Erkko Sointu

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Erkko Sointu is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Erkko Sointu has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Education, 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 11 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Erkko Sointu's work include Online and Blended Learning (17 papers), Innovative Teaching Methods (11 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (9 papers). Erkko Sointu is often cited by papers focused on Online and Blended Learning (17 papers), Innovative Teaching Methods (11 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (9 papers). Erkko Sointu collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Belgium. Erkko Sointu's co-authors include Teemu Valtonen, Jari Kukkonen, Sini Kontkanen, Kati Mäkitalo‐Siegl, Matthew C. Lambert, Jo Tondeur, Evrim Baran, Ronny Scherer, Fazilat Siddiq and Kari Sormunen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers in Human Behavior and Computers & Education.

In The Last Decade

Erkko Sointu

48 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

TPACK updated to measure pre-service teachers’ twenty-first century skills

2017 205 citations Teemu Valtonen, Erkko Sointu et al. profile →
Teacher educators as gatekeepers: Preparing the next generation of teachers for technology integration in education

2019 198 citations Jo Tondeur, Ronny Scherer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erkko Sointu Finland	18	1.1k	569	269	172	165	52	1.6k
Chin‐Hsi Lin Hong Kong	23	951 0.8×	403 0.7×	466 1.7×	100 0.6×	242 1.5×	52	1.5k
Tae Seob Shin United States	7	1.1k 1.0×	514 0.9×	267 1.0×	215 1.3×	169 1.0×	20	1.5k
Terence Cavanaugh United States	21	1.0k 0.9×	316 0.6×	300 1.1×	94 0.5×	213 1.3×	79	1.4k
Binbin Zheng United States	19	858 0.7×	332 0.6×	391 1.5×	76 0.4×	199 1.2×	49	1.4k
Fethi A. Inan United States	18	1.4k 1.3×	615 1.1×	335 1.2×	442 2.6×	241 1.5×	46	2.0k
Natalia Kucirkova Norway	24	1.4k 1.2×	672 1.2×	410 1.5×	171 1.0×	154 0.9×	139	2.1k
Syh‐Jong Jang Taiwan	21	1.3k 1.2×	510 0.9×	451 1.7×	177 1.0×	234 1.4×	25	1.9k
Theodore J. Kopcha United States	19	999 0.9×	381 0.7×	376 1.4×	159 0.9×	241 1.5×	41	1.5k
Zahide Yıldırım Türkiye	16	837 0.7×	257 0.5×	321 1.2×	145 0.8×	210 1.3×	51	1.1k
Dominik Petko Switzerland	19	1.3k 1.1×	752 1.3×	420 1.6×	317 1.8×	263 1.6×	98	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erkko Sointu

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Viljaranta, Jaana, et al.. (2025). Primary school students' profiles of self-regulatory efficacy sources—Transitions and association with self-regulatory efficacy. Learning and Individual Differences. 120. 102675–102675.

Sointu, Erkko, et al.. (2025). Pre-Service Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Applying Technologies in Education. Journal of Special Education Technology. 40(4). 505–518. 1 indexed citations

Hirsto, Laura, et al.. (2025). Key elements in successful educational development projects – core processes and experienced support. Higher Education Research & Development. 44(4). 961–975.

Sointu, Erkko, et al.. (2024). Consolidating Research on Student Teacher Professional Agency: A Quantitative Study with an Ecological Approach in the Global South. DergiPark (Istanbul University).

López‐Pernas, Sonsoles, et al.. (2023). Learning analytics to explore the motivational profiles of non-traditional practical nurse students: a mixed-methods approach. Empirical research in vocational education and training. 15(1). 2 indexed citations

Sointu, Erkko, et al.. (2023). SITE SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE: Understanding Emotional Behavior with Learning Analytics to Support Pre-service Teachers’ Learning in Challenging Content Area. 31(1). 67–87. 1 indexed citations

Sointu, Erkko, et al.. (2023). Higher education and the flipped classroom approach: efficacy for students with a history of learning disabilities. Higher Education. 88(3). 1127–1143. 2 indexed citations

Vartiainen, Henriikka, Juho Kahila, Matti Tedre, Erkko Sointu, & Teemu Valtonen. (2023). More than fabricated news reports: Children’s perspectives and experiences of fake news. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 15(2). 17–30. 6 indexed citations

Valtonen, Teemu, et al.. (2022). Pupils’ experiences of learning analytics visualizations in supporting self-regulated learning in an elementary school classroom. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18(1). 3 indexed citations

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Sointu, Erkko, et al.. (2022). Students’ perspectives on the functionality of the flipped classroom approach in master’s thesis seminar. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18(1). 2 indexed citations

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Valtonen, Teemu, et al.. (2020). Fresh perspectives on TPACK: pre-service teachers’ own appraisal of their challenging and confident TPACK areas. Education and Information Technologies. 25(4). 2823–2842. 76 indexed citations

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Valtonen, Teemu, Erkko Sointu, Jari Kukkonen, et al.. (2019). Examining pre‐service teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge as evolving knowledge domains: A longitudinal approach. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 35(4). 491–502. 60 indexed citations

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Sointu, Erkko, et al.. (2019). Ingredients for a positive view of Flipped Classroom in higher education. EdMedia + Innovate Learning. 1690–1697. 1 indexed citations

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Sointu, Erkko, et al.. (2019). Teachers as users of ICT from the student perspective in higher education flipped classroom classes. University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu). 15(1). 1–15. 16 indexed citations

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Felszeghy, Szabolcs, Sanna Pasonen‐Seppänen, Ali Koskela, et al.. (2019). Using online game-based platforms to improve student performance and engagement in histology teaching. BMC Medical Education. 19(1). 273–273. 161 indexed citations

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Sointu, Erkko, Helena Kastarinen, Teemu Valtonen, et al.. (2018). Medical certificate education: controlled study between lectures and flipped classroom. BMC Medical Education. 18(1). 243–243. 10 indexed citations

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Henriksen, Danah, et al.. (2018). Creativity and Technology in Education: An International Perspective. Technology Knowledge and Learning. 23(3). 409–424. 79 indexed citations

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Smits, Anneke, Joke Voogt, Gerald Knezek, et al.. (2018). Factors affecting pre- and in-service use of technology in teaching: Implications for research and practice – Part 1. 604–607. 1 indexed citations

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Sointu, Erkko, et al.. (2017). Differences in preservice teachers’ readiness to use ICT in education and development of TPACK. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2462–2469. 3 indexed citations

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Sointu, Erkko, Teemu Valtonen, Jari Kukkonen, et al.. (2016). Quasi-Experimental Study for Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers’ TPACK. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2016(1). 3067–3074. 6 indexed citations

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