Bart Rienties

10.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
198 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Bart Rienties is a scholar working on Education, Computer Science Applications and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bart Rienties has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Education, 91 papers in Computer Science Applications and 59 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bart Rienties's work include Online and Blended Learning (88 papers), Online Learning and Analytics (87 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (54 papers). Bart Rienties is often cited by papers focused on Online and Blended Learning (88 papers), Online Learning and Analytics (87 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (54 papers). Bart Rienties collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Bart Rienties's co-authors include Dirk Tempelaar, Bas Giesbers, Lisette Toetenel, Quan Nguyen, Wim Gijselaers, Christothea Herodotou, Simon Lygo‐Baker, Jenna Mittelmeier, Denise Whitelock and Nataša Brouwer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Bart Rienties

188 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Understanding academic performance of international students: the role of ethnicity, academic and social integration
    2011 326 citations Bart Rienties et al. profile →
  2. In search for the most informative data for feedback generation: Learning analytics in a data-rich context
    2014 304 citations Dirk Tempelaar, Bart Rienties et al. Computers in Human Behavior profile →
  3. The effects of online professional development on higher education teachers' beliefs and intentions towards learning facilitation and technology
    2012 235 citations Bart Rienties et al. profile →
  4. The impact of learning design on student behaviour, satisfaction and performance: A cross-institutional comparison across 151 modules
    2016 206 citations Bart Rienties et al. Computers in Human Behavior profile →
  5. Flipped classrooms in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings and future research recommendations
    2022 123 citations Bart Rienties et al. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education profile →
  6. The promise and challenges of generative AI in education
    2024 93 citations Manolis Mavrikis, Bart Rienties et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bart Rienties 3.6k 2.5k 1.3k 852 788 198 6.2k
Jeff Seaman 5.6k 1.6× 2.0k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 595 0.8× 45 7.8k
Diana Laurillard 5.0k 1.4× 1.7k 0.7× 2.5k 2.0× 1.1k 1.3× 499 0.6× 104 7.6k
Curtis J. Bonk 5.1k 1.4× 2.0k 0.8× 2.5k 1.9× 1.2k 1.4× 748 0.9× 184 7.4k
Olaf Zawacki‐Richter 2.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 628 0.5× 1.4k 1.7× 253 0.3× 85 5.6k
Chang Zhu 3.4k 1.0× 832 0.3× 889 0.7× 1.4k 1.6× 450 0.6× 240 5.2k
Thomas C. Reeves 5.0k 1.4× 1.4k 0.6× 2.5k 2.0× 1.3k 1.5× 340 0.4× 183 7.8k
Peter Goodyear 4.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 1.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 279 0.4× 137 5.9k
J. B. Arbaugh 5.6k 1.6× 1.9k 0.8× 2.3k 1.8× 600 0.7× 972 1.2× 108 7.1k
George Veletsianos 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 645 0.5× 914 1.1× 765 1.0× 130 4.4k
Barbara Means 4.1k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 972 1.1× 193 0.2× 70 6.7k

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All Works

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Šimić, Diana, Nina Begičević Ređep, Nikola Kadoić, et al.. (2025). HELA-CMM: capability maturity model for adoption of learning analytics in higher education. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. 22(1). 2 indexed citations
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Tempelaar, Dirk, Bart Rienties, & Bas Giesbers. (2024). Dispositional learning analytics and formative assessment: an inseparable twinship. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. 21(1). 2 indexed citations
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Rienties, Bart, et al.. (2024). What distance learning students want from an AI Digital Assistant. Distance Education. 46(2). 173–189. 5 indexed citations
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Tempelaar, Dirk, Bart Rienties, Bas Giesbers, & Quan Nguyen. (2023). Modelling Temporality in Person- and Variable-Centred Approaches. Journal of Learning Analytics. 10(2). 51–67. 2 indexed citations
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Slade, Sharon, et al.. (2022). Investigating the dimensions of students’ privacy concern in the collection, use and sharing of data for learning analytics. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 9. 100262–100262. 20 indexed citations
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Rotsaert, Tijs, et al.. (2021). Encouraging students’ autonomy, competence and satisfaction : the role of learning analytics. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Mittelmeier, Jenna, Ashley Gunter, Parvati Raghuram, & Bart Rienties. (2021). Migration intentions of international distance education students studying from a South African institution: unpacking potential brain drain. Globalisation Societies and Education. 20(4). 523–541. 13 indexed citations
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Mittelmeier, Jenna, Bart Rienties, Ashley Gunter, & Parvati Raghuram. (2020). Conceptualizing Internationalization at a Distance: A “Third Category” of University Internationalization. Journal of Studies in International Education. 25(3). 266–282. 66 indexed citations
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Thomas, Laura, Bart Rienties, Melissa Tuytens, et al.. (2020). Unpacking the dynamics of collegial networks in relation to beginning teachers’ job attitudes. Research Papers in Education. 36(5). 611–636. 12 indexed citations
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Richardson, John T. E., Jenna Mittelmeier, & Bart Rienties. (2020). The role of gender, social class and ethnicity in participation and academic attainment in UK higher education: an update. Oxford Review of Education. 46(3). 346–362. 55 indexed citations
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Mittelmeier, Jenna, Jekaterina Rogaten, Mwazvita T. B. Dalu, et al.. (2019). Understanding the Early Adjustment Experiences of Undergraduate Distance Education Students in South Africa. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 20(3). 23 indexed citations
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Mittelmeier, Jenna, Bert Slof, & Bart Rienties. (2019). Students’ perspectives on curriculum internationalisation policies in transition: Insights from a master’s degree programme in the Netherlands. Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 58(1). 107–119. 3 indexed citations
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Mittelmeier, Jenna, Bart Rienties, Jekaterina Rogaten, Ashley Gunter, & Parvati Raghuram. (2019). Internationalisation at a Distance and at Home: Academic and social adjustment in a South African distance learning context. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 72. 1–12. 56 indexed citations
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Héliot, YingFei, Jenna Mittelmeier, & Bart Rienties. (2019). Developing learning relationships in intercultural and multi-disciplinary environments: a mixed method investigation of management students’ experiences. Studies in Higher Education. 45(11). 2356–2370. 15 indexed citations
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Holmes, W., Quan Nguyen, Jingjing Zhang, Manolis Mavrikis, & Bart Rienties. (2019). Learning analytics for learning design in online distance learning. Distance Education. 40(3). 309–329. 39 indexed citations
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Mittelmeier, Jenna, et al.. (2018). Learning design in diverse institutional and cultural contexts: suggestions from a participatory workshop with higher education professionals in Africa. Open Learning The Journal of Open Distance and e-Learning. 33(3). 250–266. 20 indexed citations
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Tempelaar, Dirk, Bart Rienties, Jenna Mittelmeier, & Quan Nguyen. (2017). Student profiling in a dispositional learning analytics application using formative assessment. Computers in Human Behavior. 78. 408–420. 89 indexed citations
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Mittelmeier, Jenna, Bart Rienties, Dirk Tempelaar, Garron Hillaire, & Denise Whitelock. (2017). The influence of internationalised versus local content on online intercultural collaboration in groups: A randomised control trial study in a statistics course. Computers & Education. 118. 82–95. 28 indexed citations
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Rienties, Bart, et al.. (2008). Student Mobility and ICT: Can ICT overcome the barriers to Life-long learning?. Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey). 2 indexed citations
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Rienties, Bart, et al.. (2008). Integrating e-Learning and Classroom Learning; Four Years of Asynchronous Learning to Improve Academic Competences. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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