Clare MacMahon

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Clare MacMahon is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Clare MacMahon has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 47 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 32 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Clare MacMahon's work include Sport Psychology and Performance (45 papers), Sports Performance and Training (40 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (32 papers). Clare MacMahon is often cited by papers focused on Sport Psychology and Performance (45 papers), Sports Performance and Training (40 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (32 papers). Clare MacMahon collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and Germany. Clare MacMahon's co-authors include Janet L. Starkes, Sian L. Beilock, Thomas H. Carr, Kevin Ball, Matthew Weston, Werner Helsen, Linda Schücker, Markus Raab, Sue L. McPherson and Bahadorreza Ofoghi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Clare MacMahon

92 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

When paying attention becomes counterproductive: Impact of divided versus skill-focused attention on novice and experienced performance of sensorimotor skills.

2002 563 citations Sian L. Beilock, Thomas H. Carr et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clare MacMahon Australia	22	1.2k	972	665	474	422	96	2.1k
Matt Dicks United Kingdom	23	1.0k 0.9×	727 0.7×	530 0.8×	494 1.0×	322 0.8×	74	1.8k
Robert Hristovski North Macedonia	25	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	715 1.1×	424 0.9×	454 1.1×	75	2.5k
Robin C. Jackson United Kingdom	26	1.6k 1.3×	816 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	857 1.8×	336 0.8×	63	2.2k
Bernd Strauß Germany	26	942 0.8×	608 0.6×	664 1.0×	459 1.0×	356 0.8×	109	2.0k
Diane M. Ste‐Marie Canada	25	1.2k 1.0×	442 0.5×	863 1.3×	586 1.2×	240 0.6×	74	1.8k
Gert‐Jan Pepping Australia	23	776 0.7×	955 1.0×	598 0.9×	396 0.8×	145 0.3×	69	2.2k
Philip Furley Germany	28	948 0.8×	588 0.6×	784 1.2×	529 1.1×	297 0.7×	87	2.2k
Rouwen Cañal‐Bruland Germany	24	1.2k 1.0×	539 0.6×	896 1.3×	873 1.8×	309 0.7×	109	1.9k
Allistair P. McRobert United Kingdom	21	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	459 0.7×	192 0.4×	592 1.4×	62	1.8k
Jörg Schorer Germany	32	2.5k 2.1×	2.2k 2.3×	851 1.3×	477 1.0×	525 1.2×	119	3.3k

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Kittel, Aden, et al.. (2026). Developing sport officials: What can we learn from our knowledge on coach development?. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching.

Clarke, Anthea C., et al.. (2025). Assessing the Reliability of a Novel Eye Tracking Test to Measure Fatigue in Athletes. Sports. 13(3). 71–71.

Wilkins, Luke, David P. Broadbent, Lyndell Bruce, et al.. (2025). Reliability of participant classification in sport and exercise science: Application of McKay et al.’s (2022) framework. Journal of Sports Sciences. 43(23). 2914–2926. 1 indexed citations

Pang, Bonnie, et al.. (2024). Visual search strategies and game knowledge in junior Australian rules football players: testing potential in talent identification and development. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1356160–1356160. 2 indexed citations

MacMahon, Clare, et al.. (2024). The game management framework for sports refereeing: a structured perspective on officiating performance and its development. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research. 2 indexed citations

Clarke, Anthea C., et al.. (2023). The field includes the office: the six pillars of women in sport. Sport in Society. 26(9). 1602–1610. 6 indexed citations

Ferrar, Katia, et al.. (2023). “A sprained ankle is the biggest sign of mental fatigue”: A qualitative study of the perceptions and experiences of mental fatigue in professional ballet. Physical Therapy in Sport. 65. 154–161. 4 indexed citations

MacMahon, Clare, et al.. (2020). Effect of ‘demagnification’ on localisation with Simulated Prosthetic Vision. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 61(7). 925–925.

Parrington, Lucy, et al.. (2016). VALIDATION OF INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS FOR TRACKING 100M SPRINT DATA. ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive. 34(1). 6 indexed citations

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MacMahon, Clare, et al.. (2015). Is practice the only determinant of sporting expertise? Revisiting Starkes (2000). Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 9 indexed citations

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Ofoghi, Bahadorreza, et al.. (2015). Performance analysis and prediction in triathlon. Journal of Sports Sciences. 34(7). 607–612. 48 indexed citations

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Raab, Markus & Clare MacMahon. (2015). Does Framing the Hot Hand Belief Change Decision-Making Behavior in Volleyball?. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 86(2). 152–162. 2 indexed citations

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Parrington, Lucy, Kevin Ball, & Clare MacMahon. (2014). Kinematics of preferred and non-preferred handballing in Australian football. Journal of Sports Sciences. 33(1). 20–28. 9 indexed citations

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Matthews, Alicia K., Damian Farrow, Clare MacMahon, & Juanita R. Weissensteiner. (2012). Examining the barriers and facilitators of the junior to senior transition experience in Australian tennis: an in-depth analysis of the journey towards a professional tennis career. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Fuelscher, Ian, Kevin Ball, & Clare MacMahon. (2012). Perspectives on Learning Styles in Motor and Sport Skills. Frontiers in Psychology. 3. 69–69. 13 indexed citations

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Ball, Kevin, et al.. (2010). Coordination patterns of preferred and non preferred kicking of the drop punt kick: a kinematic analysis of the pelvis, hip and knee. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 1(1). 1 indexed citations

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MacMahon, Clare, Janet L. Starkes, & Janice Deakin. (2009). Differences in processing of game information in basketball players, coaches, and referees. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 12 indexed citations

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MacMahon, Clare & Sue L. McPherson. (2009). Knowledge base as a mechanism for perceptual-cognitive tasks: Skill is in the details!. International journal of sport psychology. 40(4). 565–579. 41 indexed citations

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Ball, Kevin, et al.. (2009). The use of motor learning in biomechanics: a call for more collaboration.. International journal of sport psychology. 40(4). 603–615. 6 indexed citations

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Beilock, Sian L., Thomas H. Carr, Clare MacMahon, & Janet L. Starkes. (2002). When paying attention becomes counterproductive: Impact of divided versus skill-focused attention on novice and experienced performance of sensorimotor skills.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 8(1). 6–16. 130 indexed citations

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