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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Bert De Smedt

Bert De Smedt publishes mostly in Statistics and Probability, Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology, on topics such as Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques and Reading and Literacy Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-3313-3278 OpenAlex
World rank
#253,414
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#1,945
of 67,186
Works
430
Citations
11k
Citations per work
26.0
h-index
55
i10-index 158Top 2.1% in Statistics and Probability
Bert De Smedt

What does Bert De Smedt research?

Bert De Smedt's work is mostly in Mathematics (31%), Social Sciences (22%), Psychology (14%).

Social Sciences: 157 works · 36.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 95 works · 22.2% of their workEducation: 95 works · 22.2% of their workPsychology: 61 works · 14.2% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 61 works · 14.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 147 works · 34.2% of their workMathematics: 133 works · 31.0% of their workStatistics and Probability: 118 works · 27.5% of their workApplied Mathematics: 15 works · 3.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 works · 3.2% of their workAtmospheric Science: 14 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 83 works · 19.2% of their workLife Sciences: 44 works · 10.2% of their workNeuroscience: 44 works · 10.2% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 44 works · 10.2% of their workTHEIR WORKBert De Smedt430works
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences34%Social Sciences36%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9522.2%
    2. Psychology6114.2%
    1. Mathematics13331.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences143.2%
  3. Everything else8319.2%
    1. Neuroscience4410.2%
  1. 1Statistics and Probability28% of their works
  2. 2Education22% of their works
  3. 3Developmental and Educational Psychology14% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience10% of their works
  5. 5Applied Mathematics4% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Bert De Smedt's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cognitive Development, Mathematical Achievement, Numerical Cognition, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge, Dyslexia, Reading Acquisition and Teacher Training.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Cognitive Development3182 topics
  2. Mathematical Achievement2881 topic
  3. Numerical Cognition2881 topic
  4. Pedagogical Content Knowledge1581 topic
  5. Teacher Knowledge1581 topic
  6. Dyslexia1071 topic
  7. Reading Acquisition1071 topic
  8. Teacher Training932 topics
  9. Education631 topic
  10. Neuroscience631 topic
  11. Mathematical Literacy371 topic
  12. Problem-Solving371 topic
  13. Child Development301 topic
  14. Montessori Education301 topic
  15. Congenital201 topic
  16. Coronary Artery Anomalies201 topic
  17. Auditory Cortex151 topic
  18. Temporal Processing151 topic

Where does Bert De Smedt work?

Bert De Smedt's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Bert De Smedt have?

OpenAlex counts 430 works and 11,182 citations for Bert De Smedt, an h-index of 55, ranking #253,414 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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