Jo Van Herwegen

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 974 citations indexed

About

Jo Van Herwegen is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Jo Van Herwegen has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 974 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 27 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 26 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Jo Van Herwegen's work include Williams Syndrome Research (38 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (20 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (13 papers). Jo Van Herwegen is often cited by papers focused on Williams Syndrome Research (38 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (20 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (13 papers). Jo Van Herwegen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Jo Van Herwegen's co-authors include Olympia Palikara, Gabriella Rundblad, Annette Karmiloff‐Smith, Emily K. Farran, Dagmara Annaz, Fei Xu, Daniel Ansari, Michael S. C. Thomas, Dagmara Dimitriou and Mark Blades and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jo Van Herwegen

80 papers receiving 942 citations

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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.

Effective Teacher Professional Development: New Theory and a Meta-Analytic Test

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jo Van Herwegen United Kingdom	17	322	266	265	225	178	88	974
Renzo Vianello Italy	14	290 0.9×	238 0.9×	98 0.4×	100 0.4×	136 0.8×	38	889
Glynis Laws United Kingdom	22	868 2.7×	419 1.6×	291 1.1×	186 0.8×	243 1.4×	32	1.6k
Jennifer G. Wishart United Kingdom	21	565 1.8×	553 2.1×	130 0.5×	128 0.6×	311 1.7×	48	1.2k
Chris Donlan United Kingdom	17	1.4k 4.4×	599 2.3×	101 0.4×	427 1.9×	162 0.9×	39	1.9k
Frances A. Conners United States	27	1.4k 4.5×	794 3.0×	115 0.4×	453 2.0×	301 1.7×	57	2.4k
Linda J. Hesketh United States	13	1.3k 4.0×	783 2.9×	133 0.5×	109 0.5×	248 1.4×	19	1.8k
Elizabeth Kay‐Raining Bird Canada	19	1.2k 3.8×	521 2.0×	121 0.5×	174 0.8×	323 1.8×	46	1.6k
Victoria Simms United Kingdom	18	557 1.7×	164 0.6×	26 0.1×	801 3.6×	115 0.6×	61	1.4k
Olga Capirci Italy	21	1.3k 4.2×	329 1.2×	318 1.2×	98 0.4×	79 0.4×	43	1.8k
Gnanathusharan Rajendran United Kingdom	17	444 1.4×	755 2.8×	20 0.1×	269 1.2×	168 0.9×	41	1.1k

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Dockrell, Julie, et al.. (2025). Raising Educational Achievement for Students with Special Educational Needs: Perspectives on Evidence‐Based Interventions from Educational Practitioners. Mind Brain and Education. 19(4). 260–274. 1 indexed citations

Cameron, Claire, et al.. (2025). School absence and (primary) school connectedness: evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study. London Review of Education. 23(1).

Singh, Nandini Chatterjee, Tal Gilead, Jo Van Herwegen, et al.. (2025). A new education agenda based on The International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment. npj Science of Learning. 10(1). 24–24.

Thomas, Michael S. C., et al.. (2024). Evaluating What Works in the Classroom: Best Practice and Future Opportunities. Mind Brain and Education. 18(4). 474–484. 3 indexed citations

Outhwaite, Laura A., et al.. (2024). Measuring Mathematical Skills in Early Childhood: a Systematic Review of the Psychometric Properties of Early Maths Assessments and Screeners. Educational Psychology Review. 36(4). 4 indexed citations

Palikara, Olympia, et al.. (2024). Anxiety during transition from primary to secondary schools in neurodivergent children. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). e12262–e12262. 1 indexed citations

Bradbury, Alice, Emily K. Farran, Katie Anne Gilligan-Lee, et al.. (2024). Dividing times: the views of early adopters of a new assessment framework on mathematics in England. Early Years Journal of International Research and Development. 45(3-4). 640–654.

Durocher, Jennifer S., Rebecca S. Eshraghi, Andrea C. Samson, et al.. (2023). Efficacy of coping mechanisms used during COVID-19 as reported by parents of children with autism. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0283494–e0283494. 2 indexed citations

Outhwaite, Laura A. & Jo Van Herwegen. (2023). Educational apps and learning: Current evidence on design and evaluation. British Journal of Educational Technology. 54(5). 1268–1272. 2 indexed citations

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Durocher, Jennifer S., Andrea C. Samson, Jo Van Herwegen, et al.. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on individuals with ASD in the US: Parent perspectives on social and support concerns. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0270845–e0270845. 11 indexed citations

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Palikara, Olympia, et al.. (2021). Online and Face-to-Face Performance on Two Cognitive Tasks in Children With Williams Syndrome. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 594465–594465. 10 indexed citations

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Dukes, Daniel, Mary Hanley, Olympia Palikara, et al.. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 on Anxiety and Worries for Families of Individuals with Special Education Needs and Disabilities in the UK. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 52(6). 2656–2669. 29 indexed citations

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Dukes, Daniel, Andrea C. Samson, & Jo Van Herwegen. (2020). COVID19 Crisis Response Survey for families of Individuals with Special Needs. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 6 indexed citations

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Wall, Kate, et al.. (2019). A Study of the Drivers, Demand and Supply for Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND)-Related Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for School Staff. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Herwegen, Jo Van, et al.. (2019). Eye Movement Patterns and Approximate Number Sense Task Performance in Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome: A Developmental Perspective. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 49(10). 4030–4038. 11 indexed citations

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Herwegen, Jo Van, et al.. (2018). Parent-Reported Communication Abilities of Children with Sotos Syndrome: Evidence from the Children’s Communication Checklist-2. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 49(4). 1475–1483. 10 indexed citations

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Herwegen, Jo Van, et al.. (2017). Practical research with children. Psychology Teaching Review. 23(2). 98–100. 7 indexed citations

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Herwegen, Jo Van, et al.. (2016). Improving approximate number sense abilities in preschoolers: PLUS games.. School Psychology Quarterly. 32(4). 497–508. 16 indexed citations

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Herwegen, Jo Van, Dagmara Dimitriou, & Gabriella Rundblad. (2013). Development of novel metaphor and metonymy comprehension in typically developing children and Williams syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 34(4). 1300–1311. 40 indexed citations

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Herwegen, Jo Van, Gabriella Rundblad, Eddy J. Davelaar, & Dagmara Annaz. (2011). Variability and standardized test profiles in typically developing children and children with Williams Syndrome. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 29(4). 883–894. 21 indexed citations

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