Frédéric Guay

17.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
145 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Frédéric Guay is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Frédéric Guay has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Social Psychology, 48 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 46 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Frédéric Guay's work include Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (79 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (47 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (21 papers). Frédéric Guay is often cited by papers focused on Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (79 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (47 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (21 papers). Frédéric Guay collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United Kingdom. Frédéric Guay's co-authors include Robert J. Vallerand, Caroline Senécal, Catherine F. Ratelle, Michelle Fortier, Michel Boivin, Herbert W. Marsh, Claude Fernet, Simon Larose, Céline Blanchard and Julien Chanal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Frédéric Guay

138 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

On the Assessment of Situational Intrinsic and Extrinsic ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2000 1997 2007 2021 2012 250 500 750 1000
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. On the Assessment of Situational Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS)
    2000 1.1k citations Frédéric Guay, Robert J. Vallerand et al. profile →
  2. Self-determination and persistence in a real-life setting: Toward a motivational model of high school dropout.
    1997 904 citations Robert J. Vallerand, Frédéric Guay et al. profile →
  3. Autonomous, controlled, and amotivated types of academic motivation: A person-oriented analysis.
    2007 555 citations Catherine F. Ratelle, Frédéric Guay et al. profile →
  4. Student Motivation and Associated Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis From Self-Determination Theory
    2021 441 citations Julien S. Bureau, Frédéric Guay et al. profile →
  5. Predicting intraindividual changes in teacher burnout: The role of perceived school environment and motivational factors
    2012 437 citations Claude Fernet, Frédéric Guay et al. profile →
  6. Passion: Does one scale fit all? Construct validity of two-factor passion scale and psychometric invariance over different activities and languages.
    2013 323 citations Herbert W. Marsh, Robert J. Vallerand et al. Psychological Assessment profile →
  7. Pathways to Student Motivation: A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents of Autonomous and Controlled Motivations
    2021 174 citations Julien S. Bureau, Frédéric Guay et al. profile →
  8. Applying Self-Determination Theory to Education: Regulations Types, Psychological Needs, and Autonomy Supporting Behaviors
    2021 150 citations Frédéric Guay profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frédéric Guay Canada 51 6.7k 4.1k 3.4k 2.5k 2.1k 145 12.4k
Philip D. Parker Australia 59 4.7k 0.7× 3.3k 0.8× 3.3k 1.0× 3.2k 1.3× 1.5k 0.7× 206 11.9k
Kit‐Tai Hau Hong Kong 43 5.0k 0.7× 3.6k 0.9× 3.7k 1.1× 3.2k 1.3× 1.6k 0.7× 133 14.1k
Willy Lens Belgium 47 8.1k 1.2× 2.9k 0.7× 4.3k 1.3× 2.4k 0.9× 2.4k 1.1× 160 13.8k
Kenneth E. Barron United States 29 5.0k 0.7× 3.0k 0.7× 4.6k 1.3× 1.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 51 10.5k
Johnmarshall Reeve South Korea 58 10.7k 1.6× 6.3k 1.5× 4.2k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 4.3k 2.0× 121 17.3k
Ellen A. Skinner United States 45 6.5k 1.0× 7.7k 1.9× 3.3k 1.0× 5.4k 2.1× 2.7k 1.2× 101 16.8k
Katariina Salmela‐Aro Finland 70 6.5k 1.0× 4.5k 1.1× 3.4k 1.0× 5.3k 2.1× 1.7k 0.8× 349 15.7k
Gregory M. Walton United States 43 4.9k 0.7× 3.7k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 80 12.0k
David S. Yeager United States 43 5.2k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 4.2k 1.2× 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 92 11.8k
Jari‐Erik Nurmi Finland 69 4.2k 0.6× 7.2k 1.7× 3.1k 0.9× 4.3k 1.7× 4.2k 1.9× 283 15.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Frédéric Guay

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Frédéric Guay's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Frédéric Guay with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Frédéric Guay more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Frédéric Guay

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Frédéric Guay. 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 Frédéric Guay. The network helps show where Frédéric Guay may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frédéric Guay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frédéric Guay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frédéric Guay 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 Frédéric Guay. Frédéric Guay is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Houssemand, Claude, et al.. (2025). Understanding the Use of Social and Emotional Learning in Elementary Schools: A Theory of Planned Behaviour Perspective. European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education. 15(4). 48–48.
2.
Guay, Frédéric, et al.. (2025). Impacts of stress and emotional competencies on the flow experience during simulation-based learning in nursing students. Teaching and learning in nursing. 20(4). e1145–e1148.
3.
Gilbert, William, et al.. (2023). Undergraduate students' motivational profiles before and during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: The role of educational climate and trait self‐control. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 93(4). 1188–1206. 1 indexed citations
4.
Gilbert, William, et al.. (2023). On the nature, predictors, and outcomes of undergraduate students' psychological distress profiles. Learning and Individual Differences. 108. 102378–102378. 4 indexed citations
5.
Guay, Frédéric, et al.. (2022). La motivation scolaire d’élèves québécois du deuxième cycle du secondaire en temps de pandémie. Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l éducation. 45(3). 787–834. 2 indexed citations
6.
Ratelle, Catherine F., et al.. (2022). Testing Reciprocal Associations between Parenting and Youth’s Motivational Resources of Career Decision-Making Agency during the Postsecondary Transition. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 51(12). 2396–2410. 11 indexed citations
7.
8.
Guay, Frédéric, et al.. (2021). Hierarchical clustering as a tool to develop a classification scheme for rabbit meat quality. World Rabbit Science. 29(3). 129–129. 1 indexed citations
9.
Brajon, Sophie, Jamie Ahloy‐Dallaire, Nicolas Devillers, & Frédéric Guay. (2021). Social status and previous experience in the group as predictors of welfare of sows housed in large semi-static groups. PLoS ONE. 16(6). e0244704–e0244704. 6 indexed citations
10.
Guay, Frédéric, et al.. (2021). The Relation Between Television Viewing Time and Reading Achievement in Elementary School Children: A Test of Substitution and Inhibition Hypotheses. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 580763–580763. 3 indexed citations
11.
Collie, Rebecca J., et al.. (2020). Examining the unique roles of adaptability and buoyancy in teachers’ work-related outcomes. Teachers and Teaching. 26(3-4). 350–364. 34 indexed citations
12.
Guay, Frédéric, et al.. (2020). Mental toughness in sport: The Goal-Expectancy-Self-Control (GES) model. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 33(6). 627–643. 23 indexed citations
13.
Guay, Frédéric, et al.. (2019). La fréquence d’utilisation de la tablette numérique à des fins pédagogiques et le rendement scolaire des élèves : le rôle médiateur de la motivation autodéterminée. Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l éducation. 42(2). 517–552. 1 indexed citations
14.
Litalien, David & Frédéric Guay. (2016). Validation d'un modèle motivationnel des aspirations professionnelles. Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l éducation. 33(4). 732–760. 2 indexed citations
15.
Larose, Simon, et al.. (2015). Avoir les étudiants de sciences de la nature dans notre MIRES.. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government).
16.
Marsh, Herbert W., Robert J. Vallerand, Marc‐André K. Lafrenière, et al.. (2013). Passion: Does one scale fit all? Construct validity of two-factor passion scale and psychometric invariance over different activities and languages.. Psychological Assessment. 25(3). 796–809. 323 indexed citations breakdown →
17.
Goldberg, Mark S., et al.. (2010). Associations Between Atmospheric Concentrations of Spores and Emergency Department Visits for Asthma Among Children Living in Montreal. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 65(4). 201–210. 19 indexed citations
18.
Guay, Frédéric, Herbert W. Marsh, Caroline Senécal, & Martin Dowson. (2008). Representations of relatedness with parents and friends and autonomous academic motivation during the late adolescence–early adulthood period: Reciprocal or unidirectional effects?. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 78(4). 621–637. 29 indexed citations
19.
Senécal, Caroline & Frédéric Guay. (2000). Procrastination in job-seeking : an analysis of motivational processes and feelings of hopelessness.. Journal of social behavior and personality. 27 indexed citations
20.
Chantal, Yves, et al.. (1996). Motivation and elite performance : an exploratory investigation with Bulgarian athletes. International journal of sport psychology. 27(2). 173–182. 99 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Philip D. Parker Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kit‐Tai Hau Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Willy Lens Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kenneth E. Barron Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Johnmarshall Reeve Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ellen A. Skinner Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Katariina Salmela‐Aro Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gregory M. Walton Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David S. Yeager Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jari‐Erik Nurmi
Rankless by CCL
2026