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Researcher · Ghent University · Belgium

Maarten Vansteenkiste

Maarten Vansteenkiste publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Applied Psychology, on topics such as Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Behavioral Health and Interventions and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

ORCID 0000-0001-6983-3607 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,143
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#7
of 67,186
Works
604
Citations
55k
Citations per work
91.9
h-index
116
i10-index 332Top 0.1% in Social Psychology
Maarten Vansteenkiste

What does Maarten Vansteenkiste research?

Maarten Vansteenkiste's work is mostly in Psychology (68%), Social Sciences (6%).

Social Sciences: 451 works · 74.6% of their workPsychology: 411 works · 68.1% of their workSocial Psychology: 171 works · 28.3% of their workClinical Psychology: 101 works · 16.8% of their workApplied Psychology: 54 works · 8.9% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 51 works · 8.4% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 34 works · 5.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 39 works · 6.5% of their workEducation: 39 works · 6.5% of their workEverything else: 153 works · 25.4% of their workTHEIR WORKMaartenVansteenkiste604works
Social Sciences75%

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. Psychology41168.1%
    2. Social Sciences396.5%
  2. Everything else15325.4%
  1. 1Social Psychology28% of their works
  2. 2Clinical Psychology17% of their works
  3. 3Applied Psychology9% of their works
  4. 4Experimental and Cognitive Psychology8% of their works
  5. 5Education6% of their works
  6. 6Developmental and Educational Psychology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Maarten Vansteenkiste's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Well-being, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination Theory, Mental Health, Self-Regulation, Emotion Regulation, Behavior Change Techniques and Theory of Planned Behaviour.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Well-being3072 topics
  2. Intrinsic Motivation2501 topic
  3. Self-Determination Theory2501 topic
  4. Mental Health1823 topics
  5. Self-Regulation1522 topics
  6. Emotion Regulation1232 topics
  7. Behavior Change Techniques1101 topic
  8. Theory of Planned Behaviour1101 topic
  9. Children831 topic
  10. Psychopathology831 topic
  11. Achievement Motivation721 topic
  12. Self-Efficacy721 topic
  13. Extracurricular Activities691 topic
  14. Youth Development Programs691 topic
  15. Positive Emotions571 topic
  16. Positive Psychology571 topic
  17. Perfectionism421 topic
  18. Procrastination421 topic
  19. Attachment401 topic
  20. Relationships401 topic

Where does Maarten Vansteenkiste work?

Maarten Vansteenkiste's main affiliation in the publication record is Ghent University, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Maarten Vansteenkiste have?

OpenAlex counts 604 works and 55,497 citations for Maarten Vansteenkiste, an h-index of 116, ranking #6,143 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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