Alejandro López‐Valenciano

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alejandro López‐Valenciano is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro López‐Valenciano has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 16 papers in Surgery and 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Alejandro López‐Valenciano's work include Sports injuries and prevention (38 papers), Sports Performance and Training (27 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (13 papers). Alejandro López‐Valenciano is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (38 papers), Sports Performance and Training (27 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (13 papers). Alejandro López‐Valenciano collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Alejandro López‐Valenciano's co-authors include Francisco Ayala, Mark De Ste Croix, Francisco J. Vera-García, Iñaki Ruiz‐Pérez, José Alberto García, Gregory D. Myer, David Suárez-Iglesias, Miguel Adriano Sánchez-Lastra, Carlos Ayán Pérez and David Barbado and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro López‐Valenciano

51 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Epidemiology of injuries in professional football: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 243 citations Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Iñaki Ruiz‐Pérez et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students' Physical Activity Levels: An Early Systematic Review

2021 209 citations Alejandro López‐Valenciano et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandro López‐Valenciano Spain	20	1.1k	365	320	259	171	52	1.5k
H Paul Dijkstra Qatar	15	1.5k 1.4×	512 1.4×	299 0.9×	322 1.2×	184 1.1×	35	2.1k
Meghan Warren United States	20	873 0.8×	142 0.4×	413 1.3×	227 0.9×	178 1.0×	56	1.6k
Alison R. Snyder Valier United States	23	828 0.8×	181 0.5×	649 2.0×	243 0.9×	76 0.4×	95	1.9k
Vedran Hadžić Slovenia	20	869 0.8×	109 0.3×	240 0.8×	92 0.4×	171 1.0×	80	1.3k
Ben Clarsen Norway	8	1.5k 1.4×	470 1.3×	295 0.9×	381 1.5×	102 0.6×	17	1.8k
Eric G. Post United States	24	1.5k 1.4×	472 1.3×	638 2.0×	420 1.6×	49 0.3×	88	2.0k
Fabrício Boscolo Del Vecchio Brazil	31	2.3k 2.1×	332 0.9×	161 0.5×	147 0.6×	496 2.9×	173	3.2k
Daniel Jerez‐Mayorga Chile	19	405 0.4×	73 0.2×	135 0.4×	264 1.0×	254 1.5×	147	1.4k
David Gerrard New Zealand	21	953 0.9×	307 0.8×	335 1.0×	406 1.6×	210 1.2×	34	1.6k
Nebojša Trajković Serbia	22	901 0.8×	102 0.3×	83 0.3×	274 1.1×	434 2.5×	121	1.9k

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Robles-Palazón, Francisco Javier, et al.. (2024). A systematic review and network meta-analysis on the effectiveness of exercise-based interventions for reducing the injury incidence in youth team-sport players. Part 1: an analysis by classical training components. Annals of Medicine. 56(1). 2408457–2408457. 3 indexed citations

Ruiz‐Pérez, Iñaki, Javier Raya‐González, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Francisco Javier Robles-Palazón, & Francisco Ayala. (2023). Physical Differences between Injured and Non-Injured Elite Male and Female Futsal Players. Applied Sciences. 13(11). 6503–6503. 4 indexed citations

López‐Valenciano, Alejandro, Víctor Moreno-Pérez, Roberto López del Campo, Ricardo Resta, & Juan Del Coso. (2023). The Five-substitution Option Enhances Teams’ Running Performance at High Speed in Football. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 44(5). 344–351. 10 indexed citations

Fernández, Jorge López, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Gemma Pearce, et al.. (2023). Physical Inactivity Levels of European Adolescents in 2002, 2005, 2013, and 2017. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(4). 3758–3758. 4 indexed citations

Moreno-Pérez, Víctor, et al.. (2023). Hamstring muscle injury is preceded by a short period of higher running demands in professional football players. Biology of Sport. 41(1). 227–233. 9 indexed citations

Moreno-Pérez, Víctor, Jon Patricios, Óliver Gonzalo‐Skok, et al.. (2022). LaLiga Lockdown: Conditioning Strategy and Adaptation to In-Game Regulations during COVID-19 Pandemic Prevented an Increase in Injury Incidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(5). 2920–2920. 8 indexed citations

López‐Valenciano, Alejandro, Francisco Ayala, Mark B.A. De Ste Croix, et al.. (2022). The Association Between Chronological Age and Maturity Status on Lower Body Clinical Measurements and Asymmetries in Elite Youth Tennis Players. Sports Health A Multidisciplinary Approach. 15(2). 250–259. 3 indexed citations

Robles-Palazón, Francisco Javier, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Mark De Ste Croix, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology of injuries in male and female youth football players: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of sport and health science. 11(6). 681–695. 78 indexed citations

López‐Valenciano, Alejandro, José Alberto García, Roberto López del Campo, et al.. (2021). Association between offensive and defensive playing style variables and ranking position in a national football league. Journal of Sports Sciences. 40(1). 50–58. 19 indexed citations

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Fernández, Jorge López, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Xián Mayo, et al.. (2021). Comparative analysis of reported physical activity from leisure centres’ members versus the general population in Spain. BMJ Open. 11(6). e043963–e043963. 3 indexed citations

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López‐Valenciano, Alejandro, et al.. (2021). Response to Comment On: “Injury Profile in Women’s Football: A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis”. Sports Medicine. 51(12). 2667–2670. 2 indexed citations

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López‐Valenciano, Alejandro, Marı́a Jesús Ayuso, Elizabeth Horton, et al.. (2020). High intensity interval training exercise-induced physiological changes and their potential influence on metabolic syndrome clinical biomarkers: a meta-analysis. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 20(1). 167–167. 17 indexed citations

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López‐Valenciano, Alejandro, et al.. (2020). Changes in sedentary behaviour in European Union adults between 2002 and 2017. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1206–1206. 67 indexed citations

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Ruiz‐Pérez, Iñaki, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, José Luis López Elvira, et al.. (2020). Epidemiology of injuries in elite male and female futsal: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Science and Medicine in Football. 5(1). 59–71. 27 indexed citations

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González‐García, Higinio, et al.. (2020). An Updated Review of the Epidemiology of Swimming Injuries. PM&R. 13(9). 1005–1020. 16 indexed citations

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Fernández-Fernández, Jaime, Fábio Yuzo Nakamura, Víctor Moreno-Pérez, et al.. (2019). Age and sex-related upper body performance differences in competitive young tennis players. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0221761–e0221761. 44 indexed citations

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López‐Valenciano, Alejandro, Iñaki Ruiz‐Pérez, José Alberto García, et al.. (2019). Epidemiology of injuries in professional football: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 54(12). 711–718. 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fernández-Fernández, Jaime, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Juan Del Coso, et al.. (2018). The effects of playing two consecutive matches in the shoulder rotational profiles of elite youth badminton players. Physical Therapy in Sport. 35. 56–62. 8 indexed citations

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Moreno-Pérez, Víctor, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, David Barbado, et al.. (2017). Comparisons of hip strength and countermovement jump height in elite tennis players with and without acute history of groin injuries. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. 29. 144–149. 15 indexed citations

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López‐Valenciano, Alejandro, et al.. (2013). Estudio electromiográfico de ejercicios de flexión del tronco sobre banco inclinado. Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. 13(52). 657–671.

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