| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Lower extremity joint stiffness characteristics during running with different footfall patterns | European Journal of Sport Science | 2014 | 474 |
| 2 | Sport Is Art | European Journal of Sport Science | 2003 | 335 |
| 3 | Where are all the female participants in Sports and Exercise Medicine research? | European Journal of Sport Science | 2014 | 321 |
| 4 | Oxygen uptake kinetics as a determinant of sports performance | European Journal of Sport Science | 2007 | 317 |
| 5 | Comparison of physical and technical performance in European soccer match‐play: FA Premier League and La Liga | European Journal of Sport Science | 2011 | 289 |
| 6 | Eating disorders in athletes: Overview of prevalence, risk factors and recommendations for prevention and treatment | European Journal of Sport Science | 2013 | 288 |
| 7 | Impact of sedentarism due to the COVID‐19 home confinement on neuromuscular, cardiovascular and metabolic health: Physiological and pathophysiological implications and recommendations for physical and nutritional countermeasures | European Journal of Sport Science | 2021 | 287 |
| 8 | Motivational climate and attitudes towards exercise in Greek senior high school: A year-long intervention | European Journal of Sport Science | 2001 | 284 |
| 9 | Classifying children for sports participation based upon anthropometric measurement | European Journal of Sport Science | 2002 | 274 |
| 10 | Accuracy of human motion capture systems for sport applications; state‐of‐the‐art review | European Journal of Sport Science | 2018 | 274 |
| 11 | Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the Overtraining Syndrome | European Journal of Sport Science | 2006 | 269 |
| 12 | Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the overtraining syndrome: Joint consensus statement of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) | European Journal of Sport Science | 2013 | 248 |
| 13 | Time‐restricted feeding in young men performing resistance training: A randomized controlled trial† | European Journal of Sport Science | 2017 | 213 |
| 14 | Perception of effort in Exercise Science: Definition, measurement and perspectives | European Journal of Sport Science | 2016 | 209 |
| 15 | Mechanisms of beneficial effects of exercise training on non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): Roles of oxidative stress and inflammation | European Journal of Sport Science | 2019 | 208 |
| 16 | Sleep/wake behaviours of elite athletes from individual and team sports | European Journal of Sport Science | 2015 | 203 |
| 17 | Oscillations of centroid position and surface area of soccer teams in small‐sided games | European Journal of Sport Science | 2011 | 202 |
| 18 | Sleep or swim? Early‐morning training severely restricts the amount of sleep obtained by elite swimmers | European Journal of Sport Science | 2014 | 191 |
| 19 | Rethinking fat as a fuel for endurance exercise | European Journal of Sport Science | 2015 | 182 |
| 20 | Accuracy, intra‐ and inter‐unit reliability, and comparison between GPS and UWB‐based position‐tracking systems used for time–motion analyses in soccer | European Journal of Sport Science | 2018 | 181 |
| 21 | The effects of situational variables on distance covered at various speeds in elite soccer | European Journal of Sport Science | 2010 | 180 |
| 22 | Exercise‐induced muscle damage: What is it, what causes it and what are the nutritional solutions? | European Journal of Sport Science | 2019 | 172 |
| 23 | Muscular adaptations in low‐ versus high‐load resistance training: A meta‐analysis | European Journal of Sport Science | 2016 | 171 |
| 24 | Carbohydrate availability and exercise training adaptation: Too much of a good thing? | European Journal of Sport Science | 2015 | 169 |
| 25 | Power–duration relationship: Physiology, fatigue, and the limits of human performance | European Journal of Sport Science | 2018 | 169 |
| 26 | International Physical Activity Questionnaire: Reliability and validity in a Spanish population | European Journal of Sport Science | 2010 | 166 |
| 27 | Correlates of achievement goal orientations in physical activity: A systematic review of research | European Journal of Sport Science | 2003 | 157 |
| 28 | Effect of strength on plant foot kinetics and kinematics during a change of direction task | European Journal of Sport Science | 2013 | 153 |
| 29 | A proposed theoretical model to explain relative age effects in sport | European Journal of Sport Science | 2013 | 148 |
| 30 | Length, width and centroid distance as measures of teams tactical performance in youth football | European Journal of Sport Science | 2014 | 148 |
| 31 | The ‘sensory tolerance limit’: A hypothetical construct determining exercise performance? | European Journal of Sport Science | 2018 | 146 |
| 32 | Variation in performance of elite cyclists from race to race | European Journal of Sport Science | 2006 | 145 |
| 33 | Perceptual‐cognitive skill training and its transfer to expert performance in the field: Future research directions | European Journal of Sport Science | 2015 | 143 |
| 34 | Calibration of ActiGraph GT3X, Actical and RT3 accelerometers in adolescents | European Journal of Sport Science | 2014 | 142 |
| 35 | Selection, de‐selection and progression in German football talent promotion | European Journal of Sport Science | 2014 | 142 |
| 36 | Nutrition, sleep and recovery | European Journal of Sport Science | 2008 | 138 |
| 37 | Basketball game‐related statistics that discriminate between teams’ season‐long success | European Journal of Sport Science | 2008 | 137 |
| 38 | Discriminant analysis of game-related statistics between basketball guards, forwards and centres in three professional leagues | European Journal of Sport Science | 2006 | 136 |
| 39 | Considering long‐term sustainability in the development of world class success | European Journal of Sport Science | 2014 | 136 |
| 40 | High‐intensity interval and moderate‐intensity continuous training elicit similar enjoyment and adherence levels in overweight and obese adults | European Journal of Sport Science | 2017 | 129 |
| 41 | Maximal intended velocity training induces greater gains in bench press performance than deliberately slower half‐velocity training | European Journal of Sport Science | 2014 | 127 |
| 42 | Sprint performance and mechanical outputs computed with an iPhone app: Comparison with existing reference methods | European Journal of Sport Science | 2017 | 122 |
| 43 | Prevalence of poor sleep quality, sleepiness and obstructive sleep apnoea risk factors in athletes | European Journal of Sport Science | 2016 | 121 |
| 44 | How valid are wearable physical activity trackers for measuring steps? | European Journal of Sport Science | 2017 | 121 |
| 45 | Motivation, overtraining, and burnout: Can self‐determined motivation predict overtraining and burnout in elite athletes? | European Journal of Sport Science | 2007 | 120 |
| 46 | COVID‐19 lockdown: Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in Italian medicine students | European Journal of Sport Science | 2021 | 119 |
| 47 | Effects of season period, team quality, and playing time on basketball players' game‐related statistics | European Journal of Sport Science | 2010 | 118 |
| 48 | Quiet eye training: The acquisition, refinement and resilient performance of targeting skills | European Journal of Sport Science | 2014 | 115 |
| 49 | Protein Requirements for Endurance Athletes | European Journal of Sport Science | 2004 | 114 |
| 50 | Validity and reliability of the Moxy oxygen monitor during incremental cycling exercise | European Journal of Sport Science | 2017 | 112 |
