| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 4,050 |
| 2 | Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5thinternational conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2017 | 1,903 |
| 3 | Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2013 | 1,744 |
| 4 | Physical activity and mental health in children and adolescents: a review of reviews | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2011 | 1,434 |
| 5 | A retrospective case-control analysis of 2002 running injuries | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2002 | 1,262 |
| 6 | Limits to the measurement of habitual physical activity by questionnaires * Commentary | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2003 | 1,245 |
| 7 | Incidence and determinants of lower extremity running injuries in long distance runners: a systematic review * COMMENTARY | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2007 | 1,026 |
| 8 | Injury incidence and injury patterns in professional football: the UEFA injury study | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2011 | 989 |
| 9 | The IOC consensus statement: beyond the Female Athlete Triad—Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2014 | 972 |
| 10 | Return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the state of play | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2011 | 941 |
| 11 | American Medical Society for Sports Medicine position statement: concussion in sport | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2013 | 923 |
| 12 | Fifty-five per cent return to competitive sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis including aspects of physical functioning and contextual factors | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2014 | 920 |
| 13 | High-intensity interval training in patients with lifestyle-induced cardiometabolic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2014 | 909 |
| 14 | The training—injury prevention paradox: should athletes be training smarterandharder? | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2016 | 909 |
| 15 | The development of a walkability index: application to the Neighborhood Quality of Life Study | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2010 | 878 |
| 16 | Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures in studies of football (soccer) injuries | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2006 | 876 |
| 17 | Simple decision rules can reduce reinjury risk by 84% after ACL reconstruction: the Delaware-Oslo ACL cohort study | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2016 | 798 |
| 18 | The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football--analysis of hamstring injuries | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2004 | 778 |
| 19 | Exercise interventions for cognitive function in adults older than 50: a systematic review with meta-analysis | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2018 | 776 |
| 20 | Strong correlation of maximal squat strength with sprint performance and vertical jump height in elite soccer players | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2004 | 756 |
| 21 | Is tendon pathology a continuum? A pathology model to explain the clinical presentation of load-induced tendinopathy | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2009 | 748 |
| 22 | Understanding injury mechanisms: a key component of preventing injuries in sport | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2005 | 740 |
| 23 | Evolution of accelerometer methods for physical activity research | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2014 | 710 |
| 24 | The Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI syndrome): an international consensus statement | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2016 | 703 |
| 25 | Summary and agreement statement of the 2nd International Conference on Concussion in Sport, Prague 2004 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2005 | 688 |
| 26 | Republished research: Implementation research: what it is and how to do it | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2014 | 656 |
| 27 | Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2017 | 656 |
| 28 | Predictors of clinical recovery from concussion: a systematic review | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2017 | 656 |
| 29 | Predictive validity of health-related fitness in youth: a systematic review | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2009 | 654 |
| 30 | A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of the effect of protein supplementation on resistance training-induced gains in muscle mass and strength in healthy adults | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2018 | 645 |
| 31 | Risk factors for sports injuries -- a methodological approach | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2003 | 637 |
| 32 | Physical inactivity: the biggest public health problem of the 21st century | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2009 | 628 |
| 33 | How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2016 | 625 |
| 34 | Summary and agreement statement of the first International Conference on Concussion in Sport, Vienna 2001 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2002 | 585 |
| 35 | Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019) | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2019 | 583 |
| 36 | Non-contact ACL injuries in female athletes: an International Olympic Committee current concepts statement | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2008 | 582 |
| 37 | The VISA-A questionnaire: a valid and reliable index of the clinical severity of Achilles tendinopathy | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2001 | 579 |
| 38 | Effect of school-based interventions on physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents: a review of reviews and systematic update | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2011 | 579 |
| 39 | The association football medical research programme: an audit of injuries in professional football | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2001 | 578 |
| 40 | The validation of a novel activity monitor in the measurement of posture and motion during everyday activities | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2006 | 555 |
| 41 | 2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2016 | 552 |
| 42 | An epidemiological survey on ankle sprain. | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 1994 | 544 |
| 43 | Likelihood of ACL graft rupture: not meeting six clinical discharge criteria before return to sport is associated with a four times greater risk of rupture | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2016 | 544 |
| 44 | Risk factors for lower extremity injury: a review of the literature | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2003 | 542 |
| 45 | Development and validation of a new method for the registration of overuse injuries in sports injury epidemiology: the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC) Overuse Injury Questionnaire | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2013 | 540 |
| 46 | Injuries affect team performance negatively in professional football: an 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2013 | 540 |
| 47 | A progressive shuttle run test to estimate maximal oxygen uptake. | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 1988 | 538 |
| 48 | International Olympic Committee consensus statement on youth athletic development | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2015 | 537 |
| 49 | Ankle injuries in basketball: injury rate and risk factors | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2001 | 536 |
| 50 | Clinical implications of scapular dyskinesis in shoulder injury: the 2013 consensus statement from the ‘scapular summit’ | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2013 | 525 |
