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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Willy Lens

Willy Lens publishes mostly in Education, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, on topics such as Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Education, Achievement, and Giftedness and Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research.

World rank
#34,720
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#266
of 18,604
Works
64
Citations
676
Citations per work
10.6

What does Willy Lens research?

Education: 20.0%Social Psychology: 14.4%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13.3%Developmental and Educational Psychology: 10.0%other fields: 42.3%20%top field
Education20.0%Social Psychology14.4%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology13.3%Developmental and Educational Psychology10.0%other fields42.3%

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

  1. 1Education20% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology14% of their works
  3. 3Experimental and Cognitive Psychology13% of their works
  4. 4Developmental and Educational Psychology10% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  6. 6Safety Research6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Willy Lens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Well-being, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination Theory, Education, Organizational Behavior, Achievement Motivation, Future Orientation and Research Methods.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Well-being172 topics
  2. Intrinsic Motivation111 topic
  3. Self-Determination Theory111 topic
  4. Education102 topics
  5. Organizational Behavior72 topics
  6. Achievement Motivation61 topic
  7. Future Orientation61 topic
  8. Research Methods61 topic
  9. Self-Efficacy61 topic
  10. Social Work61 topic
  11. Time Perspective61 topic
  12. Dynamic Assessment41 topic
  13. Educational Psychology41 topic
  14. Professional Identity41 topic
  15. Social Pedagogy41 topic
  16. Autobiographical Memory31 topic
  17. Job Demands-Resources Model31 topic
  18. Narrative Identity31 topic
  19. Work Engagement31 topic

Where does Willy Lens work?

Willy Lens's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Willy Lens have?

Science Explorer counts 64 works and 676 citations for Willy Lens, ranking #34,720 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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