Richard Keegan

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Richard Keegan is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Keegan has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 28 papers in Social Psychology and 22 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard Keegan's work include Sport Psychology and Performance (35 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (26 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (23 papers). Richard Keegan is often cited by papers focused on Sport Psychology and Performance (35 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (26 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (23 papers). Richard Keegan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Richard Keegan's co-authors include Chris Harwood, Christopher M. Spray, Lee Crust, David Lavallee, Christian Swann, Lowri C. Edwards, Anna Bryant, Anwen Jones, Kevin Morgan and David Piggott and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Richard Keegan

110 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Definitions, Foundations and Associations of Physical Literacy: A Systematic Review

2016 359 citations Lowri C. Edwards, Richard Keegan et al. Sports Medicine profile →
‘Measuring’ Physical Literacy and Related Constructs: A Systematic Review of Empirical Findings

2017 179 citations Lowri C. Edwards, Richard Keegan et al. Sports Medicine profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Relationship Between Pain and Interoception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2024 ·Journal of Pain ·(unknown), Simon J. Summers, (unknown), Richard Keegan, Andrew Flood	13
2	Development of the Physical Literacy in Adults Scale (PLAS) 2024 ·Journal of Sports Sciences ·(unknown), Andrew Flood, Lisa M. Barnett, Richard Keegan	5
3	Effects of Holistically Conceptualised School-Based Interventions on Children’s Physical Literacy, Physical Activity, and Other Outcomes: A Systematic Review 2024 ·Sports Medicine - Open ·(unknown), Lauren Arundell, (unknown), Richard Keegan, (unknown), Dean Dudley, Nicola D. Ridgers, Jo Salmon, Lisa M. Barnett	5
4	The effectiveness of physical activity interventions that include both physical activity and psychosocial strategies in people living with a severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2024 ·International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology ·(unknown), Andrew Flood, Richard Keegan	2
5	Make It or Break It? Injury Impacts More Than Half of Deselected Athletes Who Dropped Out of the High‐Performance Pathway System. A 4‐Year Retrospective Cohort Study 2024 ·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports ·(unknown), (unknown), Gordon Waddington, Michael K. Drew, Richard Keegan, Liam A. Toohey	2
6	Development, explanation, and presentation of the Physical Literacy Interventions Reporting Template (PLIRT) 2023 ·International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Johannes Carl, (unknown), Kelly P. Arbour‐Nicitopoulos, Lisa M. Barnett, Dean Dudley, Peter Holler, Richard Keegan, Matthew Kwan, Raffaele Scurati, Raymond Kim Wai Sum, Nalda Wainwright, John Cairney	12
7	Validity, Reliability, and Feasibility of Physical Literacy Assessments Designed for School Children: A Systematic Review 2023 ·Sports Medicine ·Lisa M. Barnett, (unknown), Richard Keegan, (unknown), Lauren Arundell, Nicola D. Ridgers, Jo Salmon, Dean Dudley	29
8	Gender and socioecological level differences in stakeholders' perceptions of athlete attrition factors in an Australian high-performance pathway system 2023 ·Journal of science and medicine in sport ·(unknown), Alex Donaldson, Richard Keegan, (unknown), (unknown), Gordon Waddington, (unknown), Jocelyn K. Mara, Michael K. Drew	1
9	Implementing a Sedentary Behavior Change Smartphone App in Cardiac Rehabilitation 2023 ·The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing ·(unknown), Richard Keegan, Rachel Davey, Nicole Freene	6
10	Stakeholder insights into athlete attrition in the high-performance pathway 2022 ·Journal of science and medicine in sport ·(unknown), Alex Donaldson, Richard Keegan, (unknown), (unknown), Gordon Waddington, (unknown), Michael K. Drew	6
11	A retrospective investigation of the perceived influence of coaches, parents and peers on talented football players’ motivation during development 2021 ·Journal of Applied Sport Psychology ·Bryan McCann, Paul McCarthy, Kay Cooper, Katrina Forbes‐McKay, Richard Keegan	5
12	Smartphone applications for physical activity and sedentary behaviour change in people with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Rachel Davey, Richard Keegan, Nicole Freene	21
13	Development of a self-report scale to assess children’s perceived physical literacy 2020 ·Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy ·Lisa M. Barnett, Emiliano Mazzoli, Mélanie Hawkins, Natalie Lander, David R. Lubans, (unknown), (unknown), Richard Keegan, John Cairney, Dean Dudley, (unknown), (unknown), Natasha Schranz, Trent D. Brown, Jo Salmon	37
14	Art Meets Sport: What Can Actor Training Bring to Physical Literacy Programs? 2020 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Lisa M. Barnett, (unknown), (unknown), John Cairney, Richard Keegan, (unknown), Dean Dudley	15
15	Teacher and school outcomes of the Physical Education and Physical Literacy (PEPL) approach: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a multicomponent intervention to improve physical literacy in primary schools 2020 ·Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy ·Rohan M. Telford, Lisa Olive, Richard Keegan, (unknown), Richard D. Telford	11
16	A smartphone app for sedentary behaviour change in cardiac rehabilitation and the effect on hospital admissions: the ToDo-CR randomised controlled trial study protocol 2020 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Rachel Davey, Richard Keegan, Theo Niyonsenga, Itismita Mohanty, (unknown), Nicole Freene	5
17	The physical education and physical literacy (pepl) approach: a multicomponent primary school intervention targeting physical literacy 2019 ·Journal of science and medicine in sport ·(unknown), Richard D. Telford, Lisa Olive, Richard Keegan, Lisa M. Barnett, (unknown)	2
18	How Is Physical Literacy Defined? A Contemporary Update 2018 ·Journal of Teaching in Physical Education ·(unknown), Hannah Goss, Lowri C. Edwards, Richard Keegan, Zöe Knowles, Lynne M. Boddy, Elizabeth J. Durden-Myers, Lawrence Foweather	86
19	Strategies for bridging the research-practice ‘gap’ in sport and exercise psychology 2017 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Richard Keegan, Stewart T. Cotterill, (unknown), R Newcomer, Vana Hutter	12
20	Why do community-based athletes choose to participate in a modified, low-risk form of boxing? An interpretative phenomenological analysis 2014 ·(unknown), Allan G. Hahn, Richard Keegan, (unknown)	7

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