Paul R. Ford

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Paul R. Ford is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul R. Ford has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 38 papers in Social Psychology and 33 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Paul R. Ford's work include Sport Psychology and Performance (53 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (31 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (29 papers). Paul R. Ford is often cited by papers focused on Sport Psychology and Performance (53 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (31 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (29 papers). Paul R. Ford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Paul R. Ford's co-authors include A. Mark Williams, A. Mark Williams, André Roca, Allistair P. McRobert, Paul Ward, Nicola J. Hodges, Joe Causer, Barry Drust, David P. Broadbent and David W. Eccles and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Paul R. Ford

59 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Talent identification and development in soccer since the millennium

2020 191 citations A. Mark Williams, Paul R. Ford et al. Journal of Sports Sciences profile →

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Stephen D. Mellalieu United Kingdom

Marije T. Elferink‐Gemser Netherlands

Ronnie Lidor Israel

Ian Renshaw Australia

Clare MacMahon Australia

Robin C. Jackson United Kingdom

Bernd Strauß Germany

Roel Vaeyens Belgium

Philip Furley Germany

Allistair P. McRobert United Kingdom

Stephen D. Mellalieu United Kingdom

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Ford, Paul R., et al.. (2024). Talent development in female soccer: Developmental activities of professional players in England. Journal of Sports Sciences. 42(10). 853–864. 7 indexed citations

Ford, Paul R., et al.. (2024). Using a coproduced educational workshop to change the focus of verbal instructions delivered by professional youth soccer coaches: a case study. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 31(2). 205–218. 3 indexed citations

McRobert, Allistair P., et al.. (2022). A preliminary investigation into the evaluation of possession-based small-sided games and the influence of decision-making ability in identifying talented pre-pubertal soccer players. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 57(214). 100378–100378. 1 indexed citations

Ford, Paul R., et al.. (2021). Developmental activities of professional male British rugby-league players versus controls. Science and Medicine in Football. 6(3). 381–388. 3 indexed citations

Reeves, Matthew J., et al.. (2021). The developmental activities of skilled youth CONCACAF soccer players and the contribution of their development system. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 17(6). 1363–1377. 2 indexed citations

Ford, Paul R., Warren Gregson, Matthew C. Varley, et al.. (2020). A survey of talent identification and development processes in the youth academies of professional soccer clubs from around the world. Journal of Sports Sciences. 38(11-12). 1269–1278. 84 indexed citations

Pullinger, Samuel A., Paul S. Bradley, Joe Causer, et al.. (2019). Football-induced fatigue in hypoxia impairs repeated sprint ability and perceptual-cognitive skills. Science and Medicine in Football. 3(3). 221–230. 5 indexed citations

Klatt, Stefanie, Paul R. Ford, & Nicholas J. Smeeton. (2019). Attentional and perceptual asymmetries in an immersive decision-making task. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 82(4). 1847–1857. 8 indexed citations

Hüttermann, Stefanie, Nicholas J. Smeeton, Paul R. Ford, & A. Mark Williams. (2019). Color Perception and Attentional Load in Dynamic, Time-Constrained Environments. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 2614–2614. 13 indexed citations

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Ford, Paul R., et al.. (2018). The effect of anxiety on anticipation, allocation of attentional resources, and visual search behaviours. Human Movement Science. 61. 81–89. 6 indexed citations

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Broadbent, David P., et al.. (2017). The effect of a sequential structure of practice for the training of perceptual-cognitive skills in tennis. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0174311–e0174311. 16 indexed citations

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Ford, Paul R., et al.. (2016). The effects of birth date and place on the development of expertise in professional cricket batters. International journal of sport psychology. 47(1). 676–688. 3 indexed citations

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Broadbent, David P., Joe Causer, Paul R. Ford, & A. Mark Williams. (2014). Contextual Interference Effect on Perceptual–Cognitive Skills Training. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 47(6). 1243–1250. 41 indexed citations

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Causer, Joe & Paul R. Ford. (2014). “Decisions, decisions, decisions”: transfer and specificity of decision-making skill between sports. Cognitive Processing. 15(3). 385–389. 45 indexed citations

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Roca, André, Paul R. Ford, Allistair P. McRobert, & A. Mark Williams. (2011). Identifying the processes underpinning anticipation and decision-making in a dynamic time-constrained task. Cognitive Processing. 12(3). 301–310. 169 indexed citations

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Williams, A. Mark & Paul R. Ford. (2009). Promoting a skills-based agenda in Olympic sports: The role of skill-acquisition specialists. Journal of Sports Sciences. 27(13). 1381–1392. 34 indexed citations

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Ford, Paul R., Nicola J. Hodges, Raoul Huys, & Abigail Williams. (2009). An Evaluation of End-Point Trajectory Planning during Skilled Kicking. Motor Control. 13(1). 1–24. 20 indexed citations

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Ford, Paul R., Nicola J. Hodges, & A. Mark Williams. (2007). Examining Action Effects in the Execution of a Skilled Soccer Kick by Using Erroneous Feedback. Journal of Motor Behavior. 39(6). 481–490. 18 indexed citations

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Ford, Paul R., Nicola J. Hodges, & A. Mark Williams. (2005). Online Attentional-Focus Manipulations in a Soccer-Dribbling Task: Implications for the Proceduralization of Motor Skills. Journal of Motor Behavior. 37(5). 386–394. 73 indexed citations

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Taylor, Richard, Stephen Morrell, Emma Slaytor, & Paul R. Ford. (1998). Suicide in urban New South Wales, Australia 1985–1994: socio-economic and migrant interactions. Social Science & Medicine. 47(11). 1677–1686. 56 indexed citations

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