Topic · Sport Psychology and Performance
Most cited papers in Sport Psychology and Performance
What are the most cited papers in Sport Psychology and Performance?
The most cited paper in Sport Psychology and Performance is "The effects of feedback interventions on performance: A historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory." (Avraham N. Kluger, Angelo S. DeNisi, 1996), with 5,900 citations. Next come "Perception in chess" (4,403) and "The social psychology of creativity: A componential conceptualization." (3,830).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 778 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The effects of feedback interventions on performance: A historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory. Avraham N. Kluger, Angelo S. DeNisi · Psychological Bulletin | Mar 1996 | 5,900 |
| 2 | Perception in chess William G. Chase, Herbert A. Simon · Cognitive Psychology | 1973 | 4,403 |
| 3 | The social psychology of creativity: A componential conceptualization. Teresa M. Amabile · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Aug 1983 | 3,830 |
| 4 | Developing rigor in qualitative research: problems and opportunities within sport and exercise psychology Brett M. Smith, Kerry R. McGannon · International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology | 14 May 2017 | 3,082 |
| 5 | Psychometric Properties of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory in a Competitive Sport Setting: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Edward McAuley, Terry E. Duncan, Vance V. Tammen · Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport | Mar 1989 | 2,725 |
| 6 | Personality and Performance at the Beginning of the New Millennium: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go Next? Murray R. Barrick, Michael Kelly Mount, Timothy A. Judge · International Journal of Selection and Assessment | Mar 2001 | 2,373 |
| 7 | A Meta-Analysis of Personality in Scientific and Artistic Creativity Gregory J. Feist · Personality and Social Psychology Review | Nov 1998 | 2,190 |
| 8 | EXPERT AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE: Evidence of Maximal Adaptation to Task Constraints K. Anders Ericsson, Andreas C. Lehmann · Annual Review of Psychology | Feb 1996 | 2,152 |
| 9 | Expert and Novice Performance in Solving Physics Problems Jill Larkin, John McDermott, Dorothea P. Simon et al. · Science | 20 Jun 1980 | 2,127 |
| 10 | Expert performance: Its structure and acquisition. K. Anders Ericsson, Neil H. Charness · American Psychologist | Aug 1994 | 2,036 |
| 11 | Action Observation and Acquired Motor Skills: An fMRI Study with Expert Dancers Beatriz Calvo‐Merino, Daniel E. Glaser, Julie Grèzes et al. · Cerebral Cortex | 22 Dec 2004 | 2,010 |
| 12 | Enhancing the scoping study methodology: a large, inter-professional team’s experience with Arksey and O’Malley’s framework Helena ML Daudt, Catherine van Mossel, Samantha J. Scott · BMC Medical Research Methodology | 23 Mar 2013 | 1,969 |
| 13 | Aerobic Exercise and Neurocognitive Performance: A Meta-Analytic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Patrick J. Smith, James A. Blumenthal, Benson M. Hoffman et al. · Psychosomatic Medicine | 11 Mar 2010 | 1,726 |
| 14 | Meta-analysis of experiments with matched groups or repeated measures designs. William P. Dunlap, José M. Cortina, Joel B. Vaslow et al. · Psychological Methods | Jun 1996 | 1,655 |
| 15 | Not What, but How One Feels: The Measurement of Affect during Exercise Charles J. Hardy, W. Jack Rejeski · Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Sep 1989 | 1,618 |
| 16 | The Influence of Experience and Deliberate Practice on the Development of Superior Expert Performance K. Anders Ericsson · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 26 Jun 2006 | 1,606 |
| 17 | The training—injury prevention paradox: should athletes be training smarter and harder? Tim J. Gabbett · British Journal of Sports Medicine | 12 Jan 2016 | 1,603 |
| 18 | Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Optimal Experience: The Flow State Scale Susan A. Jackson, Herbert W. Marsh · Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Mar 1996 | 1,566 |
| 19 | Toward a New Measure of Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, and Amotivation in Sports: The Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) Luc G. Pelletier, Kim M. Tuson, Michelle Fortier et al. · Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Mar 1995 | 1,552 |
| 20 | Challenge Point: A Framework for Conceptualizing the Effects of Various Practice Conditions in Motor Learning Mark A. Guadagnoli, Timothy D. Lee · Journal of Motor Behavior | Jun 2004 | 1,548 |
| 21 | Epidemiology of Muscle Injuries in Professional Football (Soccer) Jan Ekstrand, Martin Hägglund, Markus Waldén · The American Journal of Sports Medicine | 18 Feb 2011 | 1,487 |
| 22 | A Modification to the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire to Include an Assessment of Amotivation David A. Markland, Vannessa Jayne Tobin · Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Jun 2004 | 1,481 |
| 23 | Dimensions of achievement motivation in schoolwork and sport. Joan L. Duda, John Graham Nicholls · Journal of Educational Psychology | Sep 1992 | 1,473 |
| 24 | Injury incidence and injury patterns in professional football: the UEFA injury study Jan Ekstrand, Martin Hägglund, Markus Waldén · British Journal of Sports Medicine | 23 Jun 2009 | 1,432 |
| 25 | THE MIND'S EYE IN CHESS William G. Chase, Herbert A. Simon · Elsevier eBooks | 1973 | 1,428 |
| 26 | Perceptual-Cognitive Expertise in Sport: A Meta-Analysis Derek T.Y. Mann, A. Mark Williams, Paul Ward et al. · Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Aug 2007 | 1,424 |
| 27 | The coach–athlete relationship: a motivational model Geneviève A. Mageau, Robert J. Vallerand · Journal of Sports Sciences | Nov 2003 | 1,375 |
| 28 | The Influence of the Family in the Development of Talent in Sport Jean Maxime Cote · The Sport Psychologist | Dec 1999 | 1,362 |
| 29 | Motivation, Personality, and Development Within Embedded Social Contexts: An Overview of Self-Determination Theory Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan · Oxford University Press eBooks | 18 Sep 2012 | 1,351 |
| 30 | A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation versus relaxation training: Effects on distress, positive states of mind, rumination, and distraction Shamini Jain, Shauna L. Shapiro, Summer Swanick et al. · Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Feb 2007 | 1,316 |
| 31 | Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning: The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning Gabriele Wulf, Rebecca Lewthwaite · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review | 29 Jan 2016 | 1,236 |
| 32 | The Effects of Stress on Physical Activity and Exercise Matthew Stults‐Kolehmainen, Rajita Sinha · Sports Medicine | 12 Sep 2013 | 1,221 |
| 33 | Attentional focus and motor learning: a review of 15 years Gabriele Wulf · International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology | 24 Sep 2012 | 1,210 |
| 34 | Choking under pressure: Self-consciousness and paradoxical effects of incentives on skillful performance. Roy Frederick Baumeister · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1984 | 1,209 |
| 35 | Knowledge, knerves and know‐how: The role of explicit versus implicit knowledge in the breakdown of a complex motor skill under pressure Rich S.W. Masters · British Journal of Psychology | Aug 1992 | 1,203 |
| 36 | The Mental Health of Elite Athletes: A Narrative Systematic Review Simon Rice, Rosemary Purcell, Stefanie De Silva et al. · Sports Medicine | 20 Feb 2016 | 1,199 |
| 37 | Generalizability in qualitative research: misunderstandings, opportunities and recommendations for the sport and exercise sciences Brett M. Smith · Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health | 23 Oct 2017 | 1,194 |
| 38 | On the fragility of skilled performance: What governs choking under pressure? Sian Leah Beilock, Thomas H. Carr · Journal of Experimental Psychology General | 2001 | 1,189 |
| 39 | The Effects of Mental Practice on Motor Skill Learning and Performance: A Meta-analysis Deborah L. Feltz, Daniel M. Landers · Journal of Sport Psychology | Mar 1983 | 1,169 |
| 40 | Contextual interference effects on the acquisition, retention, and transfer of a motor skill. John B. Shea, Robyn L. Morgan · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory | Mar 1979 | 1,167 |
| 41 | Seeing or Doing? Influence of Visual and Motor Familiarity in Action Observation Beatriz Calvo‐Merino, Julie Grèzes, Daniel E. Glaser et al. · Current Biology | Oct 2006 | 1,158 |
| 42 | Does mental practice enhance performance? James E. Driskell, Carolyn Copper, Aidan P. Moran · Journal of Applied Psychology | Aug 1994 | 1,141 |
| 43 | The automaticity of complex motor skill learning as a function of attentional focus Gabriele Wulf, Nancy H. McNevin, Charles H. Shea · The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A | Nov 2001 | 1,130 |
| 44 | Psychological Characteristics and Their Development in Olympic Champions Daniel R. Gould, Kristen D. Dieffenbach, Aaron Moffett · Journal of Applied Sport Psychology | 2002 | 1,125 |
| 45 | An Integrative Definition of Coaching Effectiveness and Expertise Jean Maxime Cote, Wade Gilbert · International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching | Sep 2009 | 1,123 |
| 46 | Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football Jesse Mez et al. · JAMA | 25 Jul 2017 | 1,107 |
| 47 | Straight sprinting is the most frequent action in goal situations in professional football Oliver Faude, Thorsten Koch, Tim Meyer · Journal of Sports Sciences | 6 Mar 2012 | 1,103 |
| 48 | The effects of promotion and prevention cues on creativity. Ronald Seth Friedman, Jens Förster · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2001 | 1,074 |
| 49 | Sports fans: Measuring degree of identification with their team. Daniel L. L. Wann, Nyla R. Branscombe · International journal of sport psychology | 1993 | 1,066 |
| 50 | Action anticipation and motor resonance in elite basketball players Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Paola Cesari, Michela Romani et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 10 Aug 2008 | 1,058 |
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