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Sports Analytics and Performance

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Matt Lowe
University of British Columbia
2
Erin Hengel
Brunel University of London
3
Vangelis Sarlis
International Hellenic University
4
Guido Novati
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
5
Jonas Hammerschmidt
Norwegian School of Economics
6
Jesús J. Ruiz‐Navarro
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
7
Kai Fischer
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
8
Mustafa Al-Asadi
Selçuk University
9
Spyridon Plakias
University of Thessaly
10
Yongliang Yuan
Henan Polytechnic University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Attack-defense strategy assisted osprey optimization algorithm for PEMFC parameters identification
Renewable Energy|2024
98 cit.
2
Short-term wind power prediction based on IBOA-AdaBoost-RVM
Journal of King Saud University - Science|2024
32 cit.
3
Sports Analytics: Data Mining to Uncover NBA Player Position, Age, and Injury Impact on Performance and Economics
Information|2024
29 cit.
4
Tactical Situations and Playing Styles as Key Performance Indicators in Soccer
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology|2024
28 cit.
5
A Data Science and Sports Analytics Approach to Decode Clutch Dynamics in the Last Minutes of NBA Games
Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction|2024
28 cit.
6
Leveraging Sports Analytics and Association Rule Mining to Uncover Recovery and Economic Impacts in NBA Basketball
Data|2024
19 cit.
7
Factors Affecting the Running Performance of Soccer Teams in the Turkish Super League
Sports|2024
16 cit.
8
Injury Patterns and Impact on Performance in the NBA League Using Sports Analytics
Computation|2024
15 cit.
9
A Bibliometric Analysis of Soccer Biomechanics
Applied Sciences|2024
15 cit.
10
Navigating the Twin Transformation: How Digitalization and Sustainability Shape the Future
Strategic Change|2025
14 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Audrūnas Gruslys
Google (United States)
2
Alex Krumer
University of St.Gallen
3
Khodakaram Salimifard
Persian Gulf University
4
Madelyn Law
Brock University
5
Hongyou Liu
South China Normal University
6
Yixiong Cui
Beijing Sport University
7
Philip Newall
University of Bristol
8
Keisuke Fujii
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
9
Elia Morgulev
Kaye Academic College of Education
10
Øyvind Salvesen
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Regulating Gambling-Like Video Game Loot Boxes: a Public Health Framework Comparing Industry Self-Regulation, Existing National Legal Approaches, and Other Potential Approaches
Current Addiction Reports|2022
75 cit.
2
Publication in Research Repository (Kingston University London) (2022) [57 citations, W4225390793]
Research Repository (Kingston University London)|2022
57 cit.
3
SoccerTrack: A Dataset and Tracking Algorithm for Soccer with Fish-eye and Drone Videos
2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW)|2022
52 cit.
4
What are the odds? Poor compliance with UK loot box probability disclosure industry self-regulation
PLoS ONE|2023
41 cit.
5
Reliability and Validity of an Inertial Measurement System to Quantify Lower Extremity Joint Angle in Functional Movements
Sensors|2022
39 cit.
6
Gambling, cryptocurrency, and financial trading app marketing in English Premier League football: A frequency analysis of in-game logos
Journal of Behavioral Addictions|2023
37 cit.
7
Evaluation of soccer team defense based on prediction models of ball recovery and being attacked: A pilot study
PLoS ONE|2022
31 cit.
8
Loot boxes, gambling-related risk factors, and mental health in Mainland China: A large-scale survey
Addictive Behaviors|2023
31 cit.
9
Opening Pandora’s Loot Box: Weak Links Between Gambling and Loot Box Expenditure in China, and Player Opinions on Probability Disclosures and Pity-Timers
Journal of Gambling Studies|2022
27 cit.
10
Safer gambling and consumer protection failings among 40 frequently visited cryptocurrency-based online gambling operators.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors|2022
27 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Demis Hassabis
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
2
Jaime Sampaio
Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network
3
Gabriel Lenz
AdventHealth Orlando
4
Robert Simmons
Lancaster University
5
Simon Colton
Queen Mary University of London
6
Aldo Rustichini
Twin Cities Orthopedics
7
Brad R. Humphreys
West Virginia University
8
Miguel‐Ángel Gómez
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
9
Daniel Memmert
German Sport University Cologne
10
Mark D. Griffiths
Nottingham Trent University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
Nature|2021
45.2k cit.
2
Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
Nature|2015
30k cit.
3
Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search
Nature|2016
15.8k cit.
4
Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge
Nature|2017
9.2k cit.
5
Evaluating Online Labor Markets for Experimental Research: Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk
Political Analysis|2012
4.1k cit.
6
A general reinforcement learning algorithm that masters chess, shogi, and Go through self-play
Science|2018
3.5k cit.
7
Improved protein structure prediction using potentials from deep learning
Nature|2020
3.5k cit.
8
Highly accurate protein structure prediction for the human proteome
Nature|2021
3.2k cit.
9
A Survey of Monte Carlo Tree Search Methods
IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games|2012
2.9k cit.
10
A ‘components’ model of addiction within a biopsychosocial framework
Journal of Substance Use|2005
2.9k cit.

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