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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 44 4089 3776 31 30 166 9756

Chris Button publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Chris Button between 1997 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Chris Button published across 27 years, from 1997 to 2023, averaging 6.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2015. 15 of the 185 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2015. 1997: 2 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 9 publications
1997 2023

185 publications in total across all disciplines

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Chris Button: publications per year, 1997 to 2023
Year Publications
1997 2
1998 1
1999 2
2000 1
2001 2
2002 2
2003 2
2004 3
2005 4
2006 10
2007 7
2008 9
2009 7
2010 11
2011 9
2012 4
2013 9
2014 11
2015 16
2016 8
2017 11
2018 7
2019 6
2020 10
2021 16
2022 6
2023 9
Total 185
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Chris Button 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 Chris Button sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 164–173 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 166 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391 166
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Chris Button 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 Chris Button sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 44 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

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.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269 44
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Chris Button is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple topics within medicine and psychology, with significant focus on physical education, motor development, and public health.

Their recent scholarly output includes:

  • Skill Acquisition Methods Fostering Physical Literacy in Early-Physical Education (SAMPLE-PE): Rationale and Study Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in 5-6-Year-Old Children From Deprived Areas of North West England (2020), Frontiers in Psychology
  • Education and transfer of water competencies: An ecological dynamics approach (2020), European Physical Education Review
  • Teaching Foundational Aquatic Skills to Children in Open Water Environments (2020), International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education
  • The Poor "Wealth" of Brazilian Football: How Poverty May Shape Skill and Expertise of Players (2021), Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • The Influence of Equipment and Environment on Children and Young Adults Learning Aquatic Skills (2021), Frontiers in Psychology

Chris Button has also contributed to a book published by Human Kinetics titled Dynamics of Skill Acquisition (2021).

Their research primarily intersects the fields of medicine and psychology, with key subfields including:

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology

Within these domains, main research topics addressed by Button are:

  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Physical Education and Pedagogy
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Child and Animal Learning Development

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Developmental Psychobiology
  • Preprints.org

Collaboration is a feature of their research activity, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Carolina Burnay
  • David I. Anderson
  • Ludovic Seifert
  • Rita Cordovil
  • James L. Croft

Best Publications

  • The Role of Nonlinear Pedagogy in Physical Education

    Jia Yi Chow;Keith Davids;Chris Button;Rick Shuttleworth

  • Examination of gaze behaviors under in situ and video simulation task constraints reveals differences in information pickup for perception and action

    Matt Dicks;Chris Button;Keith W. Davids

  • Unnatural selection: talent identification and development in sport.

    A. Abott;C Button;G.-J. Pepping;D. Collins

  • Skill acquisition in sport: Some applications of an evolving practice ecology

    Craig Handford;Keith Davids;Simon Bennett;Chris Button

  • The role of ecological dynamics in analysing performance in team sports

    Luís Vilar;Duarte Araújo;Keith Davids;Chris Button

  • Key properties of expert movement systems in sport : an ecological dynamics perspective.

    Ludovic Seifert;Chris Button;Keith Davids

  • Nonlinear Pedagogy in Skill Acquisition: An Introduction

    Jia Yi Chow;Keith Davids;Chris Button;Ian Renshaw

  • Emergence of sport skills under constraints

    Duarte Araujo;Keith Davids;Simon J Bennett;Chris Button

  • Influence of Familiarization on the Reliability of Vertical Jump and Acceleration Sprinting Performance in Physically Active Men

    Gavin L. Moir;Chris Button;Mark Glaister;Michael H. Stone

  • Physical Literacy: Importance, Assessment and Future Directions

    Susan Giblin;Dave Collins;Chris Button

  • Nonlinear pedagogy: a constraints-led framework for understanding emergence of game play and movement skills.

    Jia Yi Chow;Keith W. Davids;Chris Button;Rick Shuttleworth

  • Movement Models from Sports Provide Representative Task Constraints for Studying Adaptive Behavior in Human Movement Systems

    Keith Davids;Chris Button;Duarte Araújo;Ian Renshaw

  • Nonlinear pedagogy: an effective approach to cater for individual differences in learning a sports skill.

    Miriam Chang Yi Lee;Jia Yi Chow;John Komar;Clara Wee Keat Tan

  • How Boxers Decide to Punch a Target: Emergent Behaviour in Nonlinear Dynamical Movement Systems

    Robert Hristovski;Keith Davids;Duarte Araújo;Chris Button

  • Individual differences in the visual control of intercepting a penalty kick in association football

    Matt Dicks;Keith W. Davids;Chris Button

  • Why the Constraints-Led Approach is not Teaching Games for Understanding: a clarification

    Ian Renshaw;Duarte Araújo;Chris Button;Jia Yi Chow

  • Availability of advance visual information constrains association-football goalkeeping performance during penalty kicks

    Matt Dicks;Chris Button;Keith W. Davids

  • Coordination changes in a discrete multi-articular action as a function of practice.

    Jia Yi Chow;Keith Davids;Chris Button;Michael Koh

  • Complex systems in sport

    Keith Davids;Robert Hristovski;Duarte Araujo;Natalia Balague Serre

  • The psychological and performance demands of association football refereeing.

    D. Mascarenhas;D. O'Hare;H. Plessner;C. Button

  • The influence of familiarization on the reliability of force variables measured during unloaded and loaded vertical jumps.

    Gavin L. Moir;Ross H. Sanders;Chris Button;Mark Glaister

  • Representative task designs for the study of perception and action in sport.

    Matt Dicks;Keith Davids;Chris Button

  • An integrative modeling approach to the study of intentional movement behavior

    Keith Davids;A.M. Williams;C Button;M Court

  • Physical performance and decision making in association football referees: a naturalistic study

    D.R.D. Mascarenhas;C. Button;D. O’Hare;M. Dicks

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Davids
Keith Davids Sheffield Hallam University
Duarte Araújo
Duarte Araújo University of Lisbon
Ian Renshaw
Ian Renshaw Queensland University of Technology
Rich S. W. Masters
Rich S. W. Masters University of Waikato
Jeffery J. Summers
Jeffery J. Summers Liverpool John Moores University
John van der Kamp
John van der Kamp Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dave Collins
Dave Collins University of Edinburgh
Ken Hodge
Ken Hodge University of Otago
Caterina Pesce
Caterina Pesce Sapienza University of Rome
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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