Top institutions for Sport Sciences

74 institutions · Sport Sciences

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Sport Sciences?

872 researchers whose main subfield is Sport Sciences are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Loughborough University has the most (14, 1.6%), followed by The University of Queensland (12) and Edith Cowan University (10). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1Loughborough University United Kingdom1410Williams, Andrew Mark #6,062
2The University of Queensland Australia125Trost, Stewart Graeme #15,157
3Edith Cowan University Australia1010Haff, Guy Gregory #18,731
4Norges Idrettshøgskole Norway93Bahr, Roald M. #2,408
5University of Jyväskylä Finland95Komi, Paavo V. #14,910
6The University of British Columbia Canada86Ardern, Clare L. #12,046
7University of Calgary Canada86Emery, Carolyn A. #14,777
8University of Toronto Canada88Shephard, Roy J. #15,788
9Liverpool John Moores University United Kingdom84Atkinson, Greg #17,436
10Auckland University of Technology New Zealand84Laursen, Paul B. #34,197
11Australian Catholic University Australia75Burke, Louise M. #2,486
12Leeds Beckett University United Kingdom73Sparkes, Andrew C. #8,277
13La Trobe University Australia75Crossley, Kay M. #13,248
14Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln Germany74Memmert, Daniel #13,613
15Universidad de Granada Spain75Ortega, F. B. #17,522
16University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States75Conroy, David E. #23,435
17Manchester Metropolitan University United Kingdom75Degens, Hans #45,710
18University of Birmingham United Kingdom64Duda, Joan L. #23,615
19Michigan State University United States54Ekkekakis, Panteleimon #6,642
20Universidad del Pais Vasco Spain53Mujika, Iñigo Inigo #12,579
21Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands54van Mechelen, Willem #14,344
22University of Canberra Australia54Pyne, David B. #34,175
23Monash University Australia51Malliaras, Peter #60,181
24University of South Australia Australia53Tomkinson, Grant Ryan #61,390
25Swansea University United Kingdom51Stratton, Gareth S. #79,184
26The University of North Carolina at Greensboro United States50Dyson, Ben P. #114,940
27University of South Carolina United States42Blair, Steven N. #2,827
28Syddansk Universitet Denmark42Ntoumanis, Nikos #4,231
29Linköpings Universitet Sweden43Ekstrand, Jan #6,207
30Universitetet i Agder Norway42Ostojic, Sergej M. #6,825
31Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium42Meeusen, Romain R. #8,833
32University of Technology Sydney Australia42Coutts, Aaron J. #9,089
33Università degli Studi di Padova Italy41Paoli, Antonio #10,103
34International Olympic Committee Switzerland41Mountjoy, Margo Lynn #11,456
35University of Connecticut United States44Armstrong, Lawrence E. #15,225
36Universidade de São Paulo Brazil42Franchini, Emerson #20,455
37The University of Sydney Australia42Jay, Ollie #22,316
38University of Thessaly Greece42Flouris, Andreas D. #29,014
39University College Dublin Ireland41Delahunt, Eamonn #32,550
40Queensland University of Technology Australia43Peake, Jonathan M. #33,582
41University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States42Richards, K. Andrew R. #42,100
42The University of Western Australia Australia42Girard, Olivier #45,235
43Nottingham Trent University United Kingdom43Harwood, Chris G. #50,039
44University of Massachusetts Amherst United States43Hamill, Joseph #50,526
45College of Arts and Sciences United States44Wikstrom, Erik Anders #57,031
46Universiteit Gent Belgium41Haerens, Leen Liesbeth #63,832
47University of Wisconsin-Madison United States42Koltyn, Kelli F. #77,482
48McMaster University, Faculty of Science Canada33Phillips, Stuart Martin #1,420
49Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) Spain32Izquierdo, Mikel #4,716
50Universidad Europea de Madrid Spain32Clemente-Suarez, Vicente Javier #9,526
51The Ohio State University United States32Kraemer, William J. #11,227
52The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia32Lubans, David Revalds #15,941
53Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark Denmark33Aagaard, Per #16,928
54Københavns Universitet Denmark31Nybo, Lars #20,451
55Middlesex University United Kingdom32Turner, Anthony Nicholas #21,637
56University of Kentucky United States31Gribble, Phillip A. #22,898
57University of Georgia United States32Dishman, Rodney K. #24,749
58Old Dominion University United States31Haegele, Justin A. #28,173
59Cardiff Metropolitan University United Kingdom33Lloyd, Rhodri S. #30,236
60Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa Portugal33Sardinha, Luís B. Sardinha Bettencourt #30,997
61Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité France32Samozino, Pierre #34,630
62Università Telematica Pegaso Italy32Beato, Marco #40,691
63University of Lincoln United Kingdom31Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn #41,096
64University of Minnesota Twin Cities United States31Roberts, William Oliver #43,198
65University of Alberta Canada31Davenport, Margie H.H. #46,812
66Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece31Kellis, Eleftherios #49,953
67Universidad Pablo de Olavide, de Sevilla Spain31González-Badillo, Juan José #51,516
68Universität Basel Switzerland33Gerber, Markus #52,976
69University of Salford United Kingdom31Herrington, Lee C. #56,796
70Brunel University London United Kingdom31Karageorghis, Costas I. #59,834
71The University of Sydney School of Health Sciences Australia32Hackett, Daniel A. #62,564
72Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Germany31Simon, Perikles D. #88,663
73University of Exeter Medical School United Kingdom30Vanhatalo, Anni #109,000
74University of Essex United Kingdom30Moran, Jason J. #117,932