Maarten De Backer

664 total citations
20 papers, 416 citations indexed

About

Maarten De Backer is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maarten De Backer has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 416 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Social Psychology, 8 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 5 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Maarten De Backer's work include Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (13 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (8 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (5 papers). Maarten De Backer is often cited by papers focused on Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (13 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (8 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (5 papers). Maarten De Backer collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Norway and United Kingdom. Maarten De Backer's co-authors include Gert Vande Broek, Katrien Fransen, Filip Boen, Bert De Cuyper, Stef Van Puyenbroeck, Rune Høigaard, Leen Haerens, Gert‐Jan De Muynck, Jochen Delrue and Nathalie Aelterman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of the Operational Research Society and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Maarten De Backer

18 papers receiving 392 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maarten De Backer Belgium 10 274 226 85 68 58 20 416
Stef Van Puyenbroeck Belgium 10 311 1.1× 268 1.2× 100 1.2× 79 1.2× 72 1.2× 19 445
İ̇hsan Sarı Türkiye 9 144 0.5× 120 0.5× 27 0.3× 9 0.1× 24 0.4× 48 267
Steve Swanson United Kingdom 10 101 0.4× 63 0.3× 15 0.2× 100 1.5× 14 0.2× 20 299
Chris W. Coultas United States 6 214 0.8× 49 0.2× 96 1.1× 18 0.3× 8 0.1× 7 315
Claudia Cohen United States 7 167 0.6× 72 0.3× 41 0.5× 27 0.4× 11 0.2× 10 458
Nicolas Hübner Germany 11 92 0.3× 64 0.3× 13 0.2× 22 0.3× 40 0.7× 42 391
Cathy Wendler United States 9 59 0.2× 77 0.3× 4 0.0× 17 0.3× 66 1.1× 29 442
Héctor Galindo‐Domínguez Spain 13 79 0.3× 79 0.3× 6 0.1× 22 0.3× 9 0.2× 40 604
María Rocío Bohórquez Gómez-Millán Spain 9 98 0.4× 53 0.2× 15 0.2× 7 0.1× 2 0.0× 52 277
Thomas Weinstein United States 11 44 0.2× 156 0.7× 11 0.1× 23 0.3× 35 0.6× 16 610

Countries citing papers authored by Maarten De Backer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maarten De Backer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maarten De Backer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Puyenbroeck, Stef Van, et al.. (2024). Validation of the Coach Behavior in Sports Questionnaire: Towards dynamic assessments using the circumplex model for coach behavior. Psychology of sport and exercise. 74. 102691–102691. 1 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De, et al.. (2023). Detecting and Classifying Bio-Inspired Artificial Landmarks Using In-Air 3D Sonar. Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (University of Antwerp). 1–4. 3 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De, et al.. (2022). Developing Critical Reflection Skills in a Formal Coach Education Program. International Sport Coaching Journal. 10(1). 54–69. 5 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De, et al.. (2020). Should team coaches care about justice? Perceived justice mediates the relation between coaches’ autonomy support and athletes’ satisfaction and self-rated progression. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 16(1). 27–43. 11 indexed citations
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Vansteenkiste, Maarten, Stef Van Puyenbroeck, Nathalie Aelterman, et al.. (2019). Coaching the coach: Intervention effects on need-supportive coaching behavior and athlete motivation and engagement. Psychology of sport and exercise. 43. 288–300. 74 indexed citations
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Delrue, Jochen, Gert Vande Broek, Nathalie Aelterman, et al.. (2018). Adopting a helicopter-perspective towards motivating and demotivating coaching: A circumplex approach. Psychology of sport and exercise. 40. 110–126. 73 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De, Filip Boen, Bert De Cuyper, Rune Høigaard, & Gert Vande Broek. (2014). A team fares well with a fair coach: Predictors of social loafing in interactive female sport teams. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 25(6). 897–908. 27 indexed citations
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Fransen, Katrien, Norbert Vanbeselaere, Vasileios Exadaktylos, et al.. (2012). “Yes, we can!”: Perceptions of collective efficacy sources in volleyball. Journal of Sports Sciences. 30(7). 641–649. 45 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De & Ludovic De Cuypere. (2011). The interpretation of masculine personal nouns in German and Dutch: a comparative experimental study. Language Sciences. 34(3). 253–268. 13 indexed citations
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Høigaard, Rune, et al.. (2010). Role Satisfaction Mediates the Relation between Role Ambiguity and Social Loafing among Elite Women Handball Players. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 22(4). 408–419. 23 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De, Filip Boen, Bert De Cuyper, et al.. (2010). Do perceived justice and need support of the coach predict team identification and cohesion? Testing their relative importance among top volleyball and handball players in Belgium and Norway. Psychology of sport and exercise. 12(2). 192–201. 63 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De. (2010). Lexical neutralisation: a case study of the lexical opposition ‘day’/‘night’. Language Sciences. 32(5). 545–562. 1 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De. (2009). The concept of neutralization outside the field of phonology. Indogermanische Forschungen. 114(2009). 1–59. 1 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De, et al.. (2009). Perceived justice of the coach predicts satisfaction and intrinsic motivation in handball and volleyball. Lirias (KU Leuven). 96. 1 indexed citations
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Martens, David, Tony Van Gestel, Maarten De Backer, et al.. (2009). Credit rating prediction using Ant Colony Optimization. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 61(4). 561–573. 49 indexed citations
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Backer, Maarten De, et al.. (2008). The influence of athletes' perceived justice of the coach on the intrinsic motivation and satisfaction of top handball and volleyball players. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Lemahieu, Wilfried, et al.. (2005). Coordinating COTS applications by means of a business event layer.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).
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Lemahieu, Wilfried, Monique Snoeck, Frank Goethals, et al.. (2005). Coordinating COTS Applications via a Business Event Layer. IEEE Software. 22(4). 28–35. 4 indexed citations

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