Jorma Sajaniemi

1.4k total citations
67 papers, 998 citations indexed

About

Jorma Sajaniemi is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Jorma Sajaniemi has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 998 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Computer Science Applications, 29 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 23 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Jorma Sajaniemi's work include Teaching and Learning Programming (42 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (28 papers) and Software Engineering Research (17 papers). Jorma Sajaniemi is often cited by papers focused on Teaching and Learning Programming (42 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (28 papers) and Software Engineering Research (17 papers). Jorma Sajaniemi collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Israel. Jorma Sajaniemi's co-authors include Marja Kuittinen, Uolevi Nikula, Pertti Saariluoma, Heikki Kälviäinen, Seppo Nevalainen, Mordechai Ben‐Ari, Matti Tedre, Chenglie Hu, Pekka Savolainen and Ludwik Kuźniarz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers & Education and Ergonomics.

In The Last Decade

Jorma Sajaniemi

63 papers receiving 782 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jorma Sajaniemi Finland 17 669 390 362 344 232 67 998
Felienne Hermans Netherlands 21 676 1.0× 486 1.2× 262 0.7× 603 1.8× 152 0.7× 98 1.3k
Mikko‐Jussi Laakso Finland 20 805 1.2× 261 0.7× 402 1.1× 163 0.5× 100 0.4× 97 1.2k
Juha Sorva Finland 18 1.1k 1.6× 364 0.9× 550 1.5× 244 0.7× 177 0.8× 48 1.3k
Ville Karavirta Finland 19 1.3k 1.9× 402 1.0× 498 1.4× 407 1.2× 187 0.8× 59 1.5k
Vicki L. Almstrum United States 15 1.5k 2.2× 443 1.1× 664 1.8× 265 0.8× 205 0.9× 50 1.8k
Errol Thompson New Zealand 14 966 1.4× 340 0.9× 382 1.1× 197 0.6× 175 0.8× 22 1.1k
Michal Armoni Israel 20 1.4k 2.1× 349 0.9× 682 1.9× 173 0.5× 194 0.8× 85 1.6k
Sue Fitzgerald United States 17 1.2k 1.8× 488 1.3× 526 1.5× 268 0.8× 175 0.8× 40 1.4k
Thomas L. Naps United States 19 1.2k 1.8× 298 0.8× 593 1.6× 249 0.7× 235 1.0× 59 1.5k
Guido Rößling Germany 15 1.1k 1.7× 273 0.7× 587 1.6× 227 0.7× 184 0.8× 93 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jorma Sajaniemi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sajaniemi, Jorma. (2008). Guest Editor's Introduction: Psychology of Programming : Looking into Programmers Heads. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Nevalainen, Seppo & Jorma Sajaniemi. (2008). An Experiment on the Short-Term Effects of Engagement and Representation in Program Animation. Journal of Educational Computing Research. 39(4). 395–430. 1 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma & Marja Kuittinen. (2008). From Procedures to Objects: A Research Agenda for the Psychology of Object-Oriented Programming Education. Human Technology. 4(1). 75–91. 16 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma, et al.. (2007). Introducing Learning into Automatic Program Comprehension.. PPIG. 9. 1 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma & Marja Kuittinen. (2007). From Procedures to Objects: What Have We (Not) Done?. PPIG. 8. 4 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma, et al.. (2007). Animation Metaphors for Object-Oriented Concepts. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. 178. 15–22. 14 indexed citations
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Nikula, Uolevi, et al.. (2007). Python and Roles of Variables in Introductory Programming: Experiences from Three Educational Institutions. Journal of Information Technology Education Research. 6. 199–214. 14 indexed citations
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Kuźniarz, Ludwik, et al.. (2006). Increasing comprehensibility of object models: making the roles of attributes explicit in UML diagrams. Nordic journal of computing. 13(3). 149–161. 2 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma & Chenglie Hu. (2006). Teaching Programming: Going beyond "Objects First". PPIG. 5. 10 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma, et al.. (2006). An Experiment on the Effects of Program Code Highlighting on Visual Search for Local Patterns.. PPIG. 10. 5 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma, et al.. (2006). A role-based analysis model for the evaluation of novices' programming knowledge development. 85–96. 12 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma, et al.. (2005). Roles of Variables in Experts' Programming Knowledge. PPIG. 13. 24 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma, et al.. (2005). Using Roles of Variables in Teaching: Effects on Program Construction. PPIG. 23. 7 indexed citations
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Nevalainen, Seppo & Jorma Sajaniemi. (2005). Short-Term Effects of Graphical versus Textual Visualisation of Variables on Program Perception. PPIG. 8. 10 indexed citations
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Nevalainen, Seppo & Jorma Sajaniemi. (2004). Comparison of three eye tracking devices in psychology of programming research.. PPIG. 15. 17 indexed citations
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Kuittinen, Marja, et al.. (2004). An Inter-Rater Reliability Analysis of Good's Program Summary Analysis Scheme.. PPIG. 17. 7 indexed citations
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Kuittinen, Marja & Jorma Sajaniemi. (2003). First results of an experiment on using roles of variables in teaching.. PPIG. 13. 6 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma. (2002). Visualizing Roles of Variables to Novice Programmers. PPIG. 11. 11 indexed citations
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Nikula, Uolevi, Jorma Sajaniemi, & Heikki Kälviäinen. (2000). Management View on Current Requirements Engineering Practices in Small and Medium Enterprises. 17 indexed citations
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Sajaniemi, Jorma, et al.. (1989). Program editing based on variable plans: a cognitive approach to program manipulation. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 66–73. 5 indexed citations

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