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74
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1879
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100

Joseph Baker 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 Joseph Baker sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 389 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph Baker 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 Joseph Baker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joseph Baker is a researcher affiliated with York University in Canada, with a significant body of work focused on sports science, particularly in the areas of sports performance, psychology, and medicine. Their research spans topics such as talent identification and development, sports injuries, motivation, and sports analytics.

The main fields of study in Baker's research include Medicine and Psychology. Within these broad fields, subfields of interest are Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Economics and Econometrics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The primary topics covered in their work are:

  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Genetics and Physical Performance

Baker has published in several prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS)
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Sports Medicine

Notable recent papers from Baker and colleagues are:

  • "Challenges and [Possible] Solutions to Optimizing Talent Identification and Development in Sport," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Talent Research in Sport 1990-2018: A Scoping Review," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Assessing Technical Skills in Talented Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review," 2020, Sports Medicine
  • "Defining "elite" status in sport: from chaos to clarity," 2021, German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
  • "Waste Reduction Strategies: Factors Affecting Talent Wastage and the Efficacy of Talent Selection in Sport," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology

Joseph Baker collaborates frequently with several co-authors. These include:

  • Kathryn Johnston
  • Adam L. Kelly
  • A. McAuley
  • Nick Wattie
  • Alexandra Mosher

Best Publications

  • Practice and play in the development of sport expertise.

    Jean Côté;Joseph Baker;Bruce Abernethy

  • Sport-Specific Practice and the Development of Expert Decision-Making in Team Ball Sports

    Joseph Baker;Jeane Cote;Bruce Abernethy

  • Annual age-grouping and athlete development: a meta-analytical review of relative age effects in sport.

    Stephen Cobley;Joseph Baker;Nick Wattie;Jim McKenna

  • From play to practice: A developmental framework for the acquisition of expertise in team sports

    J. Cote;J. Baker;A.B. Abernethy

  • When “where” is more important than “when”: Birthplace and birthdate effects on the achievement of sporting expertise

    Jean Côté;Dany J. Macdonald;Joseph Baker;Bruce Abernethy

  • Early Specialization in Youth Sport: A Requirement for Adult Expertise?.

    Joseph Baker

  • A review of primary and secondary influences on sport expertise

    Joseph Baker;Sean Horton

  • NURTURING SPORT EXPERTISE: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELITE ATHLETE

    Joseph Baker;Sean Horton;Jennifer Robertson-Wilson;Michael Wall

  • AOSSM Early Sport Specialization Consensus Statement

    Robert F. LaPrade;Julie Agel;Joseph Baker;Joel S. Brenner

  • Learning from the experts: practice activities of expert decision makers in sport.

    Joseph Baker;Jean Côté;Bruce Abernethy

  • Talent Identification in Sport: A Systematic Review

    Kathryn Johnston;Nick Wattie;Jörg Schorer;Joseph Baker

  • What do we know about early sport specialization? Not much!

    Joseph Baker;Stephen Cobley;Jessica Fraser‐Thomas

  • Transfer of pattern recall skills may contribute to the development of sport expertise

    Bruce Abernethy;Bruce Abernethy;Joseph Baker;Joseph Baker;Jean Côté;Jean Côté

  • Expertise in Ultra-Endurance Triathletes Early Sport Involvement, Training Structure, and the Theory of Deliberate Practice

    Joseph Baker;Jean Côté;Janice Deakin

  • Play and practice in the development of sport‐specific creativity in team ball sports

    Daniel Memmert;Joseph Baker;Claudia Bertsch

  • Influences of competition level, gender, player nationality, career stage and playing position on relative age effects.

    J. Schorer;S. Cobley;D. Büsch;H. Bräutigam

  • The Relative Age Effect in Sport: A Developmental Systems Model

    Nick Wattie;Jörg Schorer;Joseph Baker

  • Towards a unified understanding of relative age effects

    Nick Wattie;Stephen Cobley;Joseph Baker

  • 20 years later: deliberate practice and the development of expertise in sport

    Joseph Baker;Bradley Young

  • Relationship of physical fitness test results and hockey playing potential in elite-level ice hockey players.

    Jaime F Burr;Roni K Jamnik;Joseph Baker;Alison Macpherson

  • The relationship between coaching behaviours and sport anxiety in athletes

    Joseph Baker;Jean Côté;Robert Hawes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Schorer
Jörg Schorer Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Jean Côté
Jean Côté Queen's University
Stephen Cobley
Stephen Cobley University of Sydney
Damian Farrow
Damian Farrow Victoria University
Werner Helsen
Werner Helsen KU Leuven
Bruce Abernethy
Bruce Abernethy University of Queensland
Keith Davids
Keith Davids Sheffield Hallam University
Jim McKenna
Jim McKenna Leeds Beckett University
Norbert Hagemann
Norbert Hagemann University of Kassel
Chris Visscher
Chris Visscher University Medical Center Groningen

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