Graham Jones

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Graham Jones is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Graham Jones has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 24 papers in Social Psychology and 13 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Graham Jones's work include Sport Psychology and Performance (25 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (23 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (11 papers). Graham Jones is often cited by papers focused on Sport Psychology and Performance (25 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (23 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (11 papers). Graham Jones collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Singapore and Australia. Graham Jones's co-authors include Sheldon Hanton, Austin Swain, Declan Connaughton, Lew Hardy, Richard Mullen, Ross Wadey, Peter R. Andrews, Calum A. Arthur, Adrian Allsopp and Stephen D. Mellalieu and has published in prestigious journals such as Personality and Individual Differences, European Journal of Pharmacology and The Leadership Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Graham Jones

34 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

What Is This Thing Called Mental Toughness? An Investigation of Elite Sport Performers

2002 505 citations Graham Jones, Sheldon Hanton et al. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Graham Jones United Kingdom	27	2.7k	2.7k	1.3k	768	484	34	3.8k
Adam R. Nicholls United Kingdom	38	2.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	729 0.9×	839 1.7×	105	4.2k
Tim Woodman United Kingdom	32	1.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	802 0.6×	587 0.8×	709 1.5×	103	3.4k
Richard Thelwell United Kingdom	35	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	889 0.7×	399 0.5×	344 0.7×	101	3.0k
James Hardy United Kingdom	27	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	635 0.5×	648 0.8×	225 0.5×	80	2.9k
Mark H. Anshel United States	34	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	638 0.5×	508 0.7×	740 1.5×	119	3.2k
Sheldon Hanton United Kingdom	44	4.6k 1.7×	4.3k 1.6×	2.2k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	908 1.9×	107	6.5k
Lee Crust United Kingdom	29	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	663 0.5×	338 0.4×	491 1.0×	77	2.7k
Clifford J. Mallett Australia	36	2.5k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	890 0.7×	589 0.8×	473 1.0×	129	3.9k
Iain Greenlees United Kingdom	26	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	519 0.4×	339 0.4×	343 0.7×	74	2.2k
Ken Hodge New Zealand	31	1.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	587 0.5×	792 1.0×	390 0.8×	81	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Graham Jones

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Fields of papers citing papers by Graham Jones

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Graham Jones

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Hardy, Lew, et al.. (2009). The relationship between transformational leadership behaviors, psychological, and training outcomes in elite military recruits. The Leadership Quarterly. 21(1). 20–32. 107 indexed citations

Connaughton, Declan, Sheldon Hanton, Graham Jones, & Ross Wadey. (2008). Mental toughness research: Key issues in this area.. International journal of sport psychology. 39(3). 192–204. 44 indexed citations

Jones, Graham. (2008). Developing Mental Toughness. 2 indexed citations

Connaughton, Declan, Ross Wadey, Sheldon Hanton, & Graham Jones. (2007). The development and maintenance of mental toughness: Perceptions of elite performers. Journal of Sports Sciences. 26(1). 83–95. 239 indexed citations

Jones, Graham, Sheldon Hanton, & Declan Connaughton. (2007). A Framework of Mental Toughness in the World’s Best Performers. The Sport Psychologist. 21(2). 243–264. 313 indexed citations

Jones, Graham, et al.. (2006). Coaching high achievers.. Consulting psychology journal. 58(1). 40–50. 49 indexed citations

Jones, Graham. (2002). Performance Excellence: A Personal Perspective on the Link Between Sport and Business. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 14(4). 268–281. 80 indexed citations

Jones, Graham, Sheldon Hanton, & Declan Connaughton. (2002). What Is This Thing Called Mental Toughness? An Investigation of Elite Sport Performers. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 14(3). 205–218. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

Jones, Graham & Sheldon Hanton. (2001). Pre-competitive feeling states and directional anxiety interpretations. Journal of Sports Sciences. 19(6). 385–395. 143 indexed citations

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Hanton, Sheldon, Graham Jones, & Richard Mullen. (2000). Intensity and Direction of Competitive State Anxiety as Interpreted by Rugby Players and Rifle Shooters. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 90(2). 513–521. 53 indexed citations

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Hanton, Sheldon & Graham Jones. (1999). The Effects of a Multimodal Intervention Program on Performers: II. Training the Butterflies to Fly in Formation. The Sport Psychologist. 13(1). 22–41. 118 indexed citations

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Hanton, Sheldon & Graham Jones. (1997). Antecedents of Intensity and Direction Dimensions of Competitive Anxiety as a Function of Skill. Psychological Reports. 81(3_suppl). 1139–1147. 34 indexed citations

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Jones, Graham & Sheldon Hanton. (1996). Interpretation of Competitive Anxiety Symptoms and Goal Attainment Expectancies. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 18(2). 144–157. 118 indexed citations

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Jones, Graham. (1995). More than just a game: Research developments and issues in competitive anxiety in sport. British Journal of Psychology. 86(4). 449–478. 350 indexed citations

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Hardy, Lew & Graham Jones. (1994). Current issues and future directions for performance‐related research in sport psychology. Journal of Sports Sciences. 12(1). 61–92. 43 indexed citations

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Jones, Graham, Sheldon Hanton, & Austin Swain. (1994). Intensity and interpretation of anxiety symptoms in elite and non-elite sports performers. Personality and Individual Differences. 17(5). 657–663. 181 indexed citations

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Jones, Graham, Austin Swain, & Lew Hardy. (1993). Intensity and direction dimensions of competitive state anxiety and relationships with performance. Journal of Sports Sciences. 11(6). 525–532. 188 indexed citations

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Swain, Austin & Graham Jones. (1993). Intensity and frequency dimensions of competitive state anxiety. Journal of Sports Sciences. 11(6). 533–542. 67 indexed citations

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Jones, Graham, et al.. (1992). Emotional Effects of Sports Injuries: Implications for Physiotherapists. Physiotherapy. 78(10). 762–770. 71 indexed citations

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Andrews, Peter R., et al.. (1982). Convulsant, anticonvulsant and anaesthetic barbiturates. in vivo activities of oxo- and thiobarbiturates related to pentobarbitone. European Journal of Pharmacology. 79(1-2). 61–65. 23 indexed citations

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