Mark Lyons

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Mark Lyons is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Lyons has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 21 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 20 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Mark Lyons's work include Sports injuries and prevention (52 papers), Sports Performance and Training (43 papers) and Sport Psychology and Performance (16 papers). Mark Lyons is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (52 papers), Sports Performance and Training (43 papers) and Sport Psychology and Performance (16 papers). Mark Lyons collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Mark Lyons's co-authors include Yahya Al‐Nakeeb, Ian C. Kenny, Brett R. Gordon, Matthew P. Herring, Cillian P. McDowell, Alan Nevill, Andrew J. Harrison, Michael Duncan, Kris Beattie and Brian P. Carson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Mark Lyons

101 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

  1. Association of Efficacy of Resistance Exercise Training With Depressive Symptoms
    2018 319 citations Brett R. Gordon, Cillian P. McDowell et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Mark Lyons 1.4k 707 690 469 364 107 3.2k
Jorge Pérez‐Gómez 1.8k 1.3× 861 1.2× 378 0.5× 517 1.1× 259 0.7× 158 3.4k
Damir Sekulić 2.3k 1.7× 553 0.8× 429 0.6× 891 1.9× 243 0.7× 205 3.9k
Carlton Cooke 2.3k 1.7× 821 1.2× 786 1.1× 940 2.0× 178 0.5× 159 4.3k
Alan Donnelly 1.2k 0.9× 1.7k 2.4× 1.2k 1.7× 394 0.8× 270 0.7× 133 4.8k
Margot Putukian 2.6k 1.9× 663 0.9× 828 1.2× 533 1.1× 408 1.1× 129 6.2k
Goran Sporiš 2.0k 1.5× 959 1.4× 510 0.7× 639 1.4× 158 0.4× 171 4.0k
Shawn M. Arent 833 0.6× 1.0k 1.4× 603 0.9× 345 0.7× 541 1.5× 109 3.6k
Pedro Ángel Latorre Román 1.2k 0.9× 477 0.7× 466 0.7× 561 1.2× 252 0.7× 216 2.9k
André Seabra 1.9k 1.4× 733 1.0× 979 1.4× 1.2k 2.6× 133 0.4× 180 3.6k
Michael Kingsley 1.5k 1.1× 586 0.8× 292 0.4× 340 0.7× 139 0.4× 149 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Lyons

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Lyons

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Lyons. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Lyons based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mark Lyons. Mark Lyons is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Beattie, Kris, et al.. (2025). Assessing Maximum Sprinting Speed in Female Team Sport: The Role of Sprint Distance and Timing-Gate Configuration. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 20(8). 1168–1171.
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Kearney, Philip E., et al.. (2025). Gaelic Football Coaches’ Use of a Game-Based Approach Impacts Game Performance, Session Characteristics, and Player Perceptions. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 96(4). 732–747. 1 indexed citations
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Lyons, Mark, et al.. (2024). Kinetics, Kinematics, and Muscle Activity Patterns During Back Squat With Different Contributions of Elastic Resistance. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 19(9). 921–931.
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Duncan, Michael, Jason Tallis, Lucas Guimarães‐Ferreira, et al.. (2024). The Relationship Between Motor Competence and Landing Error Scoring System Performance in Youth Soccer Players. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 38(9). e496–e502. 1 indexed citations
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Kearney, Philip E., et al.. (2023). High performance team sport coaches’ perspectives of their use of in-session core coaching practices to stimulate player learning. Sport Education and Society. 29(8). 983–996. 5 indexed citations
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Healy, Robin, Mark Lyons, Alan Nevill, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Different Strength Training Modalities on Sprint Performance in Female Team-Sport Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine. 53(5). 993–1015. 15 indexed citations
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Gordon, Brett R., et al.. (2023). Effects of resistance exercise training on depressive symptoms among young adults: A randomized controlled trial. Psychiatry Research. 326. 115322–115322. 18 indexed citations
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Lyons, Mark, et al.. (2023). The design and evaluation of an integrated training load and injury/illness surveillance system in competitive swimming. Physical Therapy in Sport. 60. 54–62. 3 indexed citations
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Dolan, Patrick M., Ian C. Kenny, Liam Glynn, et al.. (2022). Risk factors for acute ankle sprains in field-based, team contact sports: a systematic review of prospective etiological studies. The Physician and Sportsmedicine. 51(6). 517–530. 6 indexed citations
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Herring, Matthew P., Brett R. Gordon, Jennifer Murphy, Mark Lyons, & Jacob B. Lindheimer. (2022). The Interplay Between Expected Psychological Responses to Exercise and Physical Activity in Analogue Generalized Anxiety Disorder: a Cross-sectional Study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 30(2). 221–233. 2 indexed citations
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Kearney, Philip E., et al.. (2021). An investigation of high-performance team sport coaches’ planning practices. Sports Coaching Review. 12(3). 253–280. 16 indexed citations
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Bru, Noëlle, et al.. (2020). Rugby game performances and weekly workload: Using of data mining process to enter in the complexity. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0228107–e0228107. 7 indexed citations
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Herring, Matthew P., et al.. (2020). Physical activity and analogue anxiety disorder symptoms and status: Mediating influence of social physique anxiety. Journal of Affective Disorders. 282. 511–516. 16 indexed citations
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Gordon, Brett R., Cillian P. McDowell, Mark Lyons, & Matthew P. Herring. (2019). Associations between grip strength and generalized anxiety disorder in older adults: Results from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing. Journal of Affective Disorders. 255. 136–141. 26 indexed citations
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Kenny, Ian C., et al.. (2019). The Association Between the Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio and Injury and its Application in Team Sports: A Systematic Review. Sports Medicine. 50(3). 561–580. 99 indexed citations
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Gordon, Brett R., Cillian P. McDowell, Mark Lyons, & Matthew P. Herring. (2017). The Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Sports Medicine. 47(12). 2521–2532. 201 indexed citations
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Collins, Peter, Yahya Al‐Nakeeb, & Mark Lyons. (2014). Tracking the Commute Home From School Utilizing GPS and Heart Rate Monitoring: Establishing the Contribution to Free-Living Physical Activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 12(2). 155–162. 11 indexed citations
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Duncan, Michael, Mark Lyons, & Joanne Hankey. (2009). Placebo Effects of Caffeine on Short-Term Resistance Exercise to Failure. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 4(2). 244–253. 45 indexed citations

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