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Researcher · Springfield College · United States

Albert J. Petitpas

Albert J. Petitpas publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Safety Research, on topics such as Sport Psychology and Performance, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports and Youth Development and Social Support.

OpenAlex
World rank
#778,926
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#260,606
of 1,627,098
Works
86
Citations
4k
Citations per work
46.0
h-index
30
i10-index 39Top 7.8% in Social Psychology
Albert J. Petitpas

What does Albert J. Petitpas research?

Albert J. Petitpas's work is mostly in Psychology (48%), Social Sciences (9%), Medicine (8%).

Social Sciences: 49 works · 56.6% of their workPsychology: 41 works · 47.8% of their workSocial Psychology: 21 works · 24.4% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 works · 20.0% of their workApplied Psychology: 3 works · 3.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 8.8% of their workSafety Research: 8 works · 8.8% of their workEverything else: 26 works · 30.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 11 works · 13.2% of their workMedicine: 7 works · 7.8% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 works · 7.8% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 5.4% of their workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 works · 5.4% of their workTHEIR WORKAlbert J.Petitpas86works
Health Sciences13%Social Sciences57%

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. Psychology4147.8%
    2. Social Sciences88.8%
  2. Everything else2630.2%
    1. Medicine77.8%
    2. Health Professions55.4%
  1. 1Social Psychology24% of their works
  2. 2Developmental and Educational Psychology20% of their works
  3. 3Safety Research9% of their works
  4. 4Orthopedics and Sports Medicine8% of their works
  5. 5Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation5% of their works
  6. 6Applied Psychology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Albert J. Petitpas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Expert Performance, Intrinsic Motivation, Motor Imagery, Self-Determination Theory, Extracurricular Activities, Youth Development Programs, Epidemiology and Sports Injury.

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 Performance391 topic
  2. Intrinsic Motivation391 topic
  3. Motor Imagery391 topic
  4. Self-Determination Theory391 topic
  5. Extracurricular Activities161 topic
  6. Youth Development Programs161 topic
  7. Epidemiology121 topic
  8. Sports Injury121 topic
  9. Physical Education81 topic
  10. Sport Education81 topic
  11. Gender61 topic
  12. Sport61 topic
  13. Self-Regulation51 topic
  14. Theory of Planned Behaviour51 topic
  15. Performance Analysis41 topic
  16. Training Load41 topic

Where does Albert J. Petitpas work?

Albert J. Petitpas's main affiliation in the publication record is Springfield College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Albert J. Petitpas have?

OpenAlex counts 86 works and 3,959 citations for Albert J. Petitpas, an h-index of 30, ranking #778,926 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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