Science and Medicine in Football

Papers
(The median citation count of Science and Medicine in Football is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Reliability of spatial-temporal metrics used to assess collective behaviours in football: an in-silico experiment61
World Congress on Science and Soccer 2025 (WCSS 2025): encourage progress, enhance practice42
Improving longitudinal performance assessment of youth soccer players: 10 m sprint percentile curves adapted to biological age29
A formative investigation assessing menstrual health literacy in professional women’s football28
Exploring decision-making practices during coaching sessions in grassroots youth soccer: a mixed-methods study27
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players25
Development of team-based and individualised speed zone thresholds for elite club-level women’s soccer24
Exploring the impact of athletic identity on gender role conflict and athlete injury fear avoidance in male English professional academy football players24
The incidence and characteristics of heading in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™24
Multi-hosting UEFA European Football Championship: fair enough between participating teams?23
Load monitoring, strength training, and recovery in futsal: Practitioners’ perspectives23
An investigation into the effect of audiences on the soccer penalty kick22
Driving the future of health and performance in Women’s football21
A systematic review of concussion education, knowledge, and attitudes in football21
Optimising classification in sport: a replication study using physical and technical-tactical performance indicators to classify competitive levels in rugby league match-play19
Sleep duration is associated with overnight changes in perceived fatigue in elite women soccer players19
#ReadyToplay: hamstring injuries in women’s football – a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian women’s premier league17
The associations of transformational leadership and team cohesion on the psychological health of young football players through basic psychological needs17
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: harnessing data for decision support17
Need a break? The locomotor and tackle pacing profile and loads of women’s rugby league match-play following various between-match turnaround durations17
Injury surveillance in The FA Walking Football Cup 202415
The relative age effect in the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA): a mixed methods approach15
Distinguishing skill from technique in football14
Psychology research in women’s soccer: a scoping review14
The emergence of critical incidents in Rugby Union matches using Markov chain analysis14
The incidence and burden of injury in male adolescent community rugby union in Australia14
Agreement between perceived and objective sleep duration in highly trained young male soccer players14
Concurrent validation of foot-mounted inertial measurement units for quantifying Australian Rules football kicking13
Sport-related concussion knowledge and attitudes of staff working in English elite women’s football: a survey-based study13
Survey of the current practices of German football academies towards biological maturation assessment12
The effect of knee-flexion angle on peak force and muscle activation during isometric knee-flexor strength testing using the Nordbord device in soccer players12
Effects of concussion on technical performance in professional Australian football11
Development of novel calibration model(s) to predict whole-body density in professional football players11
Time-loss injuries and illnesses at the FIFA world cup Qatar 202211
Discriminative validity of summarized hip and knee angular accelerations for lower extremity training load quantification in male soccer players during a standardised training drill11
Injuries and risk factors in men’s beach soccer: Japanese national championships 2013–202310
Seasonal health tracking of Australian Football League Women’s athletes10
Match activity profile and heart rate responses of top-level soccer referees during Brazilian national first and second division and regional championships9
Broadening our understanding of injury mechanisms to include at-risk situations: an overview of potential injuries at the FIFA men’s World Cup Qatar 2022 TM9
Crossing time zones and touchlines: an observational survey of practitioner perceptions on travel in elite North American soccer9
How to mitigate injury risk after return-to-play in elite football? Expert judgement meets data analytics9
Where do you go when your periods go?: A case-study examining secondary amenorrhea in a professional internationally-capped female soccer player through the lens of the sport nutritionist9
Maximum speed exposures in Australian rules football: do methods matter?9
The relative age effect in under-17, under-20, and adult elite female soccer players8
‘After they see what you have, they contact you’: a qualitative study of national team football players’, coaches’ and clinicians’ experiences in engaging with a context-specific injury surveillance s8
Additional time error in association football is associated with interruption type and goal difference8
FIFA Arab Cup tournament with full capacity of spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study8
Health problems in top-level female football players: a four-season prospective study in the Finnish top football league7
Correction7
Correction7
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in football – a “Keeping SCORE” approach to judicious use7
Medical care delivery in international football: perceived best practice and challenges. An interview-based study of national team clinicians7
Broadcast analytics – an evaluation of video-based tracking systems with constrained player visibility7
Exploring psychosocial risk factors for dropout in adolescent female soccer7
Soccer coaches vs. sport science and medicine staff: who can more accurately predict the skeletal age of high-level youth soccer players?7
Acute pre- and post-competitive soccer match-play changes in neuromuscular factors, physical performance, and muscle response in youth male players6
Experienced academy soccer coaches’ perceptions of evaluating talented youth soccer players’ skilfulness in small-sided games: a mixed-methods study6
Individual and situational factors affecting the movement characteristics and internal responses to Touch match-play during an international tournament6
Decrease in aerial challenges after revision of goal kick rules in Japan Professional Soccer League: explorative study of the possibility of a risk reduction for head injury, concussion, and brain dam6
Heading in football: a systematic review of descriptors, definitions, and reporting methods used in heading incidence studies6
Video analysis of anterior cruciate ligament injury situations in the women’s Australian football league6
Single leg drop jump is affected by physical capacities in male soccer players following ACL reconstruction6
Evolution of passing network in the Soccer World Cups 2010–20226
Analysing the impact of the 50:22 kick law changes in South African rugby tournaments between 2021 and 20226
Barriers and enablers to implementing the UEFA Consensus Statement on Nutrition: insights from sport nutrition practitioners in the English Premier League6
Incidence of concussion and associated risk factors in collegiate soccer: findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE consortium6
Research on women’s futsal: a scoping review5
A prospective epidemiologic study of injuries and illnesses in the football matches of the 14th National Student Games of China5
Planning and periodisation strategies in English professional men’s football: an investigation into current practice5
Assessing the association between on-field heading technique and head impact kinematics in a cohort of female youth soccer players5
Characteristics of potential head injury situations at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 TM5
Monitoring the physical demands of training in Rugby League: the practices and perceptions of practitioners5
Physical demands in Spanish male and female elite football referees during the competition: a prospective observational study5
Relative age and biological maturity-related selection biases in male youth soccer across different competitive levels within a national association5
Examining the mental health status of referees in the turkish professional football league5
Most common movements preceding goal scoring situations in female professional soccer5
The use of sand as an alternative surface for training, injury prevention and rehabilitation in English professional football and barriers to implementation: a cross-sectional survey of medical staff5
The short-term relation between load and acute psychophysiological responses in football: a meta-analysis and methodological considerations4
Exploring the true burden of a time-loss injury: full vs partial time-loss in elite academy football (soccer)4
Interchangeability of optical tracking technologies: potential overestimation of the sprint running load demands in the English Premier League4
A scoping review of the research supporting coaching practice in women’s football – as the game grows the research strives to keep up4
Mind the gap! A survey comparing current strength training methods used in men’s versus women’s first team and academy soccer4
Menstrual cycle knowledge, first- and second-hand experiences, personal opinions, and practices of players and staff from elite European women’s football clubs4
Acute fuelling and recovery practices of academy soccer players: implications for growth, maturation, and physical performance4
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: computational approaches to tactics4
Frequency and intensity of change of directions in German Bundesliga soccer4
A multi-club analysis of the locomotor training characteristics of elite female soccer players4
Introducing a new “ Preliminary Report” submission category for small-sample intervention studies: rationale and instructions4
Surveying the youth-to-senior transition landscape in Major League Soccer: a new frontier4
Epidemiology of football-related injuries in young male football players. An additional analysis of data from a cluster-randomised controlled trial4
Assessing maximal sprinting speed in soccer – criterion validity of commonly used devices4
Exploring the relationship between well-being and match playing time in elite U-17 footballers4
Acute locomotor, heart rate and neuromuscular responses to added wearable resistance during soccer-specific training3
Data analytics practices and reporting strategies in senior football: insights into athlete health and performance from over 200 practitioners worldwide3
Elite female footballers in England: an exploration of mental ill-health and help-seeking intentions3
Analysis of potential hydration opportunities during future football tournaments based on data from the 2018 FIFA World Cup3
Menstrual cycle, hormonal contraceptives, and pelvic floor dysfunction in ladies Gaelic football and Camogie: prevalence of use, side-effects, and perceived symptomology3
Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players3
Post-game recovery of isometric hamstring strength in a high-risk hamstring strain injury group throughout an Australian Football League season3
Strength effects of the Copenhagen adduction exercise vs an adductor squeeze exercise in male football players – A randomized controlled trial3
The effect of team formation on match running performance in UEFA Champions League matches: implications for position-specific conditioning3
Walking football for Health – physiological response to playing and characteristics of the players3
Epidemiology of injuries and illnesses in national team male beach soccer players: a prospective seven-year cohort study3
Effectiveness of wearable technology to optimize youth soccer players’ off-training behaviour and training responses: a parallel group randomized trial3
When and how do professional soccer players experience maximal intensity sprints in LaLiga?3
Longitudinal assessment of brain injury biomarker neurofilament light in female football players during a competitive season of football heading3
Identification of potential risk factors for lower limb injuries in female team-sport athletes: a prospective cohort study3
Correction3
Results of a cardiac screening program in elite football players in New Zealand3
Factors associated with career longevity and satisfaction: findings from the women’s soccer/football health study3
Leadership in Finnish elite football: associations between players’ self-assessed leadership roles and player-assessed head coach leadership behavior by player gender and age3
Early identification of the opposition shot taker characterises elite goalkeepers’ ability to read the game3
Comment on: influence of the time-task constraint on ocular metrics of semi-elite soccer3
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