| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1 | Autophagy | 2021 | 1,430 |
| 2 | The effect of exercise-induced arousal on cognitive task performance: A meta-regression analysis | Brain Research | 2010 | 810 |
| 3 | Exercise and Children’s Intelligence, Cognition, and Academic Achievement | Educational Psychology Review | 2008 | 558 |
| 4 | The Effect of Exercise Training on Anxiety Symptoms Among Patients | Archives of Internal Medicine | 2010 | 339 |
| 5 | Skeletal muscle atrophy and increased intramuscular fat after incomplete spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord | 2007 | 324 |
| 6 | Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children and adolescents: a novel combination of a systematic review and recommendations from an expert panel | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2019 | 287 |
| 7 | Measurement of intramuscular fat by muscle echo intensity | Muscle and Nerve | 2015 | 283 |
| 8 | Functional neuroimaging correlates of mental fatigue induced by cognition among chronic fatigue syndrome patients and controls | NeuroImage | 2007 | 262 |
| 9 | Effects of incremental exercise on cerebral oxygenation measured by near-infrared spectroscopy: A systematic review | Progress in Neurobiology | 2010 | 257 |
| 10 | The Effect of Sport Concussion on Neurocognitive Function, Self-Report Symptoms and Postural Control | Sports Medicine | 2008 | 252 |
| 11 | Ageing and gait variability--a population-based study of older people | Age and Ageing | 2010 | 231 |
| 12 | Self-Management Strategies Mediate Self-Efficacy and Physical Activity | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2005 | 228 |
| 13 | Sprint Interval Training Effects on Aerobic Capacity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Sports Medicine | 2014 | 228 |
| 14 | Physical activity interventions and children's mental function: An introduction and overview | Preventive Medicine | 2011 | 222 |
| 15 | Effects of acute exercise on executive processing, short-term and long-term memory | Journal of Sports Sciences | 2008 | 216 |
| 16 | Exercise and children's cognition: The role of exercise characteristics and a place for metacognition | Journal of Sport and Health Science | 2015 | 215 |
| 17 | Physical Activity and Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2019 | 187 |
| 18 | Physical self-concept and self-esteem mediate cross-sectional relations of physical activity and sport participation with depression symptoms among adolescent girls. | Health Psychology | 2006 | 184 |
| 19 | Effect of exercise training on C reactive protein: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2017 | 180 |
| 20 | Effects of chronic exercise on feelings of energy and fatigue: A quantitative synthesis. | Psychological Bulletin | 2006 | 177 |
| 21 | Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Overweight Children's Cognitive Functioning | Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport | 2007 | 176 |
| 22 | The Relation of Adiposity to Cognitive Control and Scholastic Achievement in Preadolescent Children | Obesity | 2012 | 171 |
| 23 | Individuals with mechanical ankle instability exhibit different motion patterns than those with functional ankle instability and ankle sprain copers | Clinical Biomechanics | 2008 | 170 |
| 24 | Noninvasive evaluation of skeletal muscle mitochondrial capacity with near-infrared spectroscopy: correcting for blood volume changes | Journal of Applied Physiology | 2012 | 165 |
| 25 | Training augments resistance exercise induced elevation of circulating brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) | Neuroscience Letters | 2010 | 161 |
| 26 | Physical Activity and Feelings of Energy and Fatigue | Sports Medicine | 2006 | 155 |
| 27 | Systematic review of acute physically active learning and classroom movement breaks on children’s physical activity, cognition, academic performance and classroom behaviour: understanding critical design features | BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine | 2018 | 152 |
| 28 | Development of Youth Aerobic-Capacity Standards Using Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2011 | 148 |
| 29 | Neuromuscular Control Deficits and the Risk of Subsequent Injury after a Concussion: A Scoping Review | Sports Medicine | 2018 | 147 |
| 30 | Cardiorespiratory fitness and laboratory stress: A meta-regression analysis | Psychophysiology | 2006 | 146 |
| 31 | Acute aerobic exercise and information processing: Energizing motor processes during a choice reaction time task | Acta Psychologica | 2008 | 138 |
| 32 | A cross-validation of near-infrared spectroscopy measurements of skeletal muscle oxidative capacity with phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy | Journal of Applied Physiology | 2013 | 133 |
| 33 | The use of muscle near-infrared spectroscopy in sport, health and medical sciences: recent developments | Philosophical Transactions Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences | 2011 | 132 |
| 34 | “Invisible Sportswomen”: The Sex Data Gap in Sport and Exercise Science Research | Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal | 2021 | 129 |
| 35 | Fitness, fatness, cognition, behavior, and academic achievement among overweight children: Do cross-sectional associations correspond to exercise trial outcomes? | Preventive Medicine | 2011 | 126 |
| 36 | Feasibility of Exercise Training for the Short-Term Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics | 2012 | 126 |
| 37 | Exercise and Insulin Resistance in Youth: A Meta-Analysis | Pediatrics | 2014 | 124 |
| 38 | Functional Disability in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Neuropsychology Review | 2016 | 122 |
| 39 | Ergogenic Effects of Low Doses of Caffeine on Cycling Performance | International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism | 2008 | 118 |
| 40 | Role of Intensive Training in the Growth and Maturation of Artistic Gymnasts | Sports Medicine | 2013 | 118 |
| 41 | Kinematics and energetics of nut‐cracking in wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) in Piauí, Brazil | American Journal of Physical Anthropology | 2009 | 116 |
| 42 | Development of a scale measuring destination image | Marketing Intelligence and Planning | 2010 | 114 |
| 43 | Move to Improve | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2009 | 112 |
| 44 | Change in Weight and Adiposity in College Students | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2014 | 109 |
| 45 | Exercise and Brain Health ??? Implications for Multiple Sclerosis | Sports Medicine | 2008 | 103 |
| 46 | Acute aerobic exercise and information processing: Modulation of executive control in a Random Number Generation task | Acta Psychologica | 2009 | 101 |
| 47 | A Diagnosis of the Metabolic Syndrome in Youth That Resolves by Adult Life Is Associated With a Normalization of High Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2012 | 100 |
| 48 | Impact of core and peripheral service quality on consumption behavior of professional team sport spectators as mediated by perceived value | European Sport Management Quarterly | 2013 | 100 |
| 49 | Effects of Resistance Training on Lower-Extremity Muscle Power in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials | Sports Medicine | 2016 | 99 |
| 50 | Mental Health Benefits of Strength Training in Adults | American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine | 2010 | 95 |
