Anna Parpala

2.1k total citations
47 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Anna Parpala is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Parpala has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Education, 7 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 6 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Anna Parpala's work include Evaluation of Teaching Practices (33 papers), Online and Blended Learning (11 papers) and Educational Environments and Student Outcomes (9 papers). Anna Parpala is often cited by papers focused on Evaluation of Teaching Practices (33 papers), Online and Blended Learning (11 papers) and Educational Environments and Student Outcomes (9 papers). Anna Parpala collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Denmark and Belgium. Anna Parpala's co-authors include Sari Lindblom‐Ylänne, Liisa Postareff, Erkki Komulainen, Tarja Tuononen, Telle Hailikari, Henna Asikainen, Laura Hirsto, Nina Katajavuori, Viivi Virtanen and Mirja Ruohoniemi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Psychology and Studies in Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Anna Parpala

45 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anna Parpala Finland 23 1.1k 272 267 221 145 47 1.5k
Liisa Postareff Finland 25 1.7k 1.6× 333 1.2× 314 1.2× 134 0.6× 111 0.8× 53 2.2k
Mariane Frenay Belgium 22 798 0.7× 334 1.2× 187 0.7× 211 1.0× 336 2.3× 111 1.4k
Erika Löfstrôm Finland 23 807 0.7× 164 0.6× 154 0.6× 106 0.5× 331 2.3× 92 1.5k
Marlies Baeten Belgium 13 1.1k 1.0× 156 0.6× 272 1.0× 46 0.2× 34 0.2× 22 1.4k
Marjon Fokkens-Bruinsma Netherlands 16 783 0.7× 326 1.2× 79 0.3× 200 0.9× 136 0.9× 34 1.1k
Brian Hemmings Australia 19 644 0.6× 156 0.6× 138 0.5× 103 0.5× 113 0.8× 69 1.1k
Sarah Gielen Belgium 17 1.2k 1.1× 126 0.5× 359 1.3× 39 0.2× 46 0.3× 38 1.4k
Raymond J. Wlodkowski United States 18 899 0.8× 156 0.6× 228 0.9× 52 0.2× 57 0.4× 29 1.3k
Jeffrey H. D. Cornelius‐White United States 14 833 0.8× 565 2.1× 211 0.8× 334 1.5× 45 0.3× 66 1.5k
Mart van Dinther Netherlands 4 440 0.4× 141 0.5× 147 0.6× 82 0.4× 46 0.3× 4 751

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Parpala

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All Works

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Virtanen, Viivi, Telle Hailikari, Mari Murtonen, Anna Parpala, & Liisa Postareff. (2025). What challenges higher education teachers’ teaching-related wellbeing?. Teacher Development. 30(2). 414–432.
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Salmela‐Aro, Katariina, et al.. (2024). Transitioning from bachelor’s to master’s studies – examining study burnout, approaches to learning and experiences of the learning environment. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. 17(7). 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Parpala, Anna, et al.. (2023). Studying in an innovative teaching–learning environment: design-based education at a university of applied sciences. Learning Environments Research. 27(1). 17–35. 4 indexed citations
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Postareff, Liisa, et al.. (2023). The dimensions of approaches to teaching in higher education: a new analysis of teaching profiles. Higher Education. 88(1). 37–59. 9 indexed citations
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Parpala, Anna, et al.. (2023). The Relationship between International Higher Education Students’ Writing Conceptions and Approaches to Learning. Journal of Writing Research. 14(vol. 14 issue 3). 421–446. 5 indexed citations
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Haarala-Muhonen, Anne, et al.. (2023). Identity profiles, motivations for attending university and study-related burnout: differences between Finnish students in professional and non-professional fields. European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39(2). 651–669. 6 indexed citations
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Toom, Auli, et al.. (2022). International students’ study-related burnout: Associations with perceptions of the teaching-learning environment and approaches to learning. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 941024–941024. 9 indexed citations
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Parpala, Anna & Liisa Postareff. (2022). Supporting high-quality teaching in higher education through the HowUTeach self-reflection tool. 23(4). 61–67. 9 indexed citations
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Parpala, Anna, Nina Katajavuori, Anne Haarala-Muhonen, & Henna Asikainen. (2021). How Did Students with Different Learning Profiles Experience ‘Normal’ and Online Teaching Situation during COVID-19 Spring?. Social Sciences. 10(9). 337–337. 17 indexed citations
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Tuononen, Tarja & Anna Parpala. (2021). The role of academic competences and learning processes in predicting Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis grades. Studies In Educational Evaluation. 70. 101001–101001. 17 indexed citations
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Mattsson, Markus, Telle Hailikari, & Anna Parpala. (2020). All Happy Emotions Are Alike but Every Unhappy Emotion Is Unhappy in Its Own Way: A Network Perspective to Academic Emotions. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 742–742. 8 indexed citations
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Tuononen, Tarja, Anna Parpala, & Sari Lindblom‐Ylänne. (2019). Complex interrelations between academic competences and students’ approaches to learning – mixed-methods study. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 44(8). 1080–1097. 24 indexed citations
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Postareff, Liisa, Markus Mattsson, & Anna Parpala. (2018). The effect of perceptions of the teaching-learning environment on the variation in approaches to learning – Between-student differences and within-student variation. Learning and Individual Differences. 68. 96–107. 30 indexed citations
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Parpala, Anna, et al.. (2014). Engagement in learning: a comparison between Asian and European international university students. Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 46(1). 24–47. 30 indexed citations
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Asikainen, Henna, Anna Parpala, Sari Lindblom‐Ylänne, Gert Vanthournout, & Liesje Coertjens. (2014). The Development of Approaches to Learning and Perceptions of the Teaching-Learning Environment During Bachelor Level Studies and Their Relation to Study Success. Higher Education Studies. 4(4). 55 indexed citations
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Ruohoniemi, Mirja, Anna Parpala, Sari Lindblom‐Ylänne, & Nina Katajavuori. (2010). Relationships Between Students' Approaches to Learning, Perceptions of the Teaching–Learning Environment, and Study Success: A Case Study of Third-Year Veterinary Students. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 37(3). 282–288. 38 indexed citations
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Parpala, Anna. (2010). Exploring the experiences and conceptions of good teaching in higher education : Development of a questionnaire for assessing students' approaches to learning and experiences of the teaching-learning environment. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 12 indexed citations
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Parpala, Anna, et al.. (2009). Students' approaches to learning and their experiences of the teaching–learning environment in different disciplines. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 80(2). 269–282. 175 indexed citations

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