Étienne Wenger

143.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
34 papers, 83.3k citations indexed

About

Étienne Wenger is a scholar working on Education, Human Factors and Ergonomics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Étienne Wenger has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 83.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Education, 5 papers in Human Factors and Ergonomics and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Étienne Wenger's work include Innovative Education and Learning Practices (5 papers), Service-Learning and Community Engagement (3 papers) and Knowledge Management and Sharing (2 papers). Étienne Wenger is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Education and Learning Practices (5 papers), Service-Learning and Community Engagement (3 papers) and Knowledge Management and Sharing (2 papers). Étienne Wenger collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Étienne Wenger's co-authors include Jean Lave, William M. Snyder, John David Smith, Nancy White, Maarten de Laat, Beverly Trayner, Dennis Kibler, Marleen Huysman, Volker Wulf and Penelope Eckert and has published in prestigious journals such as Academic Medicine, Knowledge-Based Systems and Medical Education.

In The Last Decade

Étienne Wenger

33 papers receiving 71.0k citations

Hit Papers

Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. 1988 2026 2000 2013 1994 1991 1999 1998 2002 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k 20.0k

Peers

Étienne Wenger
Jean Lave United States
John W. Creswell United States
Juliet Corbin United States
L. S. Vygotsky United States
Anselm L. Strauss United States
Donald A. Schön United States
Virginia Braun New Zealand
Victoria Clarke United Kingdom
Yvonna S. Lincoln United States
Albert Bandura United States
Jean Lave United States
Étienne Wenger
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Étienne Wenger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Étienne Wenger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Étienne Wenger. Étienne Wenger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wenger, Étienne, et al.. (2014). How Clerkship Students Learn From Real Patients in Practice Settings. Academic Medicine. 89(3). 469–476. 68 indexed citations
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Hart, Angie, Ceri Davies, Étienne Wenger, et al.. (2013). Mobilising knowledge in community−university partnerships: what does a community of practice approach contribute?. Contemporary Social Science. 8(3). 278–291. 44 indexed citations
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King, Nigel, et al.. (2012). Phenomenological analysis of patient experiences of medical student teaching encounters. Medical Education. 46(10). 963–973. 36 indexed citations
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Wenger, Étienne, Beverly Trayner, & Maarten de Laat. (2011). Promoting and assessing value creation in communities and networks: a conceptual framework. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 350 indexed citations
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Wenger, Étienne. (2011). Figures in our worlds: a response to articles by Hernandez-Martinez et al. and Williams. Research in Mathematics Education. 13(2). 143–146. 1 indexed citations
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Wenger, Étienne. (2010). Developing complex capabilities: the case of disaster risk reduction. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations
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Wenger, Étienne, Nancy White, & John David Smith. (2009). Digital Habitats : Stewarding technology for communities. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 364 indexed citations
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Wenger, Étienne. (2009). Social Learning Capacity: Four Essays on Innovation and Learning in Social Systems. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 193–210. 4 indexed citations
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Wenger, Étienne. (2008). Practice-based professional learning: perspectives from social learning theory. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 3 indexed citations
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Laat, Maarten de, et al.. (2006). A selective analysis of empirical findings in networked learning research in higher education: Questing for coherence. Educational Research Review. 1(2). 99–111. 13 indexed citations
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Eckert, Penelope & Étienne Wenger. (2005). Communities of practice in sociolinguistics. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 9(4). 582–589. 56 indexed citations
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Huysman, Marleen, Étienne Wenger, & Volker Wulf. (2003). Communities and technologies : proceedings of the First International Conference on Communities and Technologies : C&T 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Huysman, Marleen, Étienne Wenger, & Volker Wulf. (2003). Communities and Technologies. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 87 indexed citations
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Foote, Nathaniel, Eric T. Matson, Leigh Weiss, & Étienne Wenger. (2002). Leveraging Group Knowledge for High-Performance Decision-Making. Organizational Dynamics. 31(3). 280–295. 12 indexed citations
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Wenger, Étienne, et al.. (2001). Comunidades de práctica. Aprendizaje, significado e identidad. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 150 indexed citations
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Wenger, Étienne. (2000). Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems. Organization. 7(2). 225–246. 2457 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wenger, Étienne. (1998). Communities of Practice. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 12957 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lave, Jean, et al.. (1994). Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation.. Man. 29(2). 487–487. 24951 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lave, Jean & Étienne Wenger. (1991). Situated Learning. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 19408 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wenger, Étienne. (1988). Artificial intelligence and tutoring systems: Computational and cognitive approaches to the communication of knowledge. Knowledge-Based Systems. 1(5). 311–311. 515 indexed citations breakdown →

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