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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
World Congress on Science and Soccer 2025 (WCSS 2025): encourage progress, enhance practice39
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players33
Exploring decision-making practices during coaching sessions in grassroots youth soccer: a mixed-methods study29
Improving longitudinal performance assessment of youth soccer players: 10 m sprint percentile curves adapted to biological age26
A formative investigation assessing menstrual health literacy in professional women’s football25
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™21
Load monitoring, strength training, and recovery in futsal: Practitioners’ perspectives20
An investigation into the effect of audiences on the soccer penalty kick20
Injury characteristics and cost of ankle sprains in amateur soccer (football): a national analysis involving 3 years of Australian insurance data19
A systematic review of concussion education, knowledge, and attitudes in football18
Optimising classification in sport: a replication study using physical and technical-tactical performance indicators to classify competitive levels in rugby league match-play17
Head acceleration events are associated with tackler head contact and running speed during tackling in junior Australian football16
Driving the future of health and performance in Women’s football16
Sleep duration is associated with overnight changes in perceived fatigue in elite women soccer players15
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: harnessing data for decision support15
The associations of transformational leadership and team cohesion on the psychological health of young football players through basic psychological needs15
#ReadyToplay: hamstring injuries in women’s football – a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian women’s premier league15
The incidence and burden of injury in male adolescent community rugby union in Australia14
Psychology research in women’s soccer: a scoping review13
The emergence of critical incidents in Rugby Union matches using Markov chain analysis13
Injury surveillance in The FA Walking Football Cup 202413
Agreement between perceived and objective sleep duration in highly trained young male soccer players13
Need a break? The locomotor and tackle pacing profile and loads of women’s rugby league match-play following various between-match turnaround durations13
Distinguishing skill from technique in football13
Sport-related concussion knowledge and attitudes of staff working in English elite women’s football: a survey-based study12
Concurrent validation of foot-mounted inertial measurement units for quantifying Australian Rules football kicking12
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
Development of novel calibration model(s) to predict whole-body density in professional football players11
Survey of the current practices of German football academies towards biological maturation assessment11
Discriminative validity of summarized hip and knee angular accelerations for lower extremity training load quantification in male soccer players during a standardised training drill11
Seasonal health tracking of Australian Football League Women’s athletes11
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 nutritionist10
Injuries and risk factors in men’s beach soccer: Japanese national championships 2013–202310
Crossing time zones and touchlines: an observational survey of practitioner perceptions on travel in elite North American soccer10
Time-loss injuries and illnesses at the FIFA world cup Qatar 202210
The relative age effect in under-17, under-20, and adult elite female soccer players9
Sport-related concussion knowledge and attitudes among football players and coaches in Ghana and medical professionals in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study9
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
FIFA Arab Cup tournament with full capacity of spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study9
How to mitigate injury risk after return-to-play in elite football? Expert judgement meets data analytics9
‘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 s9
Maximum speed exposures in Australian rules football: do methods matter?9
Medical care delivery in international football: perceived best practice and challenges. An interview-based study of national team clinicians8
Correction8
A pragmatic, parallel-arm, randomised trial on the effects of two repeated-sprint training protocols on fitness outcomes in semi-professional male soccer players: preliminary report8
Additional time error in association football is associated with interruption type and goal difference8
Acute pre- and post-competitive soccer match-play changes in neuromuscular factors, physical performance, and muscle response in youth male players7
Heading in football: a systematic review of descriptors, definitions, and reporting methods used in heading incidence studies7
Individual and situational factors affecting the movement characteristics and internal responses to Touch match-play during an international tournament7
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in football – a “Keeping SCORE” approach to judicious use7
Broadcast analytics – an evaluation of video-based tracking systems with constrained player visibility7
Correction7
Exploring psychosocial risk factors for dropout in adolescent female soccer7
Health problems in top-level female football players: a four-season prospective study in the Finnish top football league7
Research on women’s futsal: a scoping review6
Relative age and biological maturity-related selection biases in male youth soccer across different competitive levels within a national association6
Single leg drop jump is affected by physical capacities in male soccer players following ACL reconstruction6
Analysing the impact of the 50:22 kick law changes in South African rugby tournaments between 2021 and 20226
Evolution of passing network in the Soccer World Cups 2010–20226
Experienced academy soccer coaches’ perceptions of evaluating talented youth soccer players’ skilfulness in small-sided games: a mixed-methods study6
A prospective epidemiologic study of injuries and illnesses in the football matches of the 14th National Student Games of China6
Incidence of concussion and associated risk factors in collegiate soccer: findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE consortium6
Characteristics of potential head injury situations at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 TM6
Barriers and enablers to implementing the UEFA Consensus Statement on Nutrition: insights from sport nutrition practitioners in the English Premier League6
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
Interchangeability of optical tracking technologies: potential overestimation of the sprint running load demands in the English Premier League5
A scoping review of the research supporting coaching practice in women’s football – as the game grows the research strives to keep up5
Assessing the association between on-field heading technique and head impact kinematics in a cohort of female youth soccer players5
Planning and periodisation strategies in English professional men’s football: an investigation into current practice5
Perspectives on data analytics for gaining a competitive advantage in football: computational approaches to tactics5
Epidemiology of football-related injuries in young male football players. An additional analysis of data from a cluster-randomised controlled trial5
Monitoring the physical demands of training in Rugby League: the practices and perceptions of practitioners5
Methodological approaches in video analysis studies of hamstring injuries in football: a systematic review5
Frequency and intensity of change of directions in German Bundesliga soccer5
A multi-club analysis of the locomotor training characteristics of elite female soccer players5
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
Physical demands in Spanish male and female elite football referees during the competition: a prospective observational study5
Most common movements preceding goal scoring situations in female professional soccer5
Acute fuelling and recovery practices of academy soccer players: implications for growth, maturation, and physical performance4
Surveying the youth-to-senior transition landscape in Major League Soccer: a new frontier4
Exploring the relationship between well-being and match playing time in elite U-17 footballers4
Menstrual cycle knowledge, first- and second-hand experiences, personal opinions, and practices of players and staff from elite European women’s football clubs4
Walking football for Health – physiological response to playing and characteristics of the players4
Contemporary strength and conditioning practices in professional soccer in South Korea: a mixed-method approach4
Correction4
Introducing a new “ Preliminary Report” submission category for small-sample intervention studies: rationale and instructions4
Data analytics practices and reporting strategies in senior football: insights into athlete health and performance from over 200 practitioners worldwide4
Assessing maximal sprinting speed in soccer – criterion validity of commonly used devices4
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
Leadership in Finnish elite football: associations between players’ self-assessed leadership roles and player-assessed head coach leadership behavior by player gender and age3
Strength effects of the Copenhagen adduction exercise vs an adductor squeeze exercise in male football players – A randomized controlled trial3
Results of a cardiac screening program in elite football players in New Zealand3
Identification of potential risk factors for lower limb injuries in female team-sport athletes: a prospective cohort study3
Epidemiology of injuries and illnesses in national team male beach soccer players: a prospective seven-year cohort study3
Comment on: influence of the time-task constraint on ocular metrics of semi-elite soccer3
Early identification of the opposition shot taker characterises elite goalkeepers’ ability to read the game3
Analysis of potential hydration opportunities during future football tournaments based on data from the 2018 FIFA World Cup3
Factors associated with career longevity and satisfaction: findings from the women’s soccer/football health study3
Longitudinal assessment of brain injury biomarker neurofilament light in female football players during a competitive season of football heading3
Effectiveness of wearable technology to optimize youth soccer players’ off-training behaviour and training responses: a parallel group randomized trial3
Concurrent validity and between-unit reliability of a foot-mounted inertial measurement unit to measure velocity during team sport activity3
Acute locomotor, heart rate and neuromuscular responses to added wearable resistance during soccer-specific training3
The effect of team formation on match running performance in UEFA Champions League matches: implications for position-specific conditioning3
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
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