children and adolescents: A modified Delphi consensus project with 169 experts from 50 countries and territori18
A scoping review of methodologies for applying artificial intelligence to physical activity interventions18
Examining the intrinsic foot muscles’ capacity to modulate plantar flexor gearing and ankle joint contributions to propulsion in vertical jumping18
Lower limb suspension induces threshold-specific alterations of motor units properties that are reversed by active recovery17
Commentary on “The association of diet quality and physical activity with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 85,545 alder Australians: A longitudinal study”17
Associations of daily sedentary behavior, physical activity, and sleep with irritable bowel syndrome: A prospective analysis of 362,193 participants17
Effects of aerobic or resistance exercise during neoadjuvant chemotherapy on tumor response and therapy completion in women with breast cancer: The randomized controlled BENEFIT trial16
Six-year trends and intersectional correlates of meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among South Korean adolescents: Korea Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2013–201816
Movement span: Extending the discourse on aging beyond life span and health span16
Back to school after lockdown: The effect of COVID-19 restrictions on children's device-based physical activity metrics16
The effects of a 20-week exercise program on blood-circulating biomarkers related to brain health in overweight or obese children: The ActiveBrains project16
Association between physical activity and incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is modified by predicted cardiovascular risk: The China-PAR project16
The Catalogue of Journal of Sport and Health Science 202316
Associations between meeting 24-hour movement guidelines and academic achievement in Australian primary school-aged children16
Stair climbing, genetic predisposition, and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: A large population-based prospective cohort study16
Managing lower extremity loading in distance running by altering sagittal plane trunk leaning16
Physical activity lowers the risk for acute respiratory infections: Time for recognition15
Large language models’ performances regarding common patient questions about osteoarthritis: A comparative analysis of ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4.0, and Perplexity15
Effects of exercise by type and duration on quality of life in patients with digestive system cancers: A systematic review and network meta-analysis15
Cardiorespiratory fitness, white blood cell count, and mortality in men and women15
Foam rolling and stretching do not provide superior acute flexibility and stiffness improvements compared to any other warm-up intervention: A systematic review with meta-analysis14
Massive sarcomerogenesis in human skeletal muscle following long-term eccentric exercise intervention14
2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities: A third update of the energy costs of human activities14
Is it possible to run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits without tackling social inequalities?14
Dose–response associations, physical activity intensity and mortality risk: A narrative review14
Reverse–normal immunopurification: An effective approach for purifying recombinant erythropoietin from its analogues in doping analysis14
Association between ACTN3 R577X genotype and risk of non-contact injury in trained athletes: A systematic review14
Who could and should give exercise prescription: Physicians, exercise and health scientists, fitness trainers, or ChatGPT?14
Comment on “Does ischemic preconditioning enhance sports performance more than placebo or no intervention? A systematic review with meta-analysis”14
The effects of plyometric jump training on lower-limb stiffness in healthy individuals: A meta-analytical comparison14
Iron deficiency, supplementation, and sports performance in female athletes: A systematic review14
Countermeasures to reduce the risk of infections at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games—A balancing act14
Asymmetry in sprinting: The myth of perfection and the reality of performance13
Exercise regulates cardiac metabolism: Sex does matter13
Effects of exercise on inflammation, circulating tumor cells, and circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer13
BMAL1/PGC1α4-FNDC5/irisin axis impacts distinct outcomes of time-of-day resistance exercise12
Editorial Board12
Publisher's Note12
How to make the “jump” on understanding the importance of the intrinsic foot muscles for propulsion12
Impact loading in female runners with single and multiple bone stress injuries during fresh and exerted conditions12
Refining safety considerations for intradialytic blood flow restriction exercise. Commentary on “Concerns on the application of blood-flow restriction resistance exercise and thrombosis risk in hemodi12
Erratum to “Biomechanics associated with tibial stress fracture in runners: A systematic review and meta-analysis” [J Sport Health Sci 12 (2023) 333–342]12
Residual force enhancement decreases when scaling from the single muscle fiber to joint level in humans12
Effects of contact/collision sport history on gait in early- to mid-adulthood12
Effect of resistance training volume on body adiposity, metabolic risk, and inflammation in postmenopausal and older females: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials12
Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) Version 1512
Comment on “Development of an accelerometer age- and sex-specific approach based on population-standardized values for physical activity surveillance: A proof of concept”12
Increased number of symptoms during the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection in athletes is associated with prolonged time to return to full sports performance—AWARE VIII12
Artificial intelligence-powered social robots for promoting physical activity in older adults: A systematic review11
From London buses to activity trackers: A reflection of 70 years of physical activity research11
Effects of short- and long-term exercise training on cancer cells in vitro: Insights into the mechanistic associations11
Editorial Board11
The association of diet quality and physical activity with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 85,545 older Australians: A longitudinal study11
Exercise benefits meet the esophagus11
Meeting guidelines for physical activity, muscle strength, and sleep lowers mortality risk: Commentary on: “Associations between aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity, sleep duration, and11
International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions10
Six-year follow-up of glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors after a one-year intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes: An extension of the randomized U-TURN trial10
Cerebral and muscle tissue oxygenation during exercise in healthy adults: A systematic review10
Ethical implications of artificial intelligence in sport: A systematic scoping review10
How completely are randomized controlled trials of non-pharmacological interventions following concussion reported? A systematic review10
Should workers be physically active after work? Associations of leisure-time physical activity with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality across occupational physical activity levels—An individual pa10
Gut Prevotella copri abundance linked to elevated post-exercise inflammation10
Commentary on “Accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior, and incidence of macrovascular and microvascular events in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes”9
Chronic effects of stretching on range of motion with consideration of potential moderating variables: A systematic review with meta-analysis9
The merit of superimposed vibration for flexibility and passive stiffness: A systematic review with multilevel meta-analysis9
Lymphangiogenesis contributes to exercise-induced physiological cardiac growth9
The effects of plyometric jump training on physical fitness attributes in basketball players: A meta-analysis9
Commentary on “Why people should run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits”9
Acute effect of foot strike patterns on in vivo tibiotalar and subtalar joint kinematics during barefoot running9
Epidemiology of insertional and midportion Achilles tendinopathy in runners: A prospective cohort study9
Exercise and cancer outcomes: What do we know and where next?9
Commentary on “Multiscale hamstring muscle adaptations following 9 weeks of eccentric training”9
Non-exercise estimated cardiorespiratory fitness and cancer incidence: The NIH-AARP diet and health study9
Twenty-four-hour movement guidelines during adolescence and midlife mortality9
Physical activity and amyloid beta in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
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