| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019) | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2019 | 583 |
| 3 | International Olympic Committee consensus statement on youth athletic development | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2015 | 537 |
| 4 | Sports injuries and illnesses during the London Summer Olympic Games 2012 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2013 | 522 |
| 5 | IOC consensus statement: dietary supplements and the high-performance athlete | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2018 | 482 |
| 6 | How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2016 | 459 |
| 7 | International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)) | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 411 |
| 8 | Sports injury and illness incidence in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games: A prospective study of 11274 athletes from 207 countries | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2017 | 286 |
| 9 | International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) and Sport Mental Health Recognition Tool 1 (SMHRT-1): towards better support of athletes’ mental health | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2021 | 148 |
| 10 | Improved reporting of overuse injuries and health problems in sport: an update of the Oslo Sport Trauma Research Center questionnaires | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 102 |
| 11 | Sports injury and illness incidence in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 2914 athletes from 92 countries | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2019 | 91 |
| 12 | Mental health management of elite athletes during COVID-19: a narrative review and recommendations | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2021 | 82 |
| 13 | 2018 International Olympic Committee consensus statement on prevention, diagnosis and management of paediatric anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries | Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | 2018 | 76 |
| 14 | Sport Medicine Diagnostic Coding System (SMDCS) and the Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS): revised 2020 consensus versions | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 73 |
| 15 | Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Disease: The IOC Consensus Statement, Lausanne 2013 | Sports Medicine | 2013 | 54 |
| 16 | Sports injuries and illnesses in the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Winter Games | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2017 | 46 |
| 17 | How do the new Olympic sports compare with the traditional Olympic sports? Injury and illness at the 2018 Youth Olympic Summer Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 40 |
| 18 | Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2021 | 36 |
| 19 | Injury incidence, severity and profile in Olympic combat sports: a comparative analysis of 7712 athlete exposures from three consecutive Olympic Games | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2021 | 29 |
| 20 | Imaging-detected acute muscle injuries in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2018 | 26 |
| 21 | MRI-detected spinal disc degenerative changes in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics games | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | 2020 | 25 |
| 22 | Epidemiology of imaging-detected bone stress injuries in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2018 | 23 |
| 23 | Prehospital management of exertional heat stroke at sports competitions: International Olympic Committee Adverse Weather Impact Expert Working Group for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2021 | 23 |
| 24 | New sports, COVID-19 and the heat: sports injuries and illnesses in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2023 | 22 |
| 25 | #SafeSport: safeguarding initiatives at the Youth Olympic Games 2018 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 21 |
| 26 | Athlete mental health: future directions | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2021 | 20 |
| 27 | IOC consensus statement on recommendations and regulations for sport events in the heat | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2023 | 20 |
| 28 | Sports injuries and illnesses at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 1783 athletes from 79 countries | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2021 | 18 |
| 29 | Research priorities of international sporting federations and the IOC research centres | BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine | 2016 | 17 |
| 30 | The epidemiology of MRI detected shoulder injuries in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | 2018 | 16 |
| 31 | Statement on methods in sport injury research from the 1st METHODS MATTER Meeting, Copenhagen, 2019 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 16 |
| 32 | Evaluation of spine MRIs in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games | BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine | 2018 | 15 |
| 33 | Athlete health and safety at large sporting events: the development of consensus-driven guidelines | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2021 | 12 |
| 34 | Medical services at the first Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 in Innsbruck/Austria | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2012 | 11 |
| 35 | Epidemiology of imaging-detected tendon abnormalities in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2018 | 11 |
| 36 | MRI-Detected Sports-Related Knee Injuries and Abnormalities at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games | American Journal of Roentgenology | 2018 | 10 |
| 37 | International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus statement on acute respiratory illness in athletes part 2: non-infective acute respiratory illness | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 0 | 9 |
| 38 | Prevention, diagnosis and management of paediatric ACL injuries | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2018 | 8 |
| 39 | Elbow Injuries Detected on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Athletes Participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games | Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography | 2019 | 8 |
| 40 | Infographic: Mental health in elite athletes. An IOC consensus statement | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 7 |
| 41 | International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus statement on acute respiratory illness in athletes part 1: acute respiratory infections | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2022 | 6 |
| 42 | Knee cartilage damage and concomitant internal derangement on MRI in athletes competing at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics | European Journal of Radiology Open | 2020 | 4 |
| 43 | Prevalence of and factors associated with osteoarthritis and pain in retired Olympians compared with the general population: part 2 – the spine and upper limb | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2022 | 4 |
| 44 | MRI-Detected Knee Ligament Sprains and Associated Internal Derangement in Athletes Competing at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics | Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine | 2021 | 3 |
| 45 | Association of markers of patellofemoral maltracking to cartilage damage and bone marrow lesions on MRI: Data from the 2016 Olympic Games of Rio De Janeiro | European Journal of Radiology Open | 2021 | 3 |
| 46 | The protection of clean athletes through the IOC research fund | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2015 | 2 |
| 47 | Infographic. Sleep disorders in athletes | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 2 |
| 48 | Wrist injuries detected on magnetic resonance imaging in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games | Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery | 2021 | 2 |
| 49 | “Nothing About Us, Without Us”: Empowering the Youth Athlete Voice in #SafeSport | Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine | 2022 | 2 |
| 50 | Infographic: Injury and illness, the 2016 Olympic Games | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2019 | 0 |
