2026 Maurizio Bertollo: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	36	9554	8936	209	205	138	5111

Overview

Maurizio Bertollo is affiliated with the University of Chieti-Pescara in Italy and specializes in research primarily within psychology and medicine. Their research contributions encompass multiple subfields, including social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, orthopedics and sports medicine, and clinical psychology.

Their work addresses a range of topics centered on sport psychology and performance, motivation and self-concept in sports, sports performance and training, behavioral health and interventions, neural and behavioral psychology studies, physical education and pedagogy, as well as children's physical and motor development.

Maurizio Bertollo's research has been published in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

Frontiers in Psychology
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Psychology of Sport and Exercise
Heliyon
Preprints.org

Notable recent papers include:

The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and psychobiosocial states in Italian athletes (2020), International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Athletes and adversities: athletic identity and emotional regulation in time of COVID-19 (2020), Sport Sciences for Health
Promoting Physical Activity during School Closures Imposed by the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Physical Education Teachers' Behaviors in France, Italy and Turkey (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Coaches' Perception of Stress and Emotion Regulation Strategies (2021), Frontiers in Psychology
Integrating technology in psychological skills training for performance optimization in elite athletes: A systematic review (2021), Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Maurizio Bertollo include:

Selenia di Fronso
Claudio Robazza
Luca Bovolon
Cristina Montesano
Sérgio Hofmeister de Almeida Martins Costa

Best Publications

Recovery and Performance in Sport: Consensus Statement

Michael Kellmann;Michael Kellmann;Maurizio Bertollo;Maurizio Bertollo;Laurent Bosquet;Laurent Bosquet;Michel Brink

778
Citations
FEPSAC position statement : Mental health disorders in elite athletes and models of service provision

Karin Moesch;Göran Kenttä;Jens Kleinert;Cédric Quignon-Fleuret

285
Citations
The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and psychobiosocial states in Italian athletes

Selenia di Fronso;Sergio Costa;Cristina Montesano;Francesco Di Gruttola

218
Citations
Visuo-attentional and sensorimotor alpha rhythms are related to visuo-motor performance in athletes.

Claudio Del Percio;Claudio Babiloni;Maurizio Bertollo;Nicola Marzano

201
Citations
Improving Cycling Performance: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Increases Time to Exhaustion in Cycling.

Marcelo Vitor-Costa;Marcelo Vitor-Costa;Nilo Massaru Okuno;Henrique Bortolotti;Henrique Bortolotti;Maurizio Bertollo

179
Citations
Competence, achievement goals, motivational climate, and pleasant psychobiosocial states in youth sport

Laura Bortoli;Maurizio Bertollo;Silvia Comani;Claudio Robazza

154
Citations
Striving for excellence: A multi-action plan intervention model for Shooters

Laura Bortoli;Maurizio Bertollo;Yuri Hanin;Claudio Robazza

151
Citations
Mental preparation strategies of elite modern pentathletes

Maurizio Bertollo;Beatrice Saltarelli;Claudio Robazza

139
Citations
Development of mu rhythm in infants and preschool children.

M. Berchicci;T. Zhang;L. Romero;A. Peters

124
Citations
Multidimensional Monitoring of Recovery Status and Implications for Performance

Jahan Heidari;Juergen Beckmann;Juergen Beckmann;Maurizio Bertollo;Maurizio Bertollo;Michel Brink

120
Citations
Functional impact of emotions on athletic performance: Comparing the IZOF model and the directional perception approach

Claudio Robazza;Melinda Pellizzari;Maurizio Bertollo;Yuri L. Hanin

115
Citations
Proficient brain for optimal performance: the MAP model perspective.

Maurizio Bertollo;Selenia di Fronso;Edson Filho;Silvia Conforto

107
Citations
Functional coupling of parietal alpha rhythms is enhanced in athletes before visuomotor performance: a coherence electroencephalographic study

C. Del Percio;M. Iacoboni;R. Lizio;N. Marzano

97
Citations
Pubertal development, physical self-perception, and motivation toward physical activity in girls

Dina Labbrozzi;Claudio Robazza;Maurizio Bertollo;Ines Bucci

95
Citations
Dispositional goal orientations, motivational climate, and psychobiosocial states in youth sport.

Laura Bortoli;Maurizio Bertollo;Claudio Robazza

92
Citations
Stress and recovery balance in amateur basketball players: differences by gender and preparation phase.

Selenia di Fronso;Fabio Y Nakamura;Laura Bortoli;Claudio Robazza

86
Citations
Striatal Activity during Intentional Switching Depends on Pattern Stability

Cinzia De Luca;Kelly J. Jantzen;Silvia Comani;Maurizio Bertollo

76
Citations
Neural Markers of Performance States in an Olympic Athlete: An EEG Case Study in Air-Pistol Shooting.

Selenia di Fronso;Claudio Robazza;Edson Filho;Laura Bortoli

75
Citations
Athletes and adversities: athletic identity and emotional regulation in time of COVID-19.

Sergio Costa;Giampaolo Santi;Selenia di Fronso;Cristina Montesano

71
Citations
Dry EEG in Sports Sciences: A Fast and Reliable Tool to Assess Individual Alpha Peak Frequency Changes Induced by Physical Effort

Selenia di Fronso;Patrique Fiedler;Gabriella Tamburro;Jens Haueisen

71
Citations
Temporal pattern of pre-shooting psycho-physiological states in elite athletes: A probabilistic approach

Maurizio Bertollo;Claudio Robazza;Walter Nicola Falasca;Massimiliano Stocchi

60
Citations
Frequency and direction of competitive anger in contact sports.

B Robazza;M Bertollo;L Bortoli

60
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gershon Tenenbaum Reichman University

Peter C. Terry University of Southern Queensland

Boris Cheval École Normale Supérieure de Rennes

Andreas J. Fallgatter University of Tübingen

Philippe Sarrazin Grenoble Alpes University

Athanasios Papaioannou University Of Thessaly

Markus Raab German Sport University Cologne

Leslie Podlog University of Montreal

Salvatore Campanella Université Libre de Bruxelles

Claudio Imperatori European University of Rome

External Links

Personal website of Maurizio Bertollo

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