Ester van Laar

3.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
17 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Ester van Laar is a scholar working on Information Systems, Communication and Computer Science Applications. According to data from OpenAlex, Ester van Laar has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Information Systems, 9 papers in Communication and 5 papers in Computer Science Applications. Recurrent topics in Ester van Laar's work include Digital literacy in education (10 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (7 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (5 papers). Ester van Laar is often cited by papers focused on Digital literacy in education (10 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (7 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (5 papers). Ester van Laar collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Ester van Laar's co-authors include Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, Jan van Dijk, Jos de Haan, Sabrina Hegner, Ardion Beldad, Ellen Helsper, Shenja van der Graaf, Phillip L. Ackerman, Francesca Borgonovi and Arthur C. Graesser and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Educational Psychology Review and Telematics and Informatics.

In The Last Decade

Ester van Laar

16 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The relation between 21st-century skills and digital skills: A systematic literature review

2017 1.2k citations Ester van Laar, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen et al. Computers in Human Behavior profile →
Determinants of 21st-Century Skills and 21st-Century Digital Skills for Workers: A Systematic Literature Review

2020 513 citations Ester van Laar, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen et al. SAGE Open profile →
Determinants of 21st-century digital skills: A large-scale survey among working professionals

2019 179 citations Ester van Laar, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen et al. Computers in Human Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ester van Laar Netherlands	10	1.0k	768	331	274	180	17	2.2k
Yoram Eshet‐Alkalai Israel	19	1.2k 1.1×	897 1.2×	442 1.3×	311 1.1×	193 1.1×	50	2.3k
Yves Punie Belgium	22	869 0.8×	650 0.8×	246 0.7×	442 1.6×	102 0.6×	53	2.0k
Anusca Ferrari Netherlands	8	910 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	231 0.7×	462 1.7×	90 0.5×	12	2.0k
Akhmad Habibi Indonesia	25	1.3k 1.3×	825 1.1×	342 1.0×	223 0.8×	59 0.3×	131	2.5k
Hasnan Baber South Korea	19	735 0.7×	393 0.5×	328 1.0×	199 0.7×	79 0.4×	77	1.9k
Peter Sloep Netherlands	25	773 0.7×	555 0.7×	298 0.9×	603 2.2×	321 1.8×	149	2.1k
Joseph Crawford Australia	20	1.1k 1.1×	511 0.7×	262 0.8×	449 1.6×	66 0.4×	65	2.7k
Anoush Margaryan United Kingdom	23	1.2k 1.1×	526 0.7×	503 1.5×	989 3.6×	329 1.8×	82	2.6k
Hassan M. Selim United Arab Emirates	15	787 0.8×	280 0.4×	314 0.9×	278 1.0×	260 1.4×	27	1.9k
Ángel Hernández-García Spain	18	702 0.7×	466 0.6×	645 1.9×	728 2.7×	159 0.9×	75	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ester van Laar

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All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

Laar, Ester van, et al.. (2025). Psychological Science and the Blind Spot in Education: Learning and Instruction of Transversal Skills in the Twenty-First Century. Educational Psychology Review. 37(2).

Deursen, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van, et al.. (2025). Internet appropriation barriers in the lives of Dutch parents living in poverty: A qualitative study. The Information Society. 41(3). 195–208. 1 indexed citations

Laar, Ester van, et al.. (2024). Developing Performance Tests to Measure Digital Skills: Lessons Learned From a Cross-National Perspective. Media and Communication. 13. 1 indexed citations

Deursen, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van, et al.. (2024). Exploring Barriers to and Outcomes of Internet Appropriation Among Households Living in Poverty: A Systematic Literature Review. SAGE Open. 14(1). 2 indexed citations

Laar, Ester van, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, & Jan van Dijk. (2022). Developing policy aimed at 21st-century digital skills for the creative industries: an interview study with founders and managing directors. Journal of Education and Work. 35(2). 195–209. 15 indexed citations

Helsper, Ellen, et al.. (2021). The youth Digital Skills Indicator: Report on the conceptualisation and development of the ySKILLS digital skills measure. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 21 indexed citations

Helsper, Ellen, et al.. (2021). youth Digital Skills Indicator questionnaire. University of Twente Research Information. 1 indexed citations

Helsper, Ellen, et al.. (2021). The youth Digital Skills Indicator. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 6 indexed citations

Laar, Ester van, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, Jan van Dijk, & Jos de Haan. (2020). Determinants of 21st-Century Skills and 21st-Century Digital Skills for Workers: A Systematic Literature Review. SAGE Open. 10(1). 513 indexed citations breakdown →

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Laar, Ester van, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, Jan van Dijk, & Jos de Haan. (2020). Measuring the levels of 21st-century digital skills among professionals working within the creative industries: A performance-based approach. Poetics. 81. 101434–101434. 76 indexed citations

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Laar, Ester van, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, Jan van Dijk, & Jos de Haan. (2019). The sequential and conditional nature of 21st-century digital skills. International journal of communication. 13. 3462–3487. 22 indexed citations

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Laar, Ester van, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, Jan van Dijk, & Jos de Haan. (2019). Determinants of 21st-century digital skills: A large-scale survey among working professionals. Computers in Human Behavior. 100. 93–104. 179 indexed citations breakdown →

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Laar, Ester van, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, Jan van Dijk, & Jos de Haan. (2019). Twenty-first century digital skills for the creative industries workforce: Perspectives from industry experts. First Monday. 15 indexed citations

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Laar, Ester van, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, Jan van Dijk, & Jos de Haan. (2018). 21st-century digital skills instrument aimed at working professionals: Conceptual development and empirical validation. Telematics and Informatics. 35(8). 2184–2200. 83 indexed citations

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Deursen, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van, et al.. (2018). Social Network Site Skills for Communication Professionals: Conceptualization, Operationalization, and an Empirical Investigation. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 62(1). 43–54. 8 indexed citations

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Laar, Ester van, Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, Jan van Dijk, & Jos de Haan. (2017). The relation between 21st-century skills and digital skills: A systematic literature review. Computers in Human Behavior. 72. 577–588. 1176 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beldad, Ardion, Ester van Laar, & Sabrina Hegner. (2017). Should the shady steal thunder? The effects of crisis communication timing, pre‐crisis reputation valence, and crisis type on post‐crisis organizational trust and purchase intention. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 26(1). 150–163. 43 indexed citations

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