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What is mental fatigue in elite sport? Perceptions from athletes and staff

Overview of attention for article published in European Journal of Sport Science, May 2019
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (93rd percentile)

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Article details
Title
What is mental fatigue in elite sport? Perceptions from athletes and staff
Published in
European Journal of Sport Science, May 2019
DOI 10.1080/17461391.2019.1618397
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 393 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 55 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 11%
Student > Bachelor 33 8%
Researcher 29 7%
Lecturer 14 4%
Other 52 13%
Unknown 168 43%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 119 30%
Psychology 32 8%
Social Sciences 14 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 3%
Other 29 7%
Unknown 176 45%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 155. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2025.
All research outputs
#335,607
of 34,599,069 outputs
Outputs from European Journal of Sport Science
#53
of 2,207 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,521
of 396,097 outputs
Outputs of similar age from European Journal of Sport Science
#3
of 49 outputs
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