Richard J. Johnston

842 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 666 citations indexed

About

Richard J. Johnston is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Johnston has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 666 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 5 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 2 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Johnston's work include Sports Performance and Training (11 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (9 papers) and Sport Psychology and Performance (3 papers). Richard J. Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (11 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (9 papers) and Sport Psychology and Performance (3 papers). Richard J. Johnston collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Ireland. Richard J. Johnston's co-authors include Mark L. Watsford, Matthew J. Pine, Robert W. Spurrs, Stephen Kelly, Elizabeth C. Pruyn, Aron J. Murphy, Damien J. Austin, Devendra Narain Singh, Harold J. Klosterman and Massimiliano Ditroilo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Johnston

16 papers receiving 638 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.

Validity and Interunit Reliability of 10 Hz and 15 Hz GPS Units for Assessing Athlete Movement Demands

2013 331 citations Richard J. Johnston, Mark L. Watsford et al. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard J. Johnston Australia	11	615	187	185	90	49	16	666
Paul Worsfold United Kingdom	13	688 1.1×	201 1.1×	242 1.3×	76 0.8×	60 1.2×	32	750
Esa Peltola Qatar	10	960 1.6×	240 1.3×	258 1.4×	205 2.3×	52 1.1×	16	1.0k
Ted Polglaze Australia	16	722 1.2×	191 1.0×	138 0.7×	229 2.5×	60 1.2×	26	835
Satoshi Mizuguchi United States	15	659 1.1×	255 1.4×	117 0.6×	106 1.2×	25 0.5×	47	755
Gerard Moras Spain	15	700 1.1×	238 1.3×	171 0.9×	55 0.6×	26 0.5×	45	821
Lars Bojsen Michalsik Denmark	12	810 1.3×	196 1.0×	184 1.0×	190 2.1×	30 0.6×	20	879
Jon Carlock United States	9	893 1.5×	472 2.5×	138 0.7×	92 1.0×	19 0.4×	11	937
Vincenzo Rago Portugal	17	726 1.2×	185 1.0×	200 1.1×	154 1.7×	45 0.9×	54	814
Franco Merni Italy	15	585 1.0×	293 1.6×	113 0.6×	86 1.0×	56 1.1×	47	714
Steve Barrett United Kingdom	15	908 1.5×	167 0.9×	320 1.7×	181 2.0×	53 1.1×	39	974

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Ditroilo, Massimiliano, et al.. (2018). The effect of water-based plyometric training on vertical stiffness and athletic performance. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0208439–e0208439. 13 indexed citations

Johnston, Richard J., Mark L. Watsford, Damien J. Austin, Matthew J. Pine, & Robert W. Spurrs. (2016). Movement Profiles, Match Events, and Performance in Australian Football. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 30(8). 2129–2137. 23 indexed citations

Johnston, Richard J., Mark L. Watsford, Damien J. Austin, Matthew J. Pine, & Robert W. Spurrs. (2015). Player acceleration and deceleration profiles in professional Australian football.. PubMed. 55(9). 931–9. 16 indexed citations

Johnston, Richard J., Mark L. Watsford, Damien J. Austin, Matthew J. Pine, & Robert W. Spurrs. (2015). An Examination of the Relationship Between Movement Demands and Rating of Perceived Exertion in Australian Footballers. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 29(7). 2026–2033. 12 indexed citations

Johnston, Richard J., Mark L. Watsford, Damien J. Austin, Matthew J. Pine, & Robert W. Spurrs. (2015). Movement Demands and Metabolic Power Comparisons Between Elite and Subelite Australian Footballers. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 29(10). 2738–2744. 19 indexed citations

Johnston, Richard J., Mark L. Watsford, Matthew J. Pine, & Robert W. Spurrs. (2014). Standardisation of Acceleration Zones in Professional Field Sport Athletes. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 9(5). 1161–1168. 16 indexed citations

Johnston, Richard J., Mark L. Watsford, Stephen Kelly, Matthew J. Pine, & Robert W. Spurrs. (2013). Validity and Interunit Reliability of 10 Hz and 15 Hz GPS Units for Assessing Athlete Movement Demands. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 28(6). 1649–1655. 331 indexed citations breakdown →

Johnston, Richard J., et al.. (2013). Assessment of 5 Hz and 10 Hz GPS units for measuring athlete movement demands. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport. 13(1). 262–274. 46 indexed citations

Johnston, Richard J., Mark L. Watsford, Matthew J. Pine, et al.. (2012). The Validity and Reliability of 5-hZ Global Positioning System Units to Measure Team Sport Movement Demands. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 26(3). 758–765. 120 indexed citations

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Pruyn, Elizabeth C., Mark L. Watsford, Aron J. Murphy, et al.. (2012). Seasonal Variation of Leg Stiffness in Professional Australian Rules Footballers. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 27(7). 1775–1779. 10 indexed citations

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Pruyn, Elizabeth C., Mark L. Watsford, Aron J. Murphy, et al.. (2011). Relationship between leg stiffness and lower body injuries in professional Australian football. Journal of Sports Sciences. 30(1). 71–78. 40 indexed citations

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Johnston, Richard J., et al.. (1972). The Temporal and Spatial Incidence of Agricultural Depression in Dorset, 1868-1902. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 3(2). 297–297. 2 indexed citations

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Singh, Devendra Narain, William S. Maki, Richard J. Johnston, & Harold J. Klosterman. (1970). Effect of Visual Pattern Restriction in Early Life on Brain Enzyme, Body Weight and Learning in the Rat. Nature. 228(5270). 471–472. 5 indexed citations

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Singh, Devendra Narain, Richard J. Johnston, & Harold J. Klosterman. (1970). Effect of visual pattern restriction in early life on brain enzyme in the rat. Psychonomic Science. 19(3). 173–174. 2 indexed citations

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Singh, Devendra Narain, et al.. (1969). Effects of visual pattern restriction on sensory reinforcement in the rat. Psychonomic Science. 15(3). 117–118. 4 indexed citations

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Singh, Devendra Narain, Richard J. Johnston, & Harold J. Klosterman. (1967). Effect on Brain Enzyme and Behaviour in the Rat of Visual Pattern Restriction in Early Life. Nature. 216(5122). 1337–1338. 7 indexed citations

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