C. Natalie van der Wal

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 881 citations indexed

About

C. Natalie van der Wal is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ocean Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Natalie van der Wal has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 881 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Social Psychology, 12 papers in Ocean Engineering and 7 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in C. Natalie van der Wal's work include Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (12 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (7 papers) and Team Dynamics and Performance (5 papers). C. Natalie van der Wal is often cited by papers focused on Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (12 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (7 papers) and Team Dynamics and Performance (5 papers). C. Natalie van der Wal collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. C. Natalie van der Wal's co-authors include Anouk Middelweerd, Julia S. Mollee, Saskia J. te Velde, Johannes Brug, Jan Treur, Tibor Bosse, Robin N. Kok, Mark Hoogendoorn, Zulfiqar Ali Memon and Arlette van Wissen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

C. Natalie van der Wal

23 papers receiving 849 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Apps to promote physical activity among adults: a review and content analysis

2014 381 citations Anouk Middelweerd, Julia S. Mollee et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. Natalie van der Wal Netherlands	13	268	204	158	158	154	27	881
Matthew Brown Canada	21	54 0.2×	105 0.5×	99 0.6×	67 0.4×	73 0.5×	55	1.0k
Michael P. Craven United Kingdom	18	249 0.9×	39 0.2×	116 0.7×	144 0.9×	54 0.4×	80	1.2k
Christopher B. Mayhorn United States	23	114 0.4×	155 0.8×	470 3.0×	57 0.4×	17 0.1×	94	2.0k
Catherine T. Lawson United States	16	109 0.4×	121 0.6×	109 0.7×	46 0.3×	289 1.9×	55	2.3k
Carolyn Prince United States	19	55 0.2×	40 0.2×	86 0.5×	154 1.0×	134 0.9×	35	1.7k
Michael J. Burtscher Switzerland	16	131 0.5×	17 0.1×	101 0.6×	46 0.3×	189 1.2×	30	868
Yunan Chen United States	18	197 0.7×	19 0.1×	154 1.0×	72 0.5×	11 0.1×	43	1.0k
Tami H. Wyatt United States	19	230 0.9×	118 0.6×	97 0.6×	47 0.3×	119 0.8×	54	1.1k
Aart van Halteren Netherlands	19	341 1.3×	13 0.1×	107 0.7×	135 0.9×	82 0.5×	77	1.3k
Aleksandra Sarcevic United States	19	70 0.3×	19 0.1×	113 0.7×	14 0.1×	86 0.6×	88	1000

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Natalie van der Wal

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Wal, C. Natalie van der, et al.. (2025). Gaps in Human Behaviour in Fires Research: A Scoping Review. Fire Technology. 61(7). 5963–6001.

Wal, C. Natalie van der, et al.. (2024). The Effect of National Culture on Evacuation Response Behaviour: A Cross-Cultural Survey. Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich). 9. 1–17.

Wal, C. Natalie van der, et al.. (2024). The effects of three environmental factors on problem-solving abilities during evacuation. Journal of Building Engineering. 99. 111546–111546. 1 indexed citations

Wal, C. Natalie van der, et al.. (2024). The effects of three environmental factors on building evacuation time. Heliyon. 10(5). e27128–e27128. 1 indexed citations

Valinejad, Jaber, Lamine Mili, Xinghuo Yu, C. Natalie van der Wal, & Yijun Xu. (2023). Computational social science in smart power systems: Reliability, resilience, and restoration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 159–170. 12 indexed citations

Liang, Benbu, et al.. (2022). Mapping the knowledge domain of soft computing applications for emergency evacuation studies: A scientometric analysis and critical review. Safety Science. 158. 105955–105955. 29 indexed citations

Wal, C. Natalie van der, Mark A. Robinson, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, & S. Gwynne. (2021). Evacuation behaviors and emergency communications: An analysis of real-world incident videos. Safety Science. 136. 105121–105121. 36 indexed citations

Valinejad, Jaber, Lamine Mili, C. Natalie van der Wal, & Yijun Xu. (2021). Environomic-Based Social Demand Response in Cyber-Physical-Social Power Systems. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 69(3). 1302–1306. 13 indexed citations

Valinejad, Jaber, Lamine Mili, C. Natalie van der Wal, Michael R. von Spakovsky, & Yijun Xu. (2021). Multi-Dimensional Output-Oriented Power System Resilience based on Degraded Functionality. 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). 1–11. 4 indexed citations

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Gwynne, S., Martyn Amos, Max Kinateder, et al.. (2020). The future of evacuation drills: Assessing and enhancing evacuee performance. Safety Science. 129. 104767–104767. 41 indexed citations

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Davis, Matthew C., et al.. (2019). Ergonomists as designers: computational modelling and simulation of complex socio-technical systems. Ergonomics. 63(8). 938–951. 10 indexed citations

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Wal, C. Natalie van der & Robin N. Kok. (2019). Laughter-inducing therapies: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Social Science & Medicine. 232. 473–488. 59 indexed citations

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Irrmischer, Mona, C. Natalie van der Wal, Huibert D. Mansvelder, & Klaus Linkenkaer‐Hansen. (2018). Negative mood and mind wandering increase long-range temporal correlations in attention fluctuations. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0196907–e0196907. 19 indexed citations

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Middelweerd, Anouk, Julia S. Mollee, C. Natalie van der Wal, Johannes Brug, & Saskia J. te Velde. (2014). Apps to promote physical activity among adults: a review and content analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 11(1). 97–97. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wal, C. Natalie van der & Wojtek Kowalczyk. (2013). Detecting changing emotions in human speech by machine and humans. Applied Intelligence. 39(4). 675–691. 20 indexed citations

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Memon, Zulfiqar Ali, et al.. (2012). Ambient Support for Group Emotion: an Agent-Based Model. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 261–287. 2 indexed citations

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Hoogendoorn, Mark, Jan Treur, C. Natalie van der Wal, & Arlette van Wissen. (2010). An Agent-Based Model for the Interplay of Information and Emotion in Social Diffusion. 439–444. 17 indexed citations

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Bosse, Tibor, et al.. (2009). A Multi-Agent Model For Mutual Absorption Of Emotions. 212–218. 40 indexed citations

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Bosse, Tibor, et al.. (2009). An Ambient Agent Model for Group Development Support. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 505–510. 1 indexed citations

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Memon, Zulfiqar Ali, et al.. (2009). An ambient agent model for group emotion support. 1–8. 9 indexed citations

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