OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The temporal structure of male’s Olympic boxing matches in flyweight, middleweight and super heavyweight categories: a pilot study	18
Match-related technical performance of high-level technical judo athletes during the 2016–2020 Olympic Games: an analysis by phase and weight category	15
Attacking styles of play in football: a comparison between UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores da América	15
An analysis of the effectiveness of kickouts in sub-elite Gaelic football	13
Changes in knee flexion-extension performance and hamstring-to-quadriceps ratio during a fatiguing isokinetic protocol in male professional futsal players	13
Achieving while looking forward: variables influencing performance in the transitory career phases of professional women’s handball	13
Decoding futsal offensive game moments: an in-depth qualitative study with expert coaches	13
A comparison of the match action characteristics of scholarship, academy, and senior rugby league: influence on career progression	11
Benchmarking successful performances in elite Ladies Gaelic football	10
Match physical performance profiles in professional football: a comparative analysis among players’ positions in the European five top leagues	10
Youth soccer team’s match dynamics with and without the ball when in both conditions of advantage and disadvantage	10
Evaluating aerial duel ability of football players using height-adjusted Elo rating model	9
The relationships between age and race performance in women’s road cycling	9
The effect of 14 training sessions on the development of decision-making skills in U-13 soccer players	9
The effect of coach dismissal on team performance and match physical demands in Spanish professional soccer leagues	9
Changes in the relationship between sprint and horizontal jump performance according to sprint levels in children and adolescents	9
Specificity of curvilinear sprint performance in youth female soccer players: comparison with linear sprint and relationship with vertical jumps	9
Exploring offensive players’ collective movements and positioning dynamics in high-performance padel matches using tracking technology	8
Training practices used by elite sprint coaches	8
Impact factors analysis: Differences in high-level golfers	8
Match characteristics of women’s and men’s singles and doubles events in elite badminton	8
Relating external load variables with individual tactical actions with reference to playing position: an integrated analysis for elite futsal	7
The effects of smartphone use during play on performance and enjoyment among recreational golfers	7
Impact of a congested schedule and player participation on the external workload of top-level soccer players during a competitive season	7
Key technical factors and steadiness in Olympic and regional sailors in ILCA class: insights from a sailing simulator study	7

The influence of ball carriage on change of direction speed in male club-level lacrosse players	7
Associations between internal and external load parameters and match outcomes in men’s volleyball: a machine learning approach	6
Effects of stepping-in-place tempo and type of roundhouse kick on coincidence-anticipation timing in Taekwondo	6
Performance trajectories of bowlers and batters from youth level to senior professional status in cricket	6
Evidence for the reversal of the relative age effect in European professional basketball	6
Comparison of physiological and perceptual load between uke and tori after intermittent osaekomi-waza exercise in judo	6
Tactical performance in youth football: the influence of sex, age and playing position	6
Game location effect in the ACB 2019–20 COVID-19 season: a comparative analysis of playing home, away and in a neutral court	6
Routes to victory in track cycling sprint	6
Tactical performance of an Australian A-League association football team: comparing spatiotemporal data between different phases of play in matches	5
Comparison of training activities and coaching behaviours in youth football coaches from Spain and China: a case study	5
Game location effect in the NBA: A comparative analysis of playing at home, away and in a neutral court during the COVID-19 season	5
Picking the length: investigating how bowling length influences batter decision-making in international men’s 50-over cricket	5
Biomechanics of suplex in Greco-Roman wrestling: a qualitative and time-motion analysis of international competitions	5
Off-ball movement in football: evidence on the relationship between team strength, performance, success and runs in behind	5
Relationship between key offensive performance indicators and match running performance in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023	5
How hormones, vertical jump and perceived exertion change in clutch time. A season case study of an amateur basketball team	5
Determination of basketball players’ high-performance profiles in the Spanish League	5
Referee positioning, but not match demands, score difference, or field location, are associated with breakdown decision-making accuracy in elite rugby sevens referees	5
Movement characteristics of international and elite domestic netball players during match-play	5
Nash equilibrium and tennis serve performance: a game theory analysis	5
What are the key performance indicators related to winning matches in the German Bundesliga?	5
An analysis of whole-body kinematics, muscle strength and activity during cross-step topspin among table tennis players	5
Performance differences between 26 and 29-inch wheels in cross-country mountain biking	4
Expert amateur Irish boxing coaches’ perceptions of the technical components of straight punches	4
Performance metrics to predict national-level competition outcomes in a cluster of road cyclists	4
Match demands on officials and umpires across variations of lacrosse	4
Performance trajectories of Italian professional cyclists: an analysis of the influence of youth performance on professional success	4
Editorial	4
Win or lose. Physical and physiological responses in paddle tennis competition according to the game result	4
The relationships between physical fitness attributes and match demands in rugby union referees officiating the 2019 Rugby World Cup	4
Golf shot performance analysis: the effects of ground slope on weight transfer and shot characteristics	4
The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on ball possession performance in Spanish professional soccer leagues	4
Analysis of the relevance of the information content given to the players during volleyball timeouts with a 3D device	4
Do line call errors differ between men’s and women’s events in tennis? A case study from the 2021 Wimbledon Tournament	4
What to look for in setting sports training tasks for young players? Analysis of the numerical configuration of players and court size constraints on futsal small-sided games performance difficulty le	4
Analysing elite European basketball players’ performances according to travel demands, game schedule and contextual factors	4
Kinematic differences in a skating stop-and-go task between male and female ice hockey players	4
Comparison of time-motion, heart rate responses, and training load measurement in Brazilian jiu-jitsu heavyweight and lightweight fighters: a cross-sectional study	4
Interchangeability of the Polar Team Pro system in determining match load and intensities in semi-professional rugby union players	4
Race level comparison and variability analysis of 100 m freestyle sprinters competing in the 2019 European championships	4
Are the playoffs different from the regular season? A comparison of in-game statistics in Icelandic elite handball	4
Modelling the effect of competition tier on player involvement and impact in Australian Football	4
Change the rules, change the game? Offensive tactics in elite men’s water polo from London to Tokyo	4
Key performance indicators of all-star player and winning teams in elite water polo at the 2020 Olympic Games	4
Physical fitness, psychological characteristics, and game performance in youth male soccer players of different levels of competition	4
Cardiorespiratory responses to isolated dance steps in young girls	3
Golden score period in high-level judo competitions: the effect of the scores and penalties at the real contest time	3
Quantification of workload and characterisation of key performance factors in elite adolescent female volleyball players using machine learning	3
The effect of the Super Shot on team technical and tactical performance indicators in Suncorp Super Netball	3

Determining the key performance indicators on game outcomes in NBA based on quantile regression analysis	3
Match-related performance during the Olympic Games 2020: a technical variability analysis of high-level judo athletes	3
The impact of playing area dimension and team imbalance on the performance of individual tactical actions in soccer ball possession	3
Tactical-technical actions and internal load of young futsal players: role of space and player numbers	3
Evaluating the impact of contextual variables on jump shot success in professional basketball: a notational analysis approach	3
Update on the evolution of World Cup soccer: men and women	3
Analysing short-term training load distribution in elite European basketball: an exploration under six head coaches	3
Correlating diurnal variations in peak athleticism with buccal gene expression in youth football players	3
Perception of professional Portuguese soccer players about the replacement of leadership with the season underway – a qualitative study	3
Kinematic determinants of acceleration in skeleton push phase	3
Career patterns within men’s and women’s soccer talent systems: the typical pathway to the top is atypical	3
Impact of ball material change from celluloid to plastic on game statistics in elite women table-tennis	3
Influence of the situational variables on the performance of the teams competing in the Chinese Super League	3
Identifying which factors impact bowling and batting performances during the “death” phase of an innings in international men’s 50-over cricket	3
Sex and weight category differences in the temporal combat structure of judokas with visual impairment	3
Factors influencing static postural control performance of collegiate marching artists	3