David Tod

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

David Tod is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, David Tod has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 58 papers in Social Psychology and 45 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in David Tod's work include Sport Psychology and Performance (71 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (50 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (30 papers). David Tod is often cited by papers focused on Sport Psychology and Performance (71 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (50 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (30 papers). David Tod collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Tunisia. David Tod's co-authors include David Lavallee, Christian Edwards, Sunghee Park, Michael R. McGuigan, Maamer Slimani, Emily J. Oliver, Martin Eubank, Robert Morris, James Hardy and Nicola Luigi Bragazzi and has published in prestigious journals such as Sports Medicine, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

In The Last Decade

David Tod

128 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Athletes' career transition out of sport: a systematic re... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Athletes' career transition out of sport: a systematic review
    2012 358 citations Sunghee Park, David Lavallee et al. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Tod United Kingdom 34 1.6k 1.3k 1.1k 678 331 132 3.3k
Christian Swann Australia 32 1.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 845 0.8× 627 0.9× 319 1.0× 107 3.6k
Göran Kenttä Sweden 29 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 577 0.9× 171 0.5× 93 3.1k
Christopher R. D. Wagstaff United Kingdom 29 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 682 0.6× 320 0.5× 438 1.3× 137 2.5k
Richard Thelwell United Kingdom 35 1.8k 1.1× 1.8k 1.4× 889 0.8× 344 0.5× 294 0.9× 101 3.0k
Bob Grove Australia 39 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 822 0.7× 633 0.9× 469 1.4× 147 4.2k
Mark H. Anshel United States 34 1.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 638 0.6× 740 1.1× 424 1.3× 119 3.2k
Lee Crust United Kingdom 29 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 663 0.6× 491 0.7× 205 0.6× 77 2.7k
Mark B. Andersen Australia 30 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.4× 325 0.5× 182 0.5× 105 3.2k
Stephen D. Mellalieu United Kingdom 33 2.2k 1.4× 1.8k 1.4× 2.0k 1.8× 330 0.5× 175 0.5× 113 3.9k
Adam R. Nicholls United Kingdom 38 2.3k 1.4× 2.5k 1.9× 1.1k 1.0× 839 1.2× 410 1.2× 105 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Tod

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Tod

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All Works

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Hardy, James, et al.. (2025). Do Leaders Actually Influence Sports Performance? An Integrated Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 47(4). 1–18. 1 indexed citations
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Kenttä, Göran, et al.. (2024). A qualitative analysis of Swedish sport psychology practitioners' experience of a continued professional development program. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 34(2). e14583–e14583.
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Tod, David, et al.. (2024). A Penny for Your Thoughts: Athletes’ and Trainee Sport Psychologists’ Internal Dialogue During Consultations. The Sport Psychologist. 38(1). 70–78. 1 indexed citations
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Jackman, Patricia C., Aoife Lane, David Tod, & Matthew D. Bird. (2023). “I Realized It Was a Different Kind of Culture to Other Sports”: An Exploration of Sport Psychology Service Provision and Delivery in Gaelic Games. The Sport Psychologist. 37(4). 274–286. 5 indexed citations
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Tod, David, et al.. (2023). Diurnal variation in variables related to cognitive performance: a systematic review. Sleep And Breathing. 28(1). 495–510. 9 indexed citations
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Tod, David, et al.. (2022). Daily variation in performance measures related to anaerobic power and capacity: A systematic review. Chronobiology International. 39(3). 421–455. 15 indexed citations
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Lafferty, Moira, et al.. (2021). A systematic review exploring the reflective accounts of applied sport psychology practitioners. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 17(1). 617–643. 7 indexed citations
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Znazen, Hela, Maamer Slimani, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, & David Tod. (2021). The Relationship between Cognitive Function, Lifestyle Behaviours and Perception of Stress during the COVID-19 Induced Confinement: Insights from Correlational and Mediation Analyses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(6). 3194–3194. 22 indexed citations
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Tod, David, et al.. (2020). Redox Homeostasis and Inflammation Responses to Training in Adolescent Athletes: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sports Medicine - Open. 6(1). 34–34. 20 indexed citations
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Lefevre, Carmen E., Brian Cunniffe, David Tod, et al.. (2019). Performance Nutrition in the digital era – An exploratory study into the use of social media by sports nutritionists. Journal of Sports Sciences. 37(21). 2467–2474. 12 indexed citations
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Tod, David, James Hardy, David Lavallee, Martin Eubank, & Noora J. Ronkainen. (2019). Practitioners’ narratives regarding active ingredients in service delivery: Collaboration-based problem solving. Psychology of sport and exercise. 43. 350–358. 13 indexed citations
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Slimani, Maamer, et al.. (2019). Effect of Taekwondo Practice on Cognitive Function in Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(2). 204–204. 58 indexed citations
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Slimani, Maamer, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Hela Znazen, et al.. (2018). Psychosocial predictors and psychological prevention of soccer injuries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. Physical Therapy in Sport. 32. 293–300. 45 indexed citations
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Eubank, Martin, et al.. (2016). Personal qualities of effective Sport Psychologists: Coping with organisational demands in high performance sport. International journal of sport psychology. 47(4). 297–317. 10 indexed citations
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Park, Sunghee, David Lavallee, & David Tod. (2013). A longitudinal qualitative exploration of elite Korean tennis players’ career transition experiences. Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling). 15(1). 65–92. 4 indexed citations
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Edwards, Christian, David Tod, & Michael R. McGuigan. (2008). Self-talk influences vertical jump performance and kinematics in male rugby union players. Journal of Sports Sciences. 26(13). 1459–1465. 33 indexed citations
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Tod, David & Ken Hodge. (2001). Moral reasoning and achievement motivation in sport: a qualitative inquiry.. USC Research Bank (University of the Sunshine Coast). 24(3). 307–326. 35 indexed citations

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