Research
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Latest papers
Beyond the trained eye: An objective method to predict game sense in team sports.
Journal of sports sciences · 2026 · senior author
Machine learning applications in sport: a scoping review.
Frontiers in psychology · 2026 · senior author
The holistic development of elite male hockey players in Canada.
Psychology of sport and exercise · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $41,800
Evaluation of the Mental Health Strategy for High Performance Sport in Canada: Are we behind, ahead or exactly where we want to be as a nation?
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $38,750
Internet et vaccination : entre communautés virtuelles, savoirs profanes et confiance
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $48,318
Do you see what I see? Understanding talent selection in sport
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
107 publications.
Beyond the trained eye: An objective method to predict game sense in team sports.
Fortin-Guichard D, Johnston K, Romeas T, Wojtowicz M, Lemoyne J, Mann DL, Grondin S, Baker J
Machine learning applications in sport: a scoping review.
Cattle A, Johnston K, McAuley ABT, Kelly A, Baker J
The holistic development of elite male hockey players in Canada.
Glaude M, Bloom GA, Baker J
The complexities of athlete development in North American professional sport.
Lablans D, Johnston K, Baker J
Evidence-Based Insights for the Development and Talent Promotion of Young Athletes in a National Sports Context.
Lundberg TR, Lind J, Baker J, Lundkvist E, Lascu A, Johnston K, Côté J, Fransen J, Ivarsson A
Sport-specific demands on sustained attention in elite athletes: a novel within-subjects approach for investigation.
Blumberg MJ, Esterman M, Johnston K, Wattie N, Brough J, Atkison R, Baker J, Wojtowicz M
A Bayesian perspective on geographic influences in coach decision-making for athlete identification and selection.
Johnston K, Wang Y, Trace J, Baker J, Richard V, Roberts A
Will artificial intelligence solve the riddle of athlete development? A critical review of how AI is being used for athlete identification, selection, and development.
Baker J, Cattle A, McAuley A, Kelly A, Johnston K
Principles of talent identification in sport: The Talent Identification and Development Environments in Sport (TIDES) Society position statement.
Kelly AL, Johnston K, Till K, McAuley ABT, Reeves MJ, Dugdale JH, Andrew M, Finnegan L, Martindale R, Koopman T, Larkin P, Unnithan VB, Den Hartigh RJR, Höner O, Schorer J, Faber I, Bergkamp TLG, Verbeek J, Lorenzo Calvo A, Brustio PR, Kearney PE, Lascu A, Wachsmuth S, Rongen F, Roberts S, Roca A, McCalman W, Bennett KJM, Partington A, Titley-Wall H, Kite R, Fortin-Guichard D, Francis J, Barraclough S, Bergmann F, Leyhr D, Mitchell T, Kubayi A, Hope E, Alder S, Mannix P, Triggs A, Maximos Y, Braybrook K, Morganti G, Oakes P, Sargent Megicks B, Elder K, Peringa IP, King M, van Rijbroek M, Lind J, McGillick C, Cain A, Teoldo da Costa I, Baker J
Challenges and Solutions to Supporting Physical Literacy within Youth Sport.
Till K, Lara-Bercial S, Baker J, Morley D
Evaluation of the Mental Health Strategy for High Performance Sport in Canada: Are we behind, ahead or exactly where we want to be as a nation?
Principal investigators: Durand-Bush, Natalie
Keywords: mental health; sport; evaluation; strategic plan; participatory action research; sport culture
Internet et vaccination : entre communautés virtuelles, savoirs profanes et confiance
Principal investigators: Malo, Benjamin
Keywords: anthropologie médicale; anthropologie sociale et culturelle; internet; communautés virtuelles; savoirs; confiance; représentation sociales; vaccination; Canada
Do you see what I see? Understanding talent selection in sport
Principal investigators: Baker, Joseph
Keywords: talent; sport; selection; bias
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Kinesiology and Health Sciences
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Family Medicine
- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Alison Macpherson
Kinesiology and Health Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2008
Nick Reed
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Tim Taha
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Michelle Keightley
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Margo Mountjoy
Family Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Andrew Howard
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2007
Andrew Howard
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
1 shared papers, latest 2007
Michael Rotondi
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Michael Rotondi
Kinesiology and Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2016
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