| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Do the benefits of exercise in indoor and outdoor environments during the COVID-19 pandemic outweigh the risks of infection? | Sport Sciences for Health | 2020 | 52 |
| 2 | Athletes and adversities: athletic identity and emotional regulation in time of COVID-19 | Sport Sciences for Health | 2020 | 51 |
| 3 | Using balance training to improve the performance of youth basketball players | Sport Sciences for Health | 2013 | 45 |
| 4 | The cohesion–performance relationship in sport: a 10-year retrospective meta-analysis | Sport Sciences for Health | 2014 | 44 |
| 5 | Effects of social distancing on psychological state and physical activity routines during the COVID-19 pandemic | Sport Sciences for Health | 2020 | 44 |
| 6 | Novel insights into skeletal muscle function by mechanomyography: from the laboratory to the field | Sport Sciences for Health | 2015 | 43 |
| 7 | The circadian typology: the role of physical activity and melatonin | Sport Sciences for Health | 2017 | 42 |
| 8 | Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior changes in self-isolating adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a cross-sectional survey exploring correlates | Sport Sciences for Health | 2022 | 42 |
| 9 | Motivational climate, resilience, and burnout in youth sport | Sport Sciences for Health | 2015 | 41 |
| 10 | Effects of in-season short-term plyometric training on jumping and agility performance of basketball players | Sport Sciences for Health | 2013 | 40 |
| 11 | Barriers to physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in adults: a cross-sectional study | Sport Sciences for Health | 2021 | 37 |
| 12 | Goal scoring patterns in major European soccer leagues | Sport Sciences for Health | 2013 | 33 |
| 13 | Motivation for sport participation in older Italian athletes: the role of age, gender and competition level | Sport Sciences for Health | 2009 | 31 |
| 14 | Integrated total body composition and localized fat-free mass assessment | Sport Sciences for Health | 2015 | 31 |
| 15 | Tridimensional kinematic analysis on a kayaking simulator: key factors to successful performance | Sport Sciences for Health | 2010 | 30 |
| 16 | The benefits and risks of the high-intensity CrossFit training | Sport Sciences for Health | 2019 | 30 |
| 17 | A comparison of different methods to analyse data collected during time-to-exhaustion tests | Sport Sciences for Health | 2019 | 29 |
| 18 | Does Ramadan fasting affect the diurnal variations in metabolic responses and total antioxidant capacity during exercise in young soccer players? | Sport Sciences for Health | 2014 | 27 |
| 19 | Balance in young male soccer players: dominant versus non-dominant leg | Sport Sciences for Health | 2017 | 27 |
| 20 | Extremely short duration sprint interval training improves vascular health in older adults | Sport Sciences for Health | 2019 | 27 |
| 21 | Time to return to professional soccer matches after ACL reconstruction | Sport Sciences for Health | 2006 | 26 |
| 22 | Isoload vs isokinetic eccentric exercise: a direct comparison of exercise-induced muscle damage and repeated bout effect | Sport Sciences for Health | 2015 | 26 |
| 23 | Differences in anthropometry, somatotype, body composition and physiological characteristics of female volleyball players by competition level | Sport Sciences for Health | 2015 | 26 |
| 24 | Accelerometer-based sleep behavior and activity levels in student athletes in comparison to student non-athletes | Sport Sciences for Health | 2017 | 26 |
| 25 | Neuromuscular adaptations to plyometric training: depth jump vs. countermovement jump on sand | Sport Sciences for Health | 2013 | 24 |
| 26 | Body composition, somatotype, and physical fitness of mixed martial arts athletes | Sport Sciences for Health | 2016 | 24 |
| 27 | Match-play performance comparisons between elite and sub-elite hurling players | Sport Sciences for Health | 2018 | 24 |
| 28 | Psychological variables of CrossFit participants: a systematic review | Sport Sciences for Health | 2021 | 24 |
| 29 | Isokinetic strength training program for muscular imbalances in professional soccer players | Sport Sciences for Health | 2008 | 23 |
| 30 | Mediator and moderator variables of imagery use-motor learning and sport performance relationships: a narrative review | Sport Sciences for Health | 2016 | 23 |
| 31 | Motivation toward dual career of Italian student-athletes enrolled in different university paths | Sport Sciences for Health | 2017 | 23 |
| 32 | A wearable-enhanced fitness program for older adults, combining fitness trackers and gamification elements: the pilot study fMOOC@Home | Sport Sciences for Health | 2018 | 23 |
| 33 | Pre-treatment with hyperbaric oxygenation reduces bubble formation and platelet activation | Sport Sciences for Health | 2006 | 22 |
| 34 | Maximal oxygen uptake of Italian firefighters: laboratory vs. field evaluations | Sport Sciences for Health | 2013 | 22 |
| 35 | The effect of age on positional differences in anthropometry, body composition, physique and anaerobic power of elite basketball players | Sport Sciences for Health | 2014 | 22 |
| 36 | Cross-education effect after unilateral eccentric-only isokinetic vs dynamic constant external resistance training | Sport Sciences for Health | 2015 | 22 |
| 37 | Can short-term high-intensity intermittent training reduce adiposity? | Sport Sciences for Health | 2016 | 22 |
| 38 | Translation, adaptation, and reproducibility of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) and Feeling Scale to Brazilian Portuguese | Sport Sciences for Health | 2019 | 22 |
| 39 | From in vitro research to real life studies: an extensive narrative review of the effects of balneotherapy on human immune response | Sport Sciences for Health | 2021 | 22 |
| 40 | Anthropometric characteristics and neuromuscular function in young judo athletes by sex, age and weight category | Sport Sciences for Health | 2015 | 21 |
| 41 | Effect of BCAA supplementation on central fatigue, energy metabolism substrate and muscle damage to the exercise: a systematic review with meta-analysis | Sport Sciences for Health | 2019 | 21 |
| 42 | Injury incidence rate, severity and diagnosis in male volleyball players | Sport Sciences for Health | 2009 | 20 |
| 43 | Ecological validity of self-reported wellness measures to assess pre-training and pre-competition preparedness within elite Gaelic football | Sport Sciences for Health | 2021 | 20 |
| 44 | The impact of sitting time and physical activity on mental health during COVID-19 lockdown | Sport Sciences for Health | 2022 | 20 |
| 45 | Validation of the Italian version of the Student Athletes’ Motivation toward Sport and Academics Questionnaire | Sport Sciences for Health | 2013 | 19 |
| 46 | Association between reaction time, speed and agility in schoolboys | Sport Sciences for Health | 2015 | 19 |
| 47 | Physical activity, nutritional status, and dietary habits of students of a medical university | Sport Sciences for Health | 2016 | 19 |
| 48 | Plasma retinol-binding protein-4 and tumor necrosis factor-α are reduced in postmenopausal women after combination of different intensities of circuit resistance training and Zataria supplementation | Sport Sciences for Health | 2019 | 19 |
| 49 | Effect of carrying school backpacks on cardio-respiratory changes in adolescent students | Sport Sciences for Health | 2008 | 18 |
| 50 | Is frequency speed of kick test responsive to training? A study with taekwondo athletes | Sport Sciences for Health | 2016 | 18 |
