Science and Medicine in Football

Papers
(The H4-Index of Science and Medicine in Football is 17. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
A special issue only for one virus: has the football research community responded well to the pandemic?64
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players55
A formative investigation assessing menstrual health literacy in professional women’s football53
Reliability of spatial-temporal metrics used to assess collective behaviours in football: an in-silico experiment36
Exploring decision-making practices during coaching sessions in grassroots youth soccer: a mixed-methods study29
Load monitoring, strength training, and recovery in futsal: Practitioners’ perspectives22
World Congress on Science and Soccer 2025 (WCSS 2025): encourage progress, enhance practice22
The incidence and characteristics of heading in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™21
An investigation into the effect of audiences on the soccer penalty kick21
Exploring the impact of athletic identity on gender role conflict and athlete injury fear avoidance in male English professional academy football players21
A systematic review of concussion education, knowledge, and attitudes in football21
Multi-hosting UEFA European Football Championship: fair enough between participating teams?20
Driving the future of health and performance in Women’s football19
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: harnessing data for decision support18
#ReadyToplay: hamstring injuries in women’s football – a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian women’s premier league17
Sleep duration is associated with overnight changes in perceived fatigue in elite women soccer players17
Optimising classification in sport: a replication study using physical and technical-tactical performance indicators to classify competitive levels in rugby league match-play17
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