Jonna Koivisto

11.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
30 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Jonna Koivisto is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonna Koivisto has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Jonna Koivisto's work include Educational Games and Gamification (23 papers), Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (8 papers) and Flow Experience in Various Fields (5 papers). Jonna Koivisto is often cited by papers focused on Educational Games and Gamification (23 papers), Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (8 papers) and Flow Experience in Various Fields (5 papers). Jonna Koivisto collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Germany and Netherlands. Jonna Koivisto's co-authors include Juho Hamari, Benedikt Morschheuser, Nicolai Hanner, Alexander Maedche, Aqdas Malik, Kati Alha, Janne Paavilainen, Mikko Vesa, J. Matias Kivikangas and Harald Warmelink and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Business Research and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Jonna Koivisto

29 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Does Gamification Work? -- A Literature Review of Empiric... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2018 2014 2015 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Does Gamification Work? -- A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Gamification
    2014 2.7k citations Juho Hamari, Jonna Koivisto et al. profile →
  2. The rise of motivational information systems: A review of gamification research
    2018 1.0k citations Jonna Koivisto, Juho Hamari International Journal of Information Management profile →
  3. Demographic differences in perceived benefits from gamification
    2014 583 citations Jonna Koivisto, Juho Hamari Computers in Human Behavior profile →
  4. Why do people use gamification services?
    2015 436 citations Juho Hamari, Jonna Koivisto International Journal of Information Management profile →
  5. “Working out for likes”: An empirical study on social influence in exercise gamification
    2015 321 citations Juho Hamari, Jonna Koivisto Computers in Human Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonna Koivisto Finland 21 4.4k 2.7k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 30 7.2k
Dan Dixon United Kingdom 6 4.4k 1.0× 2.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 484 0.4× 9 6.7k
Sebastian Deterding United Kingdom 23 6.0k 1.4× 3.2k 1.2× 1.8k 1.5× 1.9k 1.6× 688 0.6× 87 9.7k
Rilla Khaled Canada 18 3.8k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 406 0.3× 46 5.9k
Lennart E. Nacke Canada 44 7.4k 1.7× 4.3k 1.6× 2.0k 1.6× 3.2k 2.7× 774 0.6× 226 13.0k
Jesse Fox United States 38 1.4k 0.3× 3.4k 1.2× 483 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 332 0.3× 64 7.2k
Elizabeth Boyle United Kingdom 21 2.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 892 0.7× 517 0.4× 177 0.1× 69 5.6k
Thomas Hainey United Kingdom 19 3.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 512 0.4× 173 0.1× 65 4.5k
Julita Vassileva Canada 34 1.0k 0.2× 1.7k 0.6× 834 0.7× 639 0.5× 466 0.4× 212 4.7k
Nick Yee United States 31 1.7k 0.4× 5.4k 2.0× 274 0.2× 2.6k 2.2× 595 0.5× 42 9.5k
Geri Gay United States 46 613 0.1× 2.0k 0.7× 701 0.6× 1.4k 1.2× 541 0.5× 145 7.8k

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All Works

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Jansson, Miia, Hilkka Liedes, Anna‐Leena Vuorinen, et al.. (2023). Short-term effects of a digital patient journey solution on patient-reported outcomes and health care utilization in arthroplasty: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15(3).
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Jansson, Miia & Jonna Koivisto. (2022). Effectiveness of Game-Based Solutions in Patients with Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Games for Health Journal. 12(1). 25–33. 5 indexed citations
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Jansson, Miia, Anna‐Leena Vuorinen, Marja Harjumaa, et al.. (2020). The digital patient journey solution for patients undergoing elective hip and knee arthroplasty: Protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 76(6). 1436–1448. 5 indexed citations
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Jansson, Miia, Jonna Koivisto, & Minna Pikkarainen. (2020). Identified opportunities for gamification in the elective primary fast‐track total hip and knee arthroplasty journey: Secondary analysis of healthcare professionals’ interviews. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 29(13-14). 2338–2351. 11 indexed citations
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Hassan, Lobna, et al.. (2020). Gameful Self-Regulation: A Study on How Gamified Self-Tracking Features Evoke Gameful Experiences. Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 25 indexed citations
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Koivisto, Jonna & Aqdas Malik. (2020). Gamification for Older Adults: A Systematic Literature Review. The Gerontologist. 61(7). e360–e372. 86 indexed citations
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Hamari, Juho, Nicolai Hanner, & Jonna Koivisto. (2019). "Why pay premium in freemium services?" A study on perceived value, continued use and purchase intentions in free-to-play games. International Journal of Information Management. 51. 102040–102040. 135 indexed citations
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Koivisto, Jonna & Juho Hamari. (2019). Gamification of physical activity : A systematic literature review of comparison studies. Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University). 106–117. 21 indexed citations
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Hamari, Juho, Jonna Koivisto, & Petri Parvinen. (2019). Introduction to the Minitrack on Gamification. Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 1 indexed citations
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Warmelink, Harald, Jonna Koivisto, Igor Mayer, Mikko Vesa, & Juho Hamari. (2018). Gamification of production and logistics operations: Status quo and future directions. Journal of Business Research. 106. 331–340. 106 indexed citations
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Koivisto, Jonna & Juho Hamari. (2018). The rise of motivational information systems: A review of gamification research. International Journal of Information Management. 45. 191–210. 1016 indexed citations breakdown →
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Koivisto, Jonna, et al.. (2018). Gamification of education and learning : A review of empirical literature. Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University). 11–19. 222 indexed citations
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Koivisto, Jonna. (2017). Gamification : A study on users, benefits and literature. Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University). 5 indexed citations
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Morschheuser, Benedikt, Juho Hamari, Jonna Koivisto, & Alexander Maedche. (2017). Gamified crowdsourcing: Conceptualization, literature review, and future agenda. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 106. 26–43. 205 indexed citations
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Hamari, Juho, Nicolai Hanner, & Jonna Koivisto. (2016). Service quality explains why people use freemium services but not if they go premium: An empirical study in free-to-play games. International Journal of Information Management. 37(1). 1449–1459. 125 indexed citations
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Hamari, Juho, Kati Alha, Simo Järvelä, et al.. (2016). Why do players buy in-game content? An empirical study on concrete purchase motivations. Computers in Human Behavior. 68. 538–546. 172 indexed citations
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Hamari, Juho & Jonna Koivisto. (2015). Why do people use gamification services?. International Journal of Information Management. 35(4). 419–431. 436 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hamari, Juho, et al.. (2014). Does Gamification Work? -- A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Gamification. 3025–3034. 2745 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hamari, Juho, et al.. (2014). Do Persuasive Technologies Persuade? - A Review of Empirical Studies. Lecture notes in computer science. 118–136. 193 indexed citations
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Hamari, Juho & Jonna Koivisto. (2013). Social Motivations To Use Gamification: An Empirical Study Of Gamifying Exercise. European Conference on Information Systems. 105. 250 indexed citations

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