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Researcher · Ghent University · Belgium

Leen Haerens

Leen Haerens publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education, on topics such as Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Youth Development and Social Support and Children's Physical and Motor Development.

ORCID 0000-0001-5715-9520 OpenAlex
World rank
#28,539
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#92
of 67,186
Works
297
Citations
13k
Citations per work
44.5
h-index
59
i10-index 139Top 1.2% in Social Psychology
Leen Haerens

What does Leen Haerens research?

Leen Haerens's work is mostly in Psychology (35%), Social Sciences (15%), Medicine (7%).

Social Sciences: 149 works · 50.1% of their workPsychology: 105 works · 35.2% of their workSocial Psychology: 64 works · 21.4% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 41 works · 13.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 44 works · 14.9% of their workEducation: 23 works · 7.6% of their workSafety Research: 22 works · 7.3% of their workEverything else: 105 works · 35.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 43 works · 14.4% of their workMedicine: 22 works · 7.3% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 works · 7.3% of their workHealth Professions: 21 works · 7.1% of their workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 21 works · 7.1% of their workTHEIR WORKLeen Haerens297works
Health Sciences14%Social Sciences50%

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. Psychology10535.2%
    2. Social Sciences4414.9%
  2. Everything else10535.5%
    1. Medicine227.3%
    2. Health Professions217.1%
  1. 1Social Psychology21% of their works
  2. 2Developmental and Educational Psychology14% of their works
  3. 3Education8% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health7% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research7% of their works
  6. 6Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Leen Haerens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination Theory, Physical Activity, Public Health, Extracurricular Activities, Youth Development Programs, Developmental Coordination Disorder and Motor Skill Competence.

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. Intrinsic Motivation1481 topic
  2. Self-Determination Theory1481 topic
  3. Physical Activity1183 topics
  4. Public Health692 topics
  5. Extracurricular Activities521 topic
  6. Youth Development Programs521 topic
  7. Developmental Coordination Disorder491 topic
  8. Motor Skill Competence491 topic
  9. Physical Education481 topic
  10. Sport Education481 topic
  11. Expert Performance471 topic
  12. Motor Imagery471 topic
  13. Obesity391 topic
  14. Overweight391 topic
  15. Self-Regulation361 topic
  16. Theory of Planned Behaviour361 topic
  17. Exercise301 topic
  18. Sedentary Behavior301 topic

Where does Leen Haerens work?

Leen Haerens's main affiliation in the publication record is Ghent University, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Leen Haerens have?

OpenAlex counts 297 works and 13,211 citations for Leen Haerens, an h-index of 59, ranking #28,539 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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