Äli Leijen

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Äli Leijen is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Äli Leijen has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Education, 22 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 12 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Äli Leijen's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (37 papers), Reflective Practices in Education (19 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (15 papers). Äli Leijen is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (37 papers), Reflective Practices in Education (19 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (15 papers). Äli Leijen collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Netherlands and Finland. Äli Leijen's co-authors include Margus Pedaste, Katrin Saks, Liina Lepp, P.R.J. Simons, Mario Mäeots, Wilfried Admiraal, Auli Toom, Külli Kori, Aleksandar Baucal and Tago Sarapuu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers & Education and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Äli Leijen

86 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Äli Leijen Estonia	23	1.2k	440	327	205	189	93	2.0k
Jay McTighe United States	22	2.4k 2.0×	675 1.5×	290 0.9×	194 0.9×	286 1.5×	45	3.3k
Hannele Niemi Finland	25	1.6k 1.3×	468 1.1×	326 1.0×	191 0.9×	267 1.4×	110	2.4k
Grant Wiggins United States	22	2.6k 2.2×	709 1.6×	269 0.8×	189 0.9×	363 1.9×	51	3.7k
Richard Joiner United Kingdom	24	791 0.7×	693 1.6×	313 1.0×	149 0.7×	603 3.2×	81	2.1k
J.J. Beishuizen Netherlands	24	1.9k 1.6×	1.3k 2.9×	237 0.7×	228 1.1×	174 0.9×	63	2.9k
Mary Margaret Capraro United States	30	2.1k 1.7×	610 1.4×	266 0.8×	258 1.3×	95 0.5×	145	3.0k
Heidi Andrade United States	22	2.9k 2.4×	1.0k 2.3×	334 1.0×	297 1.4×	118 0.6×	49	3.6k
Myint Swe Khine United Arab Emirates	27	1.6k 1.4×	697 1.6×	267 0.8×	225 1.1×	218 1.2×	106	2.2k
Lina Markauskaitė Australia	21	1.1k 0.9×	444 1.0×	406 1.2×	334 1.6×	210 1.1×	104	1.9k
P.R.J. Simons Netherlands	23	1.1k 0.9×	723 1.6×	112 0.3×	133 0.6×	168 0.9×	99	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Äli Leijen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Äli Leijen

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Saks, Katrin, et al.. (2025). From Zero Collaboration to Teamwork: Forms of Teacher Collaboration and Factors That Support or Hinder It. Education Sciences. 15(1). 87–87.

Leijen, Äli, et al.. (2024). Adaptation and evaluation of an Estonian version of the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI). Learning Environments Research. 27(3). 557–578.

Leijen, Äli, Margus Pedaste, Aleksandar Baucal, Katrin Poom‐Valickis, & Liina Lepp. (2024). What predicts instructional quality and commitments to teaching: self-efficacy, pedagogical knowledge or integration of the two?. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1287313–1287313. 2 indexed citations

Leijen, Äli, Margus Pedaste, & Aleksandar Baucal. (2024). A new psychometrically validated questionnaire for assessing teacher agency in eight dimensions across pre-service and in-service teachers. Frontiers in Education. 9. 1 indexed citations

Leijen, Äli, et al.. (2023). Opportunities to develop student’s math-related agency in primary education: the role of teacher beliefs. European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39(2). 1637–1659. 5 indexed citations

Saks, Katrin, et al.. (2022). Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Distance Learning Contexts at Higher Education Level: Systematic Literature Review. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 792422–792422. 39 indexed citations

Leijen, Äli, et al.. (2022). What constitutes teachers’ general pedagogical knowledge and how it can be assessed: A literature review. Teachers and Teaching. 28(2). 206–225. 19 indexed citations

Tedersoo, Leho, Rainer Küngas, Ester Oras, et al.. (2021). Data sharing practices and data availability upon request differ across scientific disciplines. Scientific Data. 8(1). 192–192. 182 indexed citations breakdown →

Leijen, Äli, Francesco Arcidiacono, & Aleksandar Baucal. (2021). The Dilemma of Inclusive Education: Inclusion for Some or Inclusion for All. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 633066–633066. 36 indexed citations

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Meijer, Paulien C., et al.. (2019). Student teachers’ self-dialogues, peer dialogues, and supervisory dialogues in placement learning. European Journal of Teacher Education. 42(5). 539–556. 11 indexed citations

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Toom, Auli, et al.. (2019). Teacher candidate learning of action-oriented knowledge from triggering incidents in teaching practice. Teachers and Teaching. 25(5). 536–552. 18 indexed citations

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Malva, Liina, Äli Leijen, & Aleksandar Baucal. (2019). Measuring pre-service teachers’ general pedagogical knowledge—What are the results telling?. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences. 6(1). 135–144. 6 indexed citations

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Pedaste, Margus, Olev Must, Äli Leijen, et al.. (2017). Profiles of students who use mobile devices for the purposes of learning science and mathematics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 99–129. 6 indexed citations

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Saks, Katrin, Äli Leijen, & Karin Täht. (2016). Language learning strategies of EFL learners and their effects on learning outcomes. 4(1). 279–308. 2 indexed citations

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Leijen, Äli, Liina Lepp, & Marvi Remmik. (2015). Why did I drop out? Former students’ recollections about their study process and factors related to leaving the doctoral studies. Studies in Continuing Education. 38(2). 129–144. 45 indexed citations

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Saks, Katrin, Äli Leijen, & Karin Täht. (2015). DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR MEASURING ESTONIAN EFL LEARNERS’ LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES. INTED2015 Proceedings. 1241–1247. 1 indexed citations

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Saks, Katrin, et al.. (2015). Factorial structure of SILL revisited: adaptation of SILL for Estonian EFL learners. Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu aastaraamat Estonian Papers in Applied Linguistics. 11. 241–261. 2 indexed citations

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Pedaste, Margus, et al.. (2015). HOW DO COGNITIVE ABILITY AND STUDY MOTIVATION PREDICT THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF IT STUDENTS. ICERI2015 Proceedings. 7167–7176. 5 indexed citations

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Kori, Külli, Margus Pedaste, Äli Leijen, & Mario Mäeots. (2013). Supporting reflection in technology-enhanced learning. Educational Research Review. 11. 45–55. 60 indexed citations

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Leijen, Äli, et al.. (2011). How to determine the quality of students’ reflections?. Studies in Higher Education. 37(2). 203–217. 97 indexed citations

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