Jennifer A. Fredricks

21.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
33 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Jennifer A. Fredricks is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer A. Fredricks has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Education, 19 papers in Safety Research and 14 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jennifer A. Fredricks's work include Youth Development and Social Support (19 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (12 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (12 papers). Jennifer A. Fredricks is often cited by papers focused on Youth Development and Social Support (19 papers), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (12 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (12 papers). Jennifer A. Fredricks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Germany. Jennifer A. Fredricks's co-authors include Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Alison H. Paris, Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Ming‐Te Wang, Michael Filsecker, Michael A. Lawson, Sandra D. Simpkins, Tara Hofkens, Feifei Ye and Elliot Soloway and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Developmental Psychology and Review of Educational Research.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer A. Fredricks

33 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence

2004 7.4k citations Jennifer A. Fredricks, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld et al. Review of Educational Research profile →
Children's competence and value beliefs from childhood through adolescence: Growth trajectories in two male-sex-typed domains.

2002 739 citations Jennifer A. Fredricks, Jacquelynne S. Eccles Developmental Psychology profile →
The Reciprocal Links Between School Engagement, Youth Problem Behaviors, and School Dropout During Adolescence

2013 521 citations Ming‐Te Wang, Jennifer A. Fredricks Child Development profile →
Student engagement, context, and adjustment: Addressing definitional, measurement, and methodological issues

2016 515 citations Jennifer A. Fredricks et al. Learning and Instruction profile →
The Math and Science Engagement Scales: Scale development, validation, and psychometric properties

2016 375 citations Ming‐Te Wang, Jennifer A. Fredricks et al. Learning and Instruction profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jennifer A. Fredricks United States	26	8.3k	3.4k	3.0k	2.5k	2.1k	33	12.8k
Phyllis C. Blumenfeld United States	35	12.4k 1.5×	4.0k 1.2×	5.6k 1.9×	1.8k 0.7×	3.7k 1.8×	70	18.5k
Alison H. Paris United States	10	6.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	2.8k 0.9×	938 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	14	9.2k
Sandra L. Christenson United States	39	6.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	940 0.5×	109	9.9k
Johnmarshall Reeve South Korea	58	6.3k 0.8×	10.7k 3.2×	4.3k 1.4×	3.5k 1.4×	4.2k 2.1×	121	17.3k
Ming‐Te Wang United States	46	7.8k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.3×	119	12.7k
Frédéric Guay Canada	51	4.1k 0.5×	6.7k 2.0×	2.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	3.4k 1.7×	145	12.4k
Thomas Goetz Germany	62	6.7k 0.8×	8.0k 2.4×	3.2k 1.1×	758 0.3×	7.0k 3.4×	147	16.8k
Robert M. Klassen United Kingdom	49	6.0k 0.7×	3.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	753 0.3×	1.7k 0.8×	115	10.5k
Jürgen Baumert Germany	60	11.7k 1.4×	4.4k 1.3×	3.0k 1.0×	886 0.4×	4.2k 2.0×	357	16.7k
Raymond P. Perry Canada	50	5.0k 0.6×	6.3k 1.9×	2.3k 0.8×	587 0.2×	4.2k 2.0×	174	14.0k

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Liem, Gregory Arief D. & Jennifer A. Fredricks. (2025). Groups, goals, and growth: How peer acceptance shapes student development in co‐curricular activities. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 95(4). 1134–1154. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Ming‐Te, et al.. (2017). Conceptualization and Assessment of Adolescents’ Engagement and Disengagement in School. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 35(4). 592–606. 144 indexed citations

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Wang, Ming‐Te, et al.. (2016). The Math and Science Engagement Scales: Scale development, validation, and psychometric properties. Learning and Instruction. 43. 16–26. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marôco, João, Ana Lúcia Marôco, Juliana Álvares Duarte Bonini Campos, & Jennifer A. Fredricks. (2016). University student’s engagement: development of the University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI). Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica. 29(1). 136 indexed citations

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Fredricks, Jennifer A., et al.. (2014). Moving beyond attendance: Lessons learned from assessing engagement in afterschool contexts. New Directions for Youth Development. 2014(144). 45–58. 18 indexed citations

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Fredricks, Jennifer A., Sandra D. Simpkins, & Sandra Simpkins-Chaput. (2013). Organized out-of-school activities: Peers and adolescent development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 140. 1–17. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Ming‐Te & Jennifer A. Fredricks. (2013). The Reciprocal Links Between School Engagement, Youth Problem Behaviors, and School Dropout During Adolescence. Child Development. 85(2). 722–737. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fredricks, Jennifer A.. (2013). 7 Behavioral Engagement in Learning. 59–61. 5 indexed citations

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Simpkins, Sandra D., Jennifer A. Fredricks, & Jacquelynne S. Eccles. (2012). Charting the Eccles' expectancy-value model from mothers' beliefs in childhood to youths' activities in adolescence.. Developmental Psychology. 48(4). 1019–1032. 176 indexed citations

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Fredricks, Jennifer A. & Sandra D. Simpkins. (2011). Promoting Positive Youth Development Through Organized After-School Activities: Taking a Closer Look at Participation of Ethnic Minority Youth. Child Development Perspectives. 6(3). 280–287. 122 indexed citations

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Fredricks, Jennifer A.. (2011). Extracurricular Participation and Academic Outcomes: Testing the Over-Scheduling Hypothesis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 41(3). 295–306. 132 indexed citations

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Fredricks, Jennifer A., et al.. (2011). Measuring Student Engagement in Upper Elementary through High School: A Description of 21 Instruments. Summary. Issues & Answers. REL 2011-No. 098.. 73 indexed citations

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Fredricks, Jennifer A. & Jacquelynne S. Eccles. (2010). Breadth of Extracurricular Participation and Adolescent Adjustment Among African-American and European-American Youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 20(2). 307–333. 106 indexed citations

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Linnenbrink‐Garcia, Lisa & Jennifer A. Fredricks. (2008). Developmental perspectives on achievement motivation: Personal and contextual influences.. 7 indexed citations

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Fredricks, Jennifer A. & Jacquelynne S. Eccles. (2006). Extracurricular Involvement and Adolescent Adjustment: Impact of Duration, Number of Activities, and Breadth of Participation. Applied Developmental Science. 10(3). 132–146. 218 indexed citations

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Fredricks, Jennifer A., Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, & Alison H. Paris. (2004). School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence. Review of Educational Research. 74(1). 59–109. 7366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fredricks, Jennifer A. & Jacquelynne S. Eccles. (2002). Children's competence and value beliefs from childhood through adolescence: Growth trajectories in two male-sex-typed domains.. Developmental Psychology. 38(4). 519–533. 40 indexed citations

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Krajcik, Joseph, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Ronald W. Marx, et al.. (1998). Inquiry in Project-Based Science Classrooms: Initial Attempts by Middle School Students. Journal of the Learning Sciences. 7(3-4). 313–350. 450 indexed citations

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Krajcik, Joseph, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Ronald W. Marx, et al.. (1998). Inquiry in Project-Based Science Classrooms: Initial Attempts by Middle School Students. Journal of the Learning Sciences. 7(3). 313–350. 89 indexed citations

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Krajcik, Joseph, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Ronald W. Marx, et al.. (1996). The development of middle school students' inquiry strategies in project-based science classrooms. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 450–455. 4 indexed citations

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