Barry Drust

16.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
201 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Barry Drust is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry Drust has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 49 papers in Rehabilitation and 49 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Barry Drust's work include Sports Performance and Training (135 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (90 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (49 papers). Barry Drust is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (135 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (90 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (49 papers). Barry Drust collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Germany. Barry Drust's co-authors include Warren Gregson, Greg Atkinson, James P. Morton, Graeme L. Close, T. Reilly, Valter Di Salvo, Ryland Morgans, Jonathan D. Bartlett, Thomas Reilly and N. Timothy Cable and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Barry Drust

195 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

Analysis of High Intensity Activity in Premier League Soccer

2009 641 citations Greg Atkinson, Barry Drust et al. profile →
High-intensity interval running is perceived to be more enjoyable than moderate-intensity continuous exercise: Implications for exercise adherence

2011 432 citations Graeme L. Close, Barry Drust et al. Journal of Sports Sciences profile →
Training Load Monitoring in Team Sports: A Novel Framework Separating Physiological and Biomechanical Load-Adaptation Pathways

2017 319 citations Jos Vanrenterghem, Niels Jensby Nedergaard et al. Sports Medicine profile →
Monitoring Fatigue Status in Elite Team-Sport Athletes: Implications for Practice

2017 213 citations Greg Atkinson, Barry Drust et al. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance profile →
Talent identification and development in soccer since the millennium

2020 191 citations Barry Drust et al. Journal of Sports Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Barry Drust	8.9k	2.5k	2.3k	2.2k	1.9k	201	11.9k
Émerson Franchini	8.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	458	11.8k
Magni Mohr	10.1k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	3.5k 1.6×	1.9k 1.0×	228	12.7k
Brian Dawson	7.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	247	11.5k
Iñigo Mujika	7.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	2.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	172	9.7k
Tim Meyer	6.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	2.3k 1.0×	3.2k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	328	12.8k
Warren Gregson	5.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	116	7.7k
Thomas Reilly	6.0k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	847 0.4×	918 0.5×	172	10.2k
Pantelis Τ. Nikolaidis	4.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	989 0.5×	492	7.8k
Mike Lambert	6.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	345	10.9k
Beat Knechtle	8.4k 1.0×	972 0.4×	3.4k 1.5×	2.4k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	803	13.1k

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Martinez‐Valdes, Eduardo, et al.. (2025). MyotonPRO Is Not Comparable to Shear Wave Elastography in the Measurement of Rectus Femoris Muscle Stiffness due to Interference of Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 35(8). e70095–e70095. 1 indexed citations

Page, Tom, et al.. (2025). Verbal Feedback Is the Primary Mechanism for Performance-Related Review in Professional English Male Soccer: A Quantitative Exploration. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 20(5). 659–677.

Martinez‐Valdes, Eduardo, et al.. (2025). Shear wave elastography provides reliable assessments of stiffness in the skin, fascia, and both superficial and deep muscle tissues. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 84. 103050–103050.

Drust, Barry, et al.. (2023). The use of principal component analysis for reduction of training load data in professional soccer. Kinesiology. 55(2). 202–212. 3 indexed citations

Anderson, Liam, et al.. (2022). Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights into effective training strategies for physical development in football. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 18(2). 403–413. 1 indexed citations

Anderson, Liam, Barry Drust, Graeme L. Close, & James P. Morton. (2022). Physical loading in professional soccer players: Implications for contemporary guidelines to encompass carbohydrate periodization. Journal of Sports Sciences. 40(9). 1000–1019. 22 indexed citations

Morgan, Oliver J., Barry Drust, J Ade, & Mark A. Robinson. (2021). Change of direction frequency off the ball: new perspectives in elite youth soccer. Science and Medicine in Football. 6(4). 473–482. 30 indexed citations

Hall, Elliott C. R., Philipp Baumert, Jon Larruskain, et al.. (2021). The genetic association with injury risk in male academy soccer players depends on maturity status. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 32(2). 338–350. 22 indexed citations

Randell, Rebecca K., Barry Drust, Samantha L. Moss, et al.. (2021). Physiological Characteristics of Female Soccer Players and Health and Performance Considerations: A Narrative Review. Sports Medicine. 51(7). 1377–1399. 95 indexed citations

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Taberner, Matt, Nicol van Dyk, Tom Allen, et al.. (2020). Physical preparation and return to performance of an elite female football player following ACL reconstruction: a journey to the FIFA Women’s World Cup. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 6(1). e000843–e000843. 40 indexed citations

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Brownlee, Thomas E., et al.. (2020). Feedback of GPS training data within professional English soccer: a comparison of decision making and perceptions between coaches, players and performance staff. Science and Medicine in Football. 5(1). 35–47. 40 indexed citations

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Beaudouin, Florian, Asimenia Gioftsidou, Malte Nejst Larsen, et al.. (2020). The UEFA Heading Study: Heading incidence in children’s and youth’ football (soccer) in eight European countries. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 30(8). 1506–1517. 46 indexed citations

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Nedergaard, Niels Jensby, Jasper Verheul, Barry Drust, et al.. (2018). The feasibility of predicting ground reaction forces during running from a trunk accelerometry driven mass-spring-damper model. PeerJ. 6. e6105–e6105. 26 indexed citations

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Morgans, Ryland, Rocco Di Michele, & Barry Drust. (2017). Soccer Match Play as an Important Component of the Power-Training Stimulus in Premier League Players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 13(5). 665–667. 41 indexed citations

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Nedergaard, Niels Jensby, Mark A. Robinson, Barry Drust, Paulo Lisböa, & Jos Vanrenterghem. (2017). PREDICTING GROUND REACTION FORCES FROM TRUNK KINEMATICS: A MASS-SPRING-DAMPER MODEL APPROACH. ISBS Proceedings Archive. 35(1). 24. 2 indexed citations

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Drust, Barry, et al.. (2013). Science and football VII : the proceedings of the Seventh World Congress on Science and Football. Routledge eBooks. 30 indexed citations

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Drust, Barry, et al.. (2010). International research in science and soccer : the proceedings of the First World Conference on Science and Soccer. Routledge eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Drust, Barry & James P. Morton. (2009). PROMOTING ENDURANCE TRAINING ADAPTATIONS WITH NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS: THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF 'LOW CARBOHYDRATE' TRAINING. University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE). 41(1). 19–24. 3 indexed citations

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Drust, Barry, et al.. (2007). PHYSIOLOGICAL AND TECHNICAL DEMANDS OF 4 v 4 AND 8 v 8 GAMES IN ELITE YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS. Kinesiology. 39(2). 150–156. 154 indexed citations

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Reilly, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Seasonal changes and physiological responses : their impact on activity, health, exercise and athletic performance : review article. International sportmed journal for FIMS. 7(1). 16–32. 3 indexed citations

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