Gil Keppens

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Gil Keppens is a scholar working on Education, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gil Keppens has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Education, 17 papers in Clinical Psychology and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gil Keppens's work include Youth Substance Use and School Attendance (20 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (16 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (10 papers). Gil Keppens is often cited by papers focused on Youth Substance Use and School Attendance (20 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (16 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (10 papers). Gil Keppens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Gil Keppens's co-authors include Bram Spruyt, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, Jessy Siongers, Carolina Gonzálvez, Laelia Benoit, Christopher A. Kearney, David Heyne, Lieve Bradt, Laura Van den Borre and Glenn Melvin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and Learning and Instruction.

In The Last Decade

Gil Keppens

33 papers receiving 954 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.

Who Supports Populism and What Attracts People to It?

2016 323 citations Bram Spruyt, Gil Keppens et al. Political Research Quarterly profile →
Gender differences in mental health problems among adolescents and the role of social support: results from the Belgian health interview surveys 2008 and 2013

2018 248 citations Filip Van Droogenbroeck, Bram Spruyt et al. BMC Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gil Keppens Belgium	15	398	350	341	298	173	35	1.0k
Juan Del Toro United States	21	516 1.3×	509 1.5×	689 2.0×	112 0.4×	218 1.3×	64	1.3k
Nicolas Geeraert United Kingdom	13	181 0.5×	242 0.7×	485 1.4×	64 0.2×	340 2.0×	24	955
Parissa J. Ballard United States	15	233 0.6×	376 1.1×	314 0.9×	21 0.1×	149 0.9×	42	950
Leon C. Wilson United States	8	325 0.8×	222 0.6×	478 1.4×	83 0.3×	177 1.0×	18	870
Alison Blodorn United States	15	318 0.8×	60 0.2×	421 1.2×	122 0.4×	235 1.4×	17	963
Daniel J. Christie United States	13	183 0.5×	102 0.3×	328 1.0×	61 0.2×	163 0.9×	37	741
Carla D. Hunter United States	17	386 1.0×	241 0.7×	565 1.7×	24 0.1×	308 1.8×	36	1.0k
Peter F. Titzmann Germany	20	455 1.1×	357 1.0×	755 2.2×	24 0.1×	270 1.6×	59	1.1k
Ting Kin Ng Hong Kong	17	321 0.8×	153 0.4×	257 0.8×	14 0.0×	332 1.9×	61	878
Jia‐Yan Pan Hong Kong	15	319 0.8×	80 0.2×	149 0.4×	46 0.2×	251 1.5×	36	637

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gil Keppens

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20 of 20 papers shown

Keppens, Gil, et al.. (2025). School-based support for emotion-related attendance challenges: effectiveness of @School when implemented with neurodiverse adolescents, their parents, and school staff. Frontiers in Psychology. 16. 1613712–1613712. 1 indexed citations

Heyne, David, Carolyn Gentle‐Genitty, Glenn Melvin, et al.. (2024). Embracing change: from recalibration to radical overhaul for the field of school attendance. Frontiers in Education. 8. 11 indexed citations

Gentle‐Genitty, Carolyn, Gil Keppens, & Christopher A. Kearney. (2024). Perception of School Social Bonding (PSSB) Instrument: Structural and Concurrent Validity. Contemporary School Psychology. 29(1). 213–220.

Heyne, David, et al.. (2024). From Attendance Data to Student Support: International Practices for Recording, Reporting, and Using Data on School Attendance and Absence. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(3). 5–26. 5 indexed citations

Kearney, Christopher A., Laelia Benoit, Carolina Gonzálvez, & Gil Keppens. (2022). School attendance and school absenteeism: A primer for the past, present, and theory of change for the future. Frontiers in Education. 7. 28 indexed citations

Keppens, Gil. (2022). Who is absent from school when? An optimal matching analysis of within-year variation in the timing of school absences. Journal of School Psychology. 95. 90–104. 7 indexed citations

Spruyt, Bram, et al.. (2021). Teachers’ perceived societal appreciation: PISA outcomes predict whether teachers feel valued in society. International Journal of Educational Research. 109. 101833–101833. 25 indexed citations

Droogenbroeck, Filip Van, et al.. (2021). Ambivalent sexism among Christian and Muslim youth. The gendered pathway of perceived pressure for religious conformity. European Societies. 24(2). 154–177. 4 indexed citations

Spruyt, Bram, et al.. (2020). Connected and satisfied. The relationship between ethnic connectedness, life satisfaction and ethnic school composition among adolescents from nine ethnic groups. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 80. 250–261. 1 indexed citations

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Keppens, Gil & Bram Spruyt. (2020). The impact of interventions to prevent truancy: A review of the research literature. Studies In Educational Evaluation. 65. 100840–100840. 39 indexed citations

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Keppens, Gil, et al.. (2019). Measuring School Absenteeism: Administrative Attendance Data Collected by Schools Differ From Self-Reports in Systematic Ways. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 2623–2623. 35 indexed citations

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Droogenbroeck, Filip Van, Bram Spruyt, & Gil Keppens. (2018). Gender differences in mental health problems among adolescents and the role of social support: results from the Belgian health interview surveys 2008 and 2013. BMC Psychiatry. 18(1). 6–6. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keppens, Gil & Bram Spruyt. (2018). Truancy in Europe: Does the type of educational system matter?. European Journal of Education. 53(3). 414–426. 41 indexed citations

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Keppens, Gil & Bram Spruyt. (2017). The School as a Socialization Context. Youth & Society. 51(8). 1145–1166. 20 indexed citations

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Keppens, Gil & Bram Spruyt. (2017). The development of persistent truant behaviour: an exploratory analysis of adolescents’ perspectives. Educational Research. 59(3). 353–370. 18 indexed citations

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Spruyt, Bram, Gil Keppens, & Filip Van Droogenbroeck. (2016). Who Supports Populism and What Attracts People to It?. Political Research Quarterly. 69(2). 335–346. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keppens, Gil & Bram Spruyt. (2016). Towards a typology of occasional truancy: an operationalisation study of occasional truancy in secondary education in Flanders. Research Papers in Education. 32(1). 121–135. 21 indexed citations

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Keppens, Gil & Bram Spruyt. (2015). Short-term fun or long-term gain: a mixed methods empirical investigation into perceptions of truancy among non-truants in Flanders. Educational Studies. 41(3). 326–340. 4 indexed citations

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Keppens, Gil & Bram Spruyt. (2015). Dé spijbelaar bestaat niet. 90(2). 143–169. 2 indexed citations

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Spruyt, Bram, et al.. (2014). What is it worth? An empirical investigation into attitudes towards education amongst youngsters following secondary education in Flanders. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 37(4). 586–606. 11 indexed citations

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