Desmond McEwan

114 total papers · 3.0k total citations
45 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Desmond McEwan is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Desmond McEwan has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Social Psychology, 23 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 17 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Desmond McEwan's work include Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (26 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (21 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (16 papers). Desmond McEwan is often cited by papers focused on Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (26 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (21 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (16 papers). Desmond McEwan collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Desmond McEwan's co-authors include Mark R. Beauchamp, Ryan E. Rhodes, Amanda L. Rebar, Geralyn R. Ruissen, Bruno D. Zumbo, Mark Eys, Benjamin D. Sylvester, Megan Kaulius, Katrien Fransen and Mustafa Sarkar and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, BMC Public Health and Journal of Research in Personality.

In The Last Decade

Desmond McEwan

43 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Theories of physical activity behaviour change: A history and synthesis of approaches
    2018 264 citations Ryan E. Rhodes, Desmond McEwan et al. Psychology of sport and exercise profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Desmond McEwan 684 607 475 437 313 45 1.8k
Taru Lintunen 645 0.9× 537 0.9× 577 1.2× 304 0.7× 205 0.7× 62 1.9k
Deborah Kendzierski 535 0.8× 760 1.3× 574 1.2× 260 0.6× 385 1.2× 23 1.8k
Lennart Raudsepp 591 0.9× 326 0.5× 345 0.7× 591 1.4× 243 0.8× 64 1.6k
Derwin King Chung Chan 799 1.2× 860 1.4× 189 0.4× 353 0.8× 439 1.4× 106 2.2k
Nicholas D. Myers 1.2k 1.8× 546 0.9× 228 0.5× 846 1.9× 379 1.2× 103 2.4k
Shauna M. Burke 343 0.5× 350 0.6× 528 1.1× 673 1.5× 244 0.8× 120 2.1k
Melinda Craike 314 0.5× 224 0.4× 626 1.3× 209 0.5× 270 0.9× 88 1.9k
Shawn N. Fraser 444 0.6× 424 0.7× 297 0.6× 173 0.4× 207 0.7× 51 1.3k
Tara-Leigh McHugh 524 0.8× 187 0.3× 279 0.6× 411 0.9× 500 1.6× 106 2.1k
Leah J. Ferguson 671 1.0× 216 0.4× 198 0.4× 399 0.9× 997 3.2× 62 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Desmond McEwan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Desmond McEwan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Desmond McEwan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Desmond McEwan. The network helps show where Desmond McEwan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desmond McEwan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Desmond McEwan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Desmond McEwan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Desmond McEwan. Desmond McEwan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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