Sylvain Dorel

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Sylvain Dorel is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvain Dorel has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 49 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Sylvain Dorel's work include Sports Performance and Training (51 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (39 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (29 papers). Sylvain Dorel is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (51 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (39 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (29 papers). Sylvain Dorel collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and New Zealand. Sylvain Dorel's co-authors include François Hug, Antoine Couturier, Giuseppe Rabita, Jean‐Benoît Morin, Jean Slawinski, Pierre Samozino, Nicolas A. Turpin, Antoine Nordez, Gaël Guilhem and Yannick Le Meur and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neurophysiology, Journal of Applied Physiology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sylvain Dorel

63 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

A simple method for measuring power, force, velocity properties, and mechanical effectiveness in sprint running

2015 346 citations Pierre Samozino, Giuseppe Rabita et al. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports profile →
Sprint mechanics in world‐class athletes: a new insight into the limits of human locomotion

2015 306 citations Giuseppe Rabita, Sylvain Dorel et al. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sylvain Dorel France	26	2.3k	1.9k	458	436	291	64	2.9k
Vesa Linnamo Finland	27	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	353 0.8×	361 0.8×	170 0.6×	117	2.6k
David A. Gabriel Canada	27	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	526 1.1×	197 0.5×	277 1.0×	90	2.5k
Duane C. Button Canada	27	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	421 0.9×	309 0.7×	149 0.5×	83	3.3k
Neale A. Tillin United Kingdom	16	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	192 0.4×	456 1.0×	242 0.8×	34	2.7k
Andrea Macaluso Italy	26	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	302 0.7×	364 0.8×	115 0.4×	98	2.7k
Michel Pousson France	25	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	291 0.6×	319 0.7×	168 0.6×	41	2.5k
Alain Belli France	28	2.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	123 0.3×	421 1.0×	233 0.8×	58	3.0k
Trent J. Herda United States	29	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	495 1.1×	200 0.5×	196 0.7×	140	2.8k
Caroline Nicol France	26	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	170 0.4×	286 0.7×	118 0.4×	76	2.3k
A.J. van Soest Netherlands	22	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	632 1.4×	100 0.2×	243 0.8×	51	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sylvain Dorel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvain Dorel

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Clanet, Christophe, et al.. (2025). Temporal power of a cycling sprinter: experiments and effective time theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2050). 20242649–20242649. 1 indexed citations

Nordez, Antoine, Lilian Lacourpaille, Thomas Cattagni, et al.. (2025). Eight weeks of eccentric training at long-muscle length increases fascicle length independently of adaptations in passive mechanical properties. Journal of Applied Physiology. 138(4). 939–949. 1 indexed citations

Priego‐Quesada, Jose Ignacio, William Bertucci, Rodrigo Rico Bini, et al.. (2024). Bicycle Set-Up Dimensions and Cycling Kinematics: A Consensus Statement Using Delphi Methodology. Sports Medicine. 54(11). 2701–2715. 1 indexed citations

Guilhem, Gaël, et al.. (2022). Strength capacity of lower-limb muscles in world-class cyclists: new insights into the limits of sprint cycling performance. Sports Biomechanics. 22(4). 536–553.

Hug, François, Kylie Tucker, Sylvain Dorel, et al.. (2019). Individuals have unique muscle activation signatures as revealed during gait and pedaling. Journal of Applied Physiology. 127(4). 1165–1174. 37 indexed citations

Hug, François, et al.. (2018). Do individual differences in the distribution of activation between synergist muscles reflect individual strategies?. Experimental Brain Research. 237(3). 625–635. 17 indexed citations

Hug, François, et al.. (2018). Changes in Motor Coordination Induced by Local Fatigue during a Sprint Cycling Task. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 50(7). 1394–1404. 12 indexed citations

Pageaux, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). Mental fatigue alters the speed and the accuracy of the ball in table tennis. Journal of Sports Sciences. 36(23). 2751–2759. 91 indexed citations

Tucker, Kylie, et al.. (2016). Motor adaptations to local muscle pain during a bilateral cyclic task. Experimental Brain Research. 235(2). 607–614. 7 indexed citations

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Hug, François, et al.. (2016). Motor adaptations to unilateral quadriceps fatigue during a bilateral pedaling task. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 27(12). 1724–1738. 4 indexed citations

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Dorel, Sylvain, et al.. (2016). NEUROMECHANICS OF CYCLING: OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE. ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive. 33(1). 1 indexed citations

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Rabita, Giuseppe, Sylvain Dorel, Jean Slawinski, et al.. (2015). Sprint mechanics in world‐class athletes: a new insight into the limits of human locomotion. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 25(5). 583–594. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dorel, Sylvain, et al.. (2015). Sensitivity and Reliability of a Specific Test of Stroke Performance in Table Tennis. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 11(5). 678–684. 19 indexed citations

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Morin, Jean‐Benoît, Jean Slawinski, Sylvain Dorel, et al.. (2015). Acceleration capability in elite sprinters and ground impulse: Push more, brake less?. Journal of Biomechanics. 48(12). 3149–3154. 107 indexed citations

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Fouré, Alexandre, et al.. (2015). Muscle and tendon stiffness assessment using the alpha method and ultrafast ultrasound. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 115(7). 1393–1400. 12 indexed citations

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Hug, François, et al.. (2013). Altered muscle coordination when pedaling with independent cranks. Frontiers in Physiology. 4. 232–232. 9 indexed citations

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Guilhem, Gaël, Sylvain Dorel, & François Hug. (2009). Effects of a prior short simulated training session on the subsequent occurrence of ventilatory thresholds. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 12(2). 273–279. 2 indexed citations

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Meur, Yannick Le, Christophe Hausswirth, Sylvain Dorel, et al.. (2009). Influence of gender on pacing adopted by elite triathletes during a competition. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 106(4). 535–545. 67 indexed citations

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Hug, François & Sylvain Dorel. (2008). Electromyographic analysis of pedaling: A review. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 19(2). 182–198. 243 indexed citations

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Dorel, Sylvain, M. Bourdin, Emmanuel Van Praagh, Jean‐René Lacour, & Christophe Hautier. (2003). Influence of two pedalling rate conditions on mechanical output and physiological responses during all-out intermittent exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 89(2). 157–165. 14 indexed citations

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