Rob Duffield

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
206 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Rob Duffield is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Duffield has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 62 papers in Rehabilitation and 62 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Rob Duffield's work include Sports Performance and Training (142 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (78 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (62 papers). Rob Duffield is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (142 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (78 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (62 papers). Rob Duffield collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United Kingdom. Rob Duffield's co-authors include Aaron J. Coutts, Hugh H.K. Fullagar, Machar Reid, Sabrina Skorski, Tim Meyer, Cheyne E. Donges, Frank E. Marino, David J. Bishop, Carmél Goodman and Daniel Hammes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Rob Duffield

197 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Sleep and Athletic Performance: The Effects of Sleep Loss on Exercise Performance, and Physiological and Cognitive Responses to Exercise

2014 560 citations Hugh H.K. Fullagar, Rob Duffield et al. profile →
Validity and reliability of GPS devices for measuring movement demands of team sports

2008 498 citations Rob Duffield et al. Journal of science and medicine in sport profile →
Recovery and Performance in Sport: Consensus Statement

2018 435 citations Rob Duffield et al. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rob Duffield Australia	49	4.7k	2.2k	1.9k	1.5k	1.2k	206	8.1k
Tim Meyer Germany	58	6.7k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	3.2k 2.1×	1.2k 1.0×	328	12.8k
Shona L. Halson Australia	53	5.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	3.0k 2.5×	209	11.0k
Thomas Reilly United Kingdom	56	6.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	918 0.5×	847 0.6×	948 0.8×	172	10.2k
Warren Gregson United Kingdom	43	5.2k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	308 0.3×	116	7.7k
David T. Martin Australia	52	3.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	315 0.3×	198	7.4k
Bart Roelands Belgium	39	1.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	348 0.3×	147	5.9k
Brian Dawson Australia	56	7.7k 1.6×	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.8×	414 0.3×	247	11.5k
Heikki Kyröläinen Finland	43	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	821 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	337 0.3×	261	7.3k
Samuele Marcora United Kingdom	52	6.9k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	728 0.4×	2.9k 1.9×	449 0.4×	129	11.3k
Mike Lambert South Africa	58	6.6k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	2.9k 1.9×	250 0.2×	345	10.9k

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Fullagar, Hugh H.K., et al.. (2025). Menstrual Phase and Postmatch Perceptual Recovery Responses for Naturally Menstruating Football Players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 20(4). 540–548.

Fullagar, Hugh H.K., et al.. (2025). Influence of Menstrual Phase and Symptoms on Sleep Before and After Matches for Professional Footballers. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 35(1). e70011–e70011. 1 indexed citations

Mendham, Amy E., et al.. (2025). Effect of Concurrent Exercise Training on Stress, Depression and Anxiety in Inactive Academics: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 96(3). 563–572.

Clarsen, Benjamin, Matthew Whalan, Andreas Serner, et al.. (2025). Injury, illness, and mental health problems during the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Science and Medicine in Football. 1–11.

Jones, Mark, et al.. (2024). Self-Reported Menstrual Health, Symptomatology, and Perceived Effects of the Menstrual Cycle for Elite Junior and Senior Football Players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 19(10). 1012–1020. 2 indexed citations

Duffield, Rob, et al.. (2024). Influence of Menstrual Phase and Symptoms on Match Running in Professional Footballers. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 34(10). e14734–e14734. 4 indexed citations

Li, Yaqi, et al.. (2024). Cooperative Markov Decision Process model for human–machine co-adaptation in robot-assisted rehabilitation. Knowledge-Based Systems. 291. 111572–111572. 2 indexed citations

Gouttebarge, Vincent, Rob Duffield, Steve den Hollander, & Ron Maughan. (2023). Protective guidelines and mitigation strategies for hot conditions in professional football: starting 11 Hot Tips for consideration. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 9(3). e001608–e001608. 8 indexed citations

Reid, Machar, et al.. (2022). Prototype Machine Learning Algorithms from Wearable Technology to Detect Tennis Stroke and Movement Actions. Sensors. 22(22). 8868–8868. 15 indexed citations

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Fullagar, Hugh H.K., et al.. (2021). Australian firefighters perceptions of heat stress, fatigue and recovery practices during fire-fighting tasks in extreme environments. Applied Ergonomics. 95. 103449–103449. 22 indexed citations

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Marino, Frank E., et al.. (2020). A preliminary investigation of the effects of short‐duration, vigorous exercise following sleep restriction, fragmentation and extension on appetite and mood in inactive, middle‐aged men. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(4). e13215–e13215. 7 indexed citations

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Marino, Frank E., et al.. (2020). The effect of cigarette smoking history on autonomic and cerebral oxygenation responses to an acute exercise bout in smokers. Physiological Reports. 8(19). e14596–e14596. 4 indexed citations

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Marino, Frank E., et al.. (2019). Evening high‐intensity interval exercise does not disrupt sleep or alter energy intake despite changes in acylated ghrelin in middle‐aged men. Experimental Physiology. 104(6). 826–836. 25 indexed citations

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Klose, Petra, et al.. (2017). Effects of Cupping Therapy in Amateur and Professional Athletes: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 24(3). 208–219. 38 indexed citations

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Bond, David, Stephen Frawley, & Rob Duffield. (2017). The Effect of Competition Expansion on Volume and Distribution of Travel for Super Rugby Teams. SSRN Electronic Journal. 34(2). 77. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Matthew, et al.. (2017). Heat stress incidence and matchplay characteristics in Women's Grand Slam Tennis. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 21(7). 666–670. 16 indexed citations

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Duffield, Rob, et al.. (2011). FIELD-BASED PRE-COOLING FOR ON-COURT TENNIS CONDITIONING TRAINING IN THE HEAT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Skein, Melissa, Rob Duffield, Johann Edge, Michael Short, & Toby Mündel. (2010). Intermittent-Sprint Performance and Muscle Glycogen after 30 h of Sleep Deprivation. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 43(7). 1301–1311. 140 indexed citations

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Duffield, Rob, Machar Reid, John Baker, & Wayne Spratford. (2009). Accuracy and reliability of GPS devices for measurement of movement patterns in confined spaces for court-based sports. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 13(5). 523–525. 194 indexed citations

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Duffield, Rob, et al.. (2008). The Effects of Compression Garments on Intermittent Exercise Performance and Recovery on Consecutive Days. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 3(4). 454–468. 87 indexed citations

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