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Researcher · Dublin City University · Ireland

Áine MacNamara

Áine MacNamara publishes mostly in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, on topics such as Sport Psychology and Performance, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports and Sports Performance and Training.

ORCID 0000-0002-8110-6784 OpenAlex
World rank
#94,190
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ireland
#208
of 21,376
Works
161
Citations
3.4k
Citations per work
21.2
h-index
32
i10-index 56Top 7% in Developmental and Educational Psychology
Áine MacNamara

What does Áine MacNamara research?

Áine MacNamara's work is mostly in Psychology (39%), Medicine (15%), Health Professions (8%).

Social Sciences: 78 works · 48.5% of their workPsychology: 63 works · 39.4% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 39 works · 24.4% of their workSocial Psychology: 24 works · 15.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 4.7% of their workSafety Research: 8 works · 4.7% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 works · 4.4% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 works · 4.4% of their workEverything else: 46 works · 28.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 37 works · 22.9% of their workMedicine: 24 works · 14.8% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 24 works · 14.8% of their workHealth Professions: 13 works · 8.1% of their workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 13 works · 8.1% of their workTHEIR WORKÁine MacNamara161works
Health Sciences23%Social Sciences48%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology6339.4%
    2. Social Sciences84.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance74.4%
  2. Everything else4628.6%
    1. Medicine2414.8%
    2. Health Professions138.1%
  1. 1Developmental and Educational Psychology24% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology15% of their works
  3. 3Orthopedics and Sports Medicine15% of their works
  4. 4Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation8% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research5% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Áine MacNamara's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Expert Performance, Motor Imagery, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination Theory, Performance Analysis, Training Load, Physical Education and Sport Education.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Expert Performance911 topic
  2. Motor Imagery911 topic
  3. Intrinsic Motivation511 topic
  4. Self-Determination Theory511 topic
  5. Performance Analysis451 topic
  6. Training Load451 topic
  7. Physical Education301 topic
  8. Sport Education301 topic
  9. Extracurricular Activities181 topic
  10. Youth Development Programs181 topic
  11. Competitive Balance161 topic
  12. Prediction Markets161 topic
  13. Epidemiology151 topic
  14. Sports Injury151 topic
  15. Global101 topic
  16. Talent Management101 topic

Where does Áine MacNamara work?

Áine MacNamara's main affiliation in the publication record is Dublin City University, Ireland.

How many publications and citations does Áine MacNamara have?

OpenAlex counts 161 works and 3,420 citations for Áine MacNamara, an h-index of 32, ranking #94,190 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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