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Andrea Petróczi publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrea Petróczi sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 174 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Andrea Petróczi D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrea Petróczi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrea Petróczi is affiliated with Kingston University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines including social sciences, psychology, and medicine, with a significant focus on doping in sports and related behavioral health studies.

The main fields of study covered in Petróczi's work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Petróczi's subfields of study show an interdisciplinary approach involving:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Gender Studies
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Economics and Econometrics

The following main topics have been central to their research contributions:

  • Doping in Sports
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Sports, Gender, and Society
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Petróczi has published extensively in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • Performance Enhancement & Health
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Psychology of sport and exercise
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Some of the recent papers featuring Petróczi's research include:

  • "Understanding and building clean(er) sport together: Community-based participatory research with elite athletes and anti-doping organisations from five European countries", 2021, published in Psychology of sport and exercise
  • "Doping Prevalence in Competitive Sport: Evidence Synthesis with 'Best Practice' Recommendations and Reporting Guidelines from the WADA Working Group on Doping Prevalence", 2021, published in Sports Medicine
  • "Doing What Is Right and Doing It Right": A Mapping Review of Athletes' Perception of Anti-Doping Legitimacy", 2020, published in International Journal of Drug Policy
  • "Does ORTO-15 produce valid data for 'Orthorexia Nervosa'? A mixed-method examination of participants' interpretations of the fifteen test items", 2020, published in Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • "Effects of orthodox religious fasting versus combined energy and time restricted eating on body weight, lipid concentrations and glycaemic profile", 2020, published in International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Petróczi has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably:

  • Sam N. Thrower
  • Vassilis Barkoukis
  • Maarten Cruyff
  • Ian D. Boardley
  • Lambros Lazuras

The body of work illustrates an emphasis on doping-related research tied with sports psychology, performance monitoring, and ethical considerations in competitive sports environments.

Best Publications

  • Fuzzy communities and the concept of bridgeness in complex networks.

    Tamás Nepusz;Andrea Petróczi;László Négyessy;Fülöp Bazsó

  • Psychological drivers in doping: The life-cycle model of performance enhancement

    Andrea Petróczi;Eugene Aidman

  • Measuring tie-strength in virtual social networks

    Andrea Petroczi;Fülöp Bazsó;Tamás Nepusz

  • Gateway to doping? Supplement use in the context of preferred competitive situations, doping attitude, beliefs, and norms.

    S. H. Backhouse;L. Whitaker;A. Petróczi;A. Petróczi

  • Attitudes and doping: a structural equation analysis of the relationship between athletes' attitudes, sport orientation and doping behaviour.

    Andrea Petróczi

  • Measuring explicit attitude toward doping: Review of the psychometric properties of the Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale

    Andrea Petróczi;Andrea Petróczi;Eugene Aidman

  • Doping in Two Elite Athletics Competitions Assessed by Randomized-Response Surveys

    Rolf Ulrich;Harrison G. Pope;Harrison G. Pope;Léa Cléret;Andrea Petróczi;Andrea Petróczi

  • Nutritional supplement use by elite young UK athletes: fallacies of advice regarding efficacy

    Andrea Petroczi;Declan P Naughton;Gemma Pearce;Richard A. Bailey

  • Mission impossible? Regulatory and enforcement issues to ensure safety of dietary supplements.

    Andrea Petroczi;Glenn Taylor;Declan Naughton

  • Misleading measures in Vitamin D analysis: A novel LC-MS/MS assay to account for epimers and isobars

    Iltaf Shah;Ricky James;James Barker;Andrea Petroczi

  • Self-admitted behavior and perceived use of performance-enhancing vs psychoactive drugs among competitive athletes.

    M. Uvacsek;T. Nepusz;T. Nepusz;D. P. Naughton;J. Mazanov

  • Doping and supplementation: the attitudes of talented young athletes

    A.J. Bloodworth;A. Petróczi;R. Bailey;Gemma Pearce

  • Methodological considerations regarding response bias effect in substance use research: is correlation between the measured variables sufficient?

    Andrea Petróczi;Andrea Petróczi;Tamás Nepusz;Tamás Nepusz

  • Performance enhancement with supplements: incongruence between rationale and practice

    Andrea Petróczi;Declan P Naughton;Jason Mazanov;Allison Holloway

  • The age-gender-status profile of high performing athletes in the UK taking nutritional supplements: Lessons for the future

    Andrea Petroczi;Declan P Naughton

  • A Systematic Review on the Herbal Extract Tribulus terrestris and the Roots of its Putative Aphrodisiac and Performance Enhancing Effect

    Ahmed Qureshi;Declan P Naughton;Andrea Petroczi

  • Heavy metal ions in wines: meta-analysis of target hazard quotients reveal health risks

    Declan P Naughton;Andrea Petróczi

  • Assessment of nutritional knowledge in female athletes susceptible to the Female Athlete Triad syndrome

    Philippa Raymond-Barker;Andrea Petroczi;Eleanor Quested

  • An observational study reveals that neonatal vitamin D is primarily determined by maternal contributions: implications of a new assay on the roles of vitamin D forms.

    Spyridon N Karras;Iltaf Shah;Andrea Petroczi;Dimitrios G Goulis

  • A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni): results from a randomised controlled trial

    Tracy Epton;Tracy Epton;Paul Norman;Aba Sah Dadzie;Peter R. Harris

  • Determination of metal ion content of beverages and estimation of target hazard quotients: a comparative study

    Theresa Hague;Andrea Petroczi;Paul L.R. Andrews;James Barker

Frequent Co-Authors

Lambros Lazuras
Lambros Lazuras University of Lincoln
Ralf Brand
Ralf Brand University of Potsdam
Vassilis Barkoukis
Vassilis Barkoukis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Paschal Sheeran
Paschal Sheeran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul C. Cross
Paul C. Cross United States Geological Survey
Alan Brennan
Alan Brennan University of Sheffield
Thomas L. Webb
Thomas L. Webb University of Sheffield
Fabio Lucidi
Fabio Lucidi Sapienza University of Rome
Peter R. Harris
Peter R. Harris University of Sussex
Steven A. Julious
Steven A. Julious University of Sheffield

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