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  1. Are Counterattacks More Effective than Positional Attacks in Soccer? A Comparative Analysis of Influencing Factors

    Article • Journal of Human Kinetics, September 2025, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  2. Match peak speed of elite male soccer players across a full season

    Article • Kinesiology, June 2025, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  3. Identifying Match Sequence Thresholds to Mitigate Physical Decline During Congested Fixtures

    Article • International Journal of Sports Medicine, June 2025, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  4. Beyond winning in physical education: The role of continuing professional development in fostering a learning‐focused climate

    Article • British Educational Research Journal, April 2025, Wiley

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  5. Acute and chronic effects of elastic band resistance training on athletes’ physical performance: a systematic review

    Article • Sport Sciences for Health, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  6. Acceleration and deceleration demands of different soccer training drills and competitive matches

    Article • German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  7. Impact of offensive team variables on goal scoring in the first division of the spanish soccer league: a comprehensive 10-year study

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  8. Physical Fitness in Elite Football Players: Systematic Review of Field Tests

    Article • September 2024, International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols (INPLASY)

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  9. Adapting the percentage intensity method to assess accelerations and decelerations in football: moving beyond absolute and arbitrary thresholds

    Article • Sports Biomechanics, August 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  10. Are the peak accelerations and decelerations registered during the pro-agility test replicated during matches and training sessions?

    Article • International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, August 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  11. The Relationship Between Individually Assessed High-Intensity Accelerations, High-Intensity Decelerations, Sprints, and Technical Performances During Soccer Matches: A Full Season Analysis

    Article • Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, June 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  12. Decoding the complexities of transitions in football: a comprehensive narrative review

    Article • German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  13. Duration, Score, and Timing: Factors Influencing the Success of Offensive Transitions in Top, Marginal, and Emerging Football Leagues

    Article • March 2024, Society for Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  14. Unlocking Dynamics of Goal-scoring

    Article • March 2024, Society for Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  15. Characterizing the sprint threshold (25.2 km/h): a case study analysis on how soccer players reach sprint speeds and what relative intensity the threshold represents

    Article • Sport Sciences for Health, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  16. An analysis of transition-resulted goal scoring patterns in football leagues: a comparison of the first 5 rounds and the last 5 rounds prior midway of the season

    Article • BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  17. The impact of different warm‐up strategies on acceleration and deceleration demands in highly trained soccer players

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, January 2024, Wiley

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  18. Analyzing soccer match sprint distances: A comparison of GPS-based absolute and relative thresholds

    Article • Biology of Sport, January 2024, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  19. Effects of lower-limb intermittent pneumatic compression on sports recovery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Biology of Sport, January 2024, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  20. Sport-Sciences University students’ perceptions related to the use of debates and e-portfolios as student-centered learning strategies

    Article • Ágora para la Educación Física y el Deporte, December 2023, Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  21. Acute and Chronic Effects of Elastic Band Resistance Training on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review

    Article • November 2023, International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols (INPLASY)

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  22. Match peak speeds, maximum accelerations, and maximum decelerations differ in young football players: expression of maximal capacities is dependent of match context

    Article • Sport Sciences for Health, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  23. Adapting the percentage intensity method to assess accelerations and decelerations in football training

    Article • April 2023, Society for Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  24. Using minimum effort duration can compromise the analysis of acceleration and deceleration demands in football

    Article • International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  25. Inter-operator reliability of InStat Scout in female football games

    Article • Science & Sports, February 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  26. Training Load Within a Soccer Microcycle Week—A Systematic Review

    Article • Strength and Conditioning, January 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  27. Acceleration and deceleration demands during training sessions in football: a systematic review

    Article • Science and Medicine in Football, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  28. Collective movement analysis reveals coordination tactics of team players in football matches

    Article • Chaos Solitons & Fractals, September 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  29. Where to go: Computational and visual what-if analyses in soccer

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, August 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  30. Rethinking Monolithic Pathways to Success and Talent Identification: The Case of the Women's Japanese Volleyball Team and Why Height is Not Everything

    Article • Journal of Human Kinetics, October 2018, De Gruyter

    Dr Pantelis Theodoros Nikolaidis, Professor Rui Marcelino

  31. Influence of match quality on men’s volleyball performance at different competition levels

    Article • International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino, Dr. ANTONIO GARCIA-DE-ALCARAZ

  32. Performance differences between winning and losing under-19, under-21 and senior teams in men’s beach volleyball

    Article • International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  33. Adaptive behaviours of attacking futsal teams to opposition defensive formations

    Article • Human Movement Science, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  34. Effects of emphasising opposition and cooperation on collective movement behaviour during football small-sided games

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, February 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  35. Heart Rate, Time-Motion, and Body Impacts When Changing the Number of Teammates and Opponents in Soccer Small-Sided Games

    Article • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, October 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  36. Typical weekly workload of under 15, under 17, and under 19 elite Portuguese football players

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino, Jaime Sampaio

  37. How perceiving additional targets modifies teams’ tactical behavior during football small-sided games

    Article • Human Movement Science, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Marcelino, Jaime Sampaio

  38. Revisão sistemática sobre a performance desportiva no voleibol de praia a partir da análise do jogo

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, October 2014, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  39. Match analysis in football: a systematic review

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino, Professor M Teresa Anguera, Hugo Sarmento

  40. Efficacy of the Volleyball Game Actions Related to the Quality of Opposition

    Article • The Open Sports Sciences Journal, March 2014, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Rui Marcelino, Jaime Sampaio

  41. Attack and Serve Performances According to the Match Period and Quality of Opposition in Elite Volleyball Matches

    Article • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, December 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Rui Marcelino, Jaime Sampaio

  42. Effects of quality of opposition and match status on technical and tactical performances in elite volleyball

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Jaime Sampaio, Professor Rui Marcelino

  43. Investigação centrada na análise do jogo: da modelação estática à modelação dinâmica

    Article • Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto, January 2011, Faculdade de Desporto

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  44. Efficacy of the Volleyball Game Actions Related to the Quality of Opposition~!2009-07-05~!2009-11-01~!2010-04-20~!

    Article • The Open Sports Sciences Journal, May 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Rui Marcelino, Jaime Sampaio

  45. Relationship between the Opponent Block and the Hitter in Elite Male Volleyball

    Article • Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, January 2010, De Gruyter

    Professor Rui Marcelino

  46. Indoor Volleyball and Beach Volleyball

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Marcelino