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John van der Kamp publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John van der Kamp sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 198 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

John van der Kamp D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John van der Kamp sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

John van der Kamp is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a significant number of publications also contributing to subfields such as Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Social Psychology, and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

The scientist's main areas of study include Sport Psychology and Performance, Motor Control and Adaptation, Sports Performance and Training, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Children's Physical and Motor Development, Sports Analytics and Performance, and Sports Injuries and Prevention.

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on motor learning, creativity in sports, injury prevention, and tailored instruction methods within physical education. Recent publications include:

  • Variability and creativity in small-sided conditioned games among elite soccer players, 2020, Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Motor learning methods that induce high practice variability reduce kinematic and kinetic risk factors of non-contact ACL injury, 2021, Human Movement Science
  • The effects of linear, nonlinear, and differential motor learning methods on the emergence of creative action in individual soccer players, 2021, Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Tailoring explicit and implicit instruction methods to the verbal working memory capacity of students with special needs can benefit motor learning outcomes in physical education, 2021, Learning and Individual Differences
  • Goalkeeping in the soccer penalty kick: The dive is coordinated to the kicker's non-kicking leg placement, irrespective of time constraints, 2021, Human Movement Science

The scientist's research appears frequently in specific academic venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Human Movement Science
  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • Motor Control

John van der Kamp has collaborated extensively with several colleagues, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Geert J.P. Savelsbergh
  • Dominic Orth
  • Daniel Memmert
  • Elmar Kal
  • Ran Zheng

Best Publications

  • Anticipation and visual search behaviour in expert soccer goalkeepers

    Geert J. P. Savelsbergh;John Van der Kamp;A. Mark Williams;Paul Ward

  • External attentional focus enhances movement automatization: a comprehensive test of the constrained action hypothesis.

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  • The Power of Auditory-Motor Synchronization in Sports: Enhancing Running Performance by Coupling Cadence with the Right Beats

    Robert Jan Bood;Marijn Nijssen;John van der Kamp;John van der Kamp;Melvyn Roerdink

  • Creative Motor Actions As Emerging from Movement Variability.

    Dominic Orth;John van der Kamp;Daniel Memmert;Geert J. P. Savelsbergh

  • A field simulation study of the effectiveness of penalty kick strategies in soccer: late alterations of kick direction increase errors and reduce accuracy.

    John Van Der Kamp

  • Implicit and explicit learning: Applications from basic research to sports for individuals with impaired movement dynamics

    Bert Steenbergen;John van der Kamp;Marion Verneau;Marjolein Jongbloed-Pereboom

  • Visual timing and adaptive behavior in a road-crossing simulation study

    Arenda F. te Velde;John van der Kamp;José A. Barela;Geert J.P. Savelsbergh;Geert J.P. Savelsbergh

  • Information in learning to co-ordinate and control movements: Is there a need for specificity of practice?

    Geert J.P. Savelsbergh;John Van Der Kamp

  • The effect of body orientation to gravity on early infant reaching.

    G. J. P. Savelsbergh;J. Van Der Kamp

  • Attentional processes in skill learning and expert performance

    Bruce Abernethy;Jonathon P. Maxwell;Richard S. W. Masters;John Van Der Kamp

  • Body-scaled ratio as a control parameter for prehension in 5- to 9-year-old children.

    John van der Kamp;Geert J. P. Savelsbergh;Walter E. Davis

  • Does implicit motor learning lead to greater automatization of motor skills compared to explicit motor learning?: A systematic review

    Elmar Kal;Rens Prosée;Marinus Winters;John van der Kamp

  • An examination of motor and perceptual contributions to the recognition of deception from others' actions.

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  • Transfer of motor learning from virtual to natural environments in individuals with cerebral palsy.

    Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro;Thais Massetti;Talita Dias da Silva;John van der Kamp;John van der Kamp

  • On the use of situation and body information in goalkeeper actions during a soccer penalty kick

    Jose Antonio Navia;John Van Der Kamp;Miguel Ruiz;Spain Toledo

  • The effects of self-controlled video feedback on motor learning and self-efficacy in a Physical Education setting: an exploratory study on the shot-put

    Marjan Kok;Annet Komen;Laurien van Capelleveen;John van der Kamp

  • Control of prehension in hemiparetic cerebral palsy: similarities and differences between the ipsi- and contra-lesional sides of the body.

    Bert Steenbergen;John van der Kamp

  • An analysis of soccer referee experiences in France and the Netherlands: Abuse, conflict, and level of support

    Thomas Webb;Matt Dicks;Richard Thelwell;John van der Kamp;John van der Kamp

  • Combat as an Interpersonal Synergy: An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Combat Sports.

    Kai Krabben;Dominic Orth;John van der Kamp

  • The development of a method for identifying penalty kick strategies in association football

    Benjamin Noël;Philip Furley;John van der Kamp;Matt Dicks

  • Development and learning: A TASC-based perspective of the acquisition of perceptual-motor behaviors

    Karl S. Rosengren;Geert J.P. Savelsbergh;Geert J.P. Savelsbergh;John van der Kamp

  • Aligning Digital Video Technology with Game Pedagogy in Physical Education

    Jeroen Koekoek;Hans van der Mars;John van der Kamp;Wytse Walinga

  • Three- to eight-month-old infants’ catching under monocular and binocular vision

    Paulion van Hof;John van der Kamp;John van der Kamp;Geert J.P. Savelsbergh;Geert J.P. Savelsbergh

  • Affordances and neuroscience : Steps towards a successful marriage

    Matthieu M de Wit;Simon de Vries;John van der Kamp;Rob Withagen

Frequent Co-Authors

Geert J.P. Savelsbergh
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bert Steenbergen
Bert Steenbergen Radboud University
Rich S. W. Masters
Rich S. W. Masters University of Waikato
Daniel Memmert
Daniel Memmert German Sport University Cologne
Karl S. Rosengren
Karl S. Rosengren University of Wisconsin–Madison
Keith Davids
Keith Davids Sheffield Hallam University
Jamie M. Poolton
Jamie M. Poolton Leeds Beckett University
Raôul R. D. Oudejans
Raôul R. D. Oudejans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Erik J. A. Scherder
Erik J. A. Scherder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Richard C. Thelwell
Richard C. Thelwell University of Portsmouth

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