Ellen Schaffner

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ellen Schaffner is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Schaffner has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 7 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 5 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Ellen Schaffner's work include Reading and Literacy Development (7 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (7 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (6 papers). Ellen Schaffner is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (7 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (7 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (6 papers). Ellen Schaffner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Ellen Schaffner's co-authors include Ulrich Schiefele, Jens Møller, Allan Wigfield, Birgit Leyendecker, Sofie Henschel, Olivia Spiegler, Katharina Kohl, Julia Jäkel and Hannah Ulferts and has published in prestigious journals such as Learning and Instruction, Contemporary Educational Psychology and Reading Research Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Schaffner

16 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Dimensions of Reading Motivation and Their Relation to Re... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2014 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Dimensions of Reading Motivation and Their Relation to Reading Behavior and Competence
    2012 468 citations Ulrich Schiefele, Ellen Schaffner et al. Reading Research Quarterly profile →
  2. Psychologie "' in Erziehung und Unterricht
    2014 429 citations Katharina Kohl, Julia Jäkel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ellen Schaffner Germany 12 1.0k 780 521 414 177 16 1.7k
Helena Rasku‐Puttonen Finland 26 1.7k 1.7× 813 1.0× 162 0.3× 192 0.5× 157 0.9× 70 2.2k
Bonnie Wing‐Yin Chow Hong Kong 24 1.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 258 0.5× 235 0.6× 110 0.6× 60 2.4k
Charlotte Dignath Germany 16 1.9k 1.9× 2.2k 2.8× 332 0.6× 408 1.0× 227 1.3× 28 2.9k
Andreas Helmke Germany 21 1.4k 1.4× 448 0.6× 485 0.9× 482 1.2× 49 0.3× 84 1.9k
Kati Vasalampi Finland 21 648 0.6× 362 0.5× 210 0.4× 359 0.9× 123 0.7× 46 1.2k
Albert Ziegler Germany 23 746 0.7× 451 0.6× 727 1.4× 552 1.3× 112 0.6× 88 1.5k
Frank Lipowsky Germany 18 1.0k 1.0× 343 0.4× 275 0.5× 350 0.8× 65 0.4× 91 1.3k
Panayota Mantzicopoulos United States 27 1.5k 1.5× 573 0.7× 238 0.5× 249 0.6× 60 0.3× 61 1.9k
Akane Zusho United States 14 871 0.9× 454 0.6× 591 1.1× 605 1.5× 91 0.5× 33 1.5k
Virginia M. C. Tze Canada 14 1.2k 1.2× 354 0.5× 378 0.7× 754 1.8× 136 0.8× 27 2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen Schaffner

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Schaffner, Ellen & Ulrich Schiefele. (2016). The Contributions of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reading Motivation to the Development of Reading Competence over Summer Vacation. Reading Psychology. 37(6). 917–941. 30 indexed citations
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Schiefele, Ulrich & Ellen Schaffner. (2016). Factorial and Construct Validity of a New Instrument for the Assessment of Reading Motivation. Reading Research Quarterly. 51(2). 221–237. 53 indexed citations
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Schaffner, Ellen, et al.. (2016). Measurement invariance and validity of a brief questionnaire on reading motivation in elementary students. Journal of Research in Reading. 40(4). 439–461. 25 indexed citations
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Schiefele, Ulrich, et al.. (2016). Longitudinal relations between reading motivation and reading comprehension in the early elementary grades. Learning and Individual Differences. 51. 49–58. 83 indexed citations
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Schaffner, Ellen, et al.. (2015). Relations among reading motivation, reading amount, and reading comprehension in the early elementary grades. Learning and Individual Differences. 45. 101–113. 130 indexed citations
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Schiefele, Ulrich & Ellen Schaffner. (2015). Teacher interests, mastery goals, and self-efficacy as predictors of instructional practices and student motivation. Contemporary Educational Psychology. 42. 159–171. 174 indexed citations
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Kohl, Katharina, Julia Jäkel, Olivia Spiegler, et al.. (2014). Psychologie "' in Erziehung und Unterricht. 429 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaffner, Ellen, et al.. (2013). Die Bedeutung des familiären Hintergrundes für die Lesemotivation und Lesehäufigkeit von Gymnasialschülern. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie. 45(3). 131–141. 5 indexed citations
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Schaffner, Ellen & Ulrich Schiefele. (2013). The prediction of reading comprehension by cognitive and motivational factors: Does text accessibility during comprehension testing make a difference?. Learning and Individual Differences. 26. 42–54. 37 indexed citations
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Schiefele, Ulrich & Ellen Schaffner. (2013). Die Lesemotivation von Grundschülerinnen und -schülern der sechsten Klassenstufe. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht. 60(3). 214–233. 6 indexed citations
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Schaffner, Ellen, Ulrich Schiefele, & Hannah Ulferts. (2013). Reading Amount as a Mediator of the Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reading Motivation on Reading Comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly. 48(4). 369–385. 122 indexed citations
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Schiefele, Ulrich, Ellen Schaffner, Jens Møller, & Allan Wigfield. (2012). Dimensions of Reading Motivation and Their Relation to Reading Behavior and Competence. Reading Research Quarterly. 47(4). 427–463. 468 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaffner, Ellen & Ulrich Schiefele. (2007). The effect of experimental manipulation of student motivation on the situational representation of text. Learning and Instruction. 17(6). 755–772. 35 indexed citations
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Schaffner, Ellen & Ulrich Schiefele. (2004). Familiäre und individuelle Bedingungen des Textlernens. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht. 238–252. 2 indexed citations
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Schaffner, Ellen, et al.. (2004). Auswirkungen habitueller Lesemotivation auf die situative Textrepräsentation. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht. 268–286. 4 indexed citations

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