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Researcher · University of Tartu · Estonia

Vello Hein

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

ORCID 0000-0002-2116-523X OpenAlex
World rank
#278,879
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Estonia
#271
of 4,874
Works
66
Citations
3.6k
Citations per work
54.1
h-index
29
i10-index 47Top 8.4% in Social Psychology
Vello Hein

What does Vello Hein research?

Vello Hein's work is mostly in Psychology (58%), Social Sciences (15%), Health Professions (9%).

Social Sciences: 48 works · 72.3% of their workPsychology: 38 works · 57.5% of their workSocial Psychology: 21 works · 31.7% of their workApplied Psychology: 8 works · 12.6% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 works · 7.7% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 works · 5.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 14.8% of their workSafety Research: 10 works · 14.8% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 18.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 9.3% of their workHealth Professions: 6 works · 9.3% of their workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 6 works · 9.3% of their workTHEIR WORKVello Hein66works
Health Sciences9%Social Sciences72%

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. Psychology3857.5%
    2. Social Sciences1014.8%
  2. Everything else1218.4%
    1. Health Professions69.3%
  1. 1Social Psychology32% of their works
  2. 2Safety Research15% of their works
  3. 3Applied Psychology13% of their works
  4. 4Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation9% of their works
  5. 5Experimental and Cognitive Psychology8% of their works
  6. 6Developmental and Educational Psychology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Vello Hein's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Well-being, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination Theory, Adolescent Development, Extracurricular Activities, Youth Development Programs, Self-Regulation 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. 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. Well-being552 topics
  2. Intrinsic Motivation511 topic
  3. Self-Determination Theory511 topic
  4. Adolescent Development312 topics
  5. Extracurricular Activities271 topic
  6. Youth Development Programs271 topic
  7. Self-Regulation231 topic
  8. Theory of Planned Behaviour231 topic
  9. Physical Education161 topic
  10. Sport Education161 topic
  11. Achievement Motivation121 topic
  12. Self-Efficacy121 topic
  13. Expert Performance81 topic
  14. Motor Imagery81 topic
  15. Passion41 topic
  16. Perseverance41 topic
  17. Chronic Pain31 topic
  18. Global Burden31 topic

Where does Vello Hein work?

Vello Hein's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Tartu, Estonia.

How many publications and citations does Vello Hein have?

OpenAlex counts 66 works and 3,568 citations for Vello Hein, an h-index of 29, ranking #278,879 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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