Marcos López-Flores

470 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 298 citations indexed

About

Marcos López-Flores is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcos López-Flores has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 298 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 3 papers in Surgery and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Marcos López-Flores's work include Sports injuries and prevention (3 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (3 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (2 papers). Marcos López-Flores is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (3 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (3 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (2 papers). Marcos López-Flores collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Portugal and Italy. Marcos López-Flores's co-authors include Carlos Ayán Pérez, Óscar Martínez‐de‐Quel, David Suárez-Iglesias, Miguel Peralta, Robert Morris, Adilson Marques, Gérson Ferrari, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Andreas Ihle and Priscila Marconcin and has published in prestigious journals such as Appetite, Journal of Sports Sciences and Frontiers in Pediatrics.

In The Last Decade

Marcos López-Flores

8 papers receiving 291 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.

Physical activity, dietary habits and sleep quality before and during COVID-19 lockdown: A longitudinal study

2020 258 citations Óscar Martínez‐de‐Quel, David Suárez-Iglesias et al. Appetite profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcos López-Flores Spain	5	168	65	64	61	56	12	298
Ellen Bentlage Germany	4	141 0.8×	59 0.9×	93 1.5×	45 0.7×	26 0.5×	8	333
Borui Shang China	14	161 1.0×	61 0.9×	93 1.5×	74 1.2×	26 0.5×	26	411
Haoyu Zhang China	4	324 1.9×	109 1.7×	54 0.8×	25 0.4×	80 1.4×	12	429
Layan Fessler France	7	186 1.1×	102 1.6×	166 2.6×	72 1.2×	19 0.3×	19	366
Hamsini Sivaramakrishnan Australia	6	174 1.0×	93 1.4×	167 2.6×	77 1.3×	19 0.3×	9	353
Margot Ricour Belgium	3	159 0.9×	68 1.0×	126 2.0×	53 0.9×	12 0.2×	6	311
Vítor Crestani Calegaro Brazil	8	384 2.3×	85 1.3×	87 1.4×	52 0.9×	31 0.6×	16	504
María Antonia Parra-Rizo Spain	10	70 0.4×	83 1.3×	120 1.9×	70 1.1×	19 0.3×	33	357
Cesar Iván Avilés González Italy	12	144 0.9×	60 0.9×	21 0.3×	24 0.4×	68 1.2×	61	377
Mona Ahmed Egypt	6	78 0.5×	28 0.4×	43 0.7×	32 0.5×	21 0.4×	16	209

Countries citing papers authored by Marcos López-Flores

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcos López-Flores

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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12 of 12 papers shown

Castillo, Daniel, et al.. (2025). A systematic review and meta-analysis of various injury prevention programs in youth soccer players. BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation. 17(1). 190–190.

Teixeira, Diogo, Paul Davis, Marcos López-Flores, et al.. (2024). Adolescents' Perspectives on Smartphone Applications for Physical Activity Promotion: Insights from Focus Group Discussions. Retos. 56. 85–94. 1 indexed citations

Oliveira, Rita F. de, et al.. (2024). Social and Emotional Skills in at-Risk Adolescents through Participation in Sports. Sports. 12(7). 181–181. 1 indexed citations

López-Flores, Marcos, David Suárez-Iglesias, & José Antonio Rodríguez Marroyo. (2023). Actigraphy-Based Sleep Parameters in Wheelchair Basketball Athletes: Influence of Training and Competition Load. Sleep Science. 16(1). 97–101.

Morris, Robert, et al.. (2022). An international analysis of dual careers support services for junior athletes in Europe. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 14(2). 305–319. 13 indexed citations

Peralta, Miguel, Adilson Marques, Gérson Ferrari, et al.. (2022). The effect of school year and summer break in health-related cardiorespiratory fitness: A 2-year longitudinal analysis. Journal of Sports Sciences. 40(10). 1175–1182. 4 indexed citations

López-Flores, Marcos, et al.. (2021). Dual career of junior athletes: Identifying challenges, available resources, and roles of social support providers (Carrera dual de deportistas junior: identificando retos, recursos disponibles, y roles de apoyo social). Cultura Ciencia y Deporte. 16(47). 4 indexed citations

López-Flores, Marcos, et al.. (2021). May the Mentor be with You! An innovative approach to the Dual Career mentoring capacitation (¡Que el Mentor te acompañe! Un enfoque innovador para la formación de Mentores para la Carrera Dual). Cultura Ciencia y Deporte. 16(47).

Marconcin, Priscila, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Andreas Ihle, et al.. (2021). Trends of Healthy Lifestyles Among Adolescents: An Analysis of More Than Half a Million Participants From 32 Countries Between 2006 and 2014. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 9. 645074–645074. 16 indexed citations

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López-Flores, Marcos, et al.. (2021). Efecto del entrenamiento de fuerza funcional en personas con lesión espinal. Apunts Educación Física y Deportes. 10–17. 1 indexed citations

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Martínez‐de‐Quel, Óscar, David Suárez-Iglesias, Marcos López-Flores, & Carlos Ayán Pérez. (2020). Physical activity, dietary habits and sleep quality before and during COVID-19 lockdown: A longitudinal study. Appetite. 158. 105019–105019. 258 indexed citations breakdown →

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Suárez-Iglesias, David, Alejandro Rodríguez‐Fernández, José Antonio Rodríguez Marroyo, Marcos López-Flores, & Gerardo Villa. (2019). Esquí náutico recreativo en personas con paraplejia: a propósito de tres casos. Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. 19(76). 699–699.

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