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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Kathrin Gerling

Kathrin Gerling publishes mostly in Human-Computer Interaction, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Educational Games and Gamification and Technology Use by Older Adults.

ORCID 0000-0002-8449-6124 OpenAlex
World rank
#69,954
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#388
of 67,186
Works
213
Citations
4.8k
Citations per work
22.6
h-index
37
i10-index 87Top 3.6% in Human-Computer Interaction
Kathrin Gerling

What does Kathrin Gerling research?

Kathrin Gerling's work is mostly in Social Sciences (23%), Computer Science (19%), Psychology (12%).

Everything else: 89 works · 42.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 74 works · 34.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 50 works · 23.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 22 works · 10.3% of their workDemography: 17 works · 8.0% of their workEducation: 11 works · 5.0% of their workPsychology: 25 works · 11.6% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 25 works · 11.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 40 works · 18.8% of their workComputer Science: 40 works · 18.8% of their workHuman-Computer Interaction: 40 works · 18.8% of their workLife Sciences: 9 works · 4.3% of their workNeuroscience: 9 works · 4.3% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 works · 4.3% of their workTHEIR WORKKathrin Gerling213works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences19%Social Sciences35%

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. Everything else8942.0%
    1. Social Sciences5023.3%
    2. Psychology2511.6%
    1. Computer Science4018.8%
    1. Neuroscience94.3%
  1. 1Human-Computer Interaction19% of their works
  2. 2Developmental and Educational Psychology12% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  4. 4Demography8% of their works
  5. 5Education5% of their works
  6. 6Cognitive Neuroscience4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kathrin Gerling's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Learning Outcomes, Social Interaction, Design Research, Game-Based Learning, Gamification, User Experience, Older Adults and Technology Use.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Learning Outcomes942 topics
  2. Social Interaction732 topics
  3. Design Research571 topic
  4. Game-Based Learning571 topic
  5. Gamification571 topic
  6. User Experience571 topic
  7. Older Adults461 topic
  8. Technology Use461 topic
  9. Embodiment371 topic
  10. Presence371 topic
  11. Online Gaming361 topic
  12. Video Games361 topic
  13. Digital Technology241 topic
  14. Parental Mediation241 topic
  15. Addiction201 topic
  16. Social Media201 topic
  17. Cross-modal Plasticity191 topic
  18. Tactile Perception191 topic

Where does Kathrin Gerling work?

Kathrin Gerling's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Kathrin Gerling have?

OpenAlex counts 213 works and 4,804 citations for Kathrin Gerling, an h-index of 37, ranking #69,954 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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