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Researcher · Ghent University · Belgium

Leen Haerens

Leen Haerens publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Safety Research and Education, on topics such as Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Youth Development and Social Support and Behavioral Health and Interventions.

ORCID 0000-0001-5715-9520 OpenAlex
World rank
#30,763
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#235
of 18,604
Works
59
Citations
731
Citations per work
12.4

What does Leen Haerens research?

Social Psychology: 26.7%Safety Research: 12.0%Education: 12.0%Developmental and Educational Psychology: 10.7%other fields: 38.6%27%top field
Social Psychology26.7%Safety Research12.0%Education12.0%Developmental and Educational Psychology10.7%other fields38.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Social Psychology27% of their works
  2. 2Safety Research12% of their works
  3. 3Education12% of their works
  4. 4Developmental and Educational Psychology11% of their works
  5. 5Applied Psychology8% 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, Extracurricular Activities, Youth Development Programs, Self-Regulation, Theory of Planned Behaviour, Expert Performance and Motor Imagery.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Intrinsic Motivation171 topic
  2. Self-Determination Theory171 topic
  3. Extracurricular Activities91 topic
  4. Youth Development Programs91 topic
  5. Self-Regulation51 topic
  6. Theory of Planned Behaviour51 topic
  7. Expert Performance41 topic
  8. Motor Imagery41 topic
  9. Physical Education41 topic
  10. Sport Education41 topic
  11. Achievement Motivation31 topic
  12. Education31 topic
  13. Self-Efficacy31 topic
  14. Social Pedagogy31 topic
  15. Exercise21 topic
  16. Physical Activity21 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?

Science Explorer counts 59 works and 731 citations for Leen Haerens, ranking #30,763 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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