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Translational Sports Medicine
H-index 11

Translational Sports Medicine

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 2484 42 50 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 68
Documents by Best Scientists*: 65
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 16
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.527
Impact Factor: 1.9

Top Publications

  • Exercise and sports after COVID-19 - Guidance from a clinical perspective

    Martin Halle;Wilhelm Bloch;Andreas M. Niess;Hans‐Georg Predel

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • The effects of sustained fitness improvement on the gut microbiome: A longitudinal, repeated measures case‐study approach

    Wiley Barton;Wiley Barton;Owen Cronin;Isabel Garcia‐Perez;Ronan Whiston;Ronan Whiston

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • In your shoes: A qualitative study on the perspectives of professional dancers and staff regarding dance injury and its prevention

    Caroline Bolling;Caroline Bolling;Rogier M. van Rijn;H. Roeline Pasman;Willem van Mechelen

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Association between lower extremity muscular strength and acute knee injuries in young team-sport athletes

    Jussi Hietamo;Jari Parkkari;Mari Leppänen;Kathrin Steffen

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Using real-time biofeedback to alter running biomechanics: A randomized controlled trial

    Jamie B. Morris;Donald L. Goss;Erin M. Miller;Irene S. Davis

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Mental fatigue impairs clinician‐friendly balance test performance and brain activity

    Bruno Tassignon;Jo Verschueren;Kevin De Pauw;Bart Roelands

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • The effect of low‐load resistance training with blood flow restriction on chronic patellar tendinopathy — A case series

    Sebastian V. Skovlund;Sebastian V. Skovlund;Per Aagaard;Patricia Larsen;Patricia Larsen;Rene B. Svensson

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Tendon blood flow, angiogenesis, and tendinopathy pathogenesis

    Max Flemming Ravn Merkel;Max Flemming Ravn Merkel;Ylva Hellsten;Stig Peter Magnusson;Stig Peter Magnusson;Michael Kjaer;Michael Kjaer

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • The associations between adolescents’ sports club participation and dietary habits

    Laura Heikkilä;Laura Heikkilä;Raija Korpelainen;Raija Korpelainen;Tuula Aira;Lauri Alanko

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • The acute and long‐term impact of physical activity on biochemical markers and MRI measures in osteoarthritis ‐ Perspectives for clinical osteoarthritis research

    Jonathan Jetsmark Bjerre‐Bastos;Morten Asser Karsdal;Mikael Boesen;Henning Bliddal

    (2020)
    8 Citations

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