Karel Kreijns

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Karel Kreijns is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Karel Kreijns has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Education, 28 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Karel Kreijns's work include Online and Blended Learning (27 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (22 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (19 papers). Karel Kreijns is often cited by papers focused on Online and Blended Learning (27 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (22 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (19 papers). Karel Kreijns collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom. Karel Kreijns's co-authors include Paul A. Kirschner, Wim Jochems, Hans van Buuren, Marjan Vermeulen, Frederik Van Acker, Arnoud T. Evers, Marco Kalz, Jan-Willem Strijbos, Pieter J. Beers and Joshua Weidlich and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers in Human Behavior and Computers & Education.

In The Last Decade

Karel Kreijns

69 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identifying the pitfalls for social interaction in computer-supported collaborative learning environments: a review of the research

2003 1.0k citations Karel Kreijns, Paul A. Kirschner et al. profile →
Social Presence: Conceptualization and Measurement

2021 173 citations Karel Kreijns, Kate M. Xu et al. Educational Psychology Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karel Kreijns Netherlands	28	2.0k	1.5k	841	753	630	71	3.8k
Wim Jochems Netherlands	27	2.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.4×	765 0.9×	553 0.7×	714 1.1×	82	4.3k
Tammy Schellens Belgium	32	2.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	710 0.8×	776 1.0×	689 1.1×	126	4.1k
Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena United States	21	3.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.5×	895 1.1×	967 1.3×	913 1.4×	56	4.7k
Zane L. Berge United States	33	3.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	895 1.1×	478 0.6×	513 0.8×	143	4.5k
Gilly Salmon United Kingdom	25	2.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	851 1.0×	408 0.5×	554 0.9×	55	3.5k
Karen Swan United States	32	4.2k 2.0×	2.1k 1.4×	1.4k 1.7×	661 0.9×	393 0.6×	127	5.2k
George Veletsianos Canada	35	2.0k 1.0×	645 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	765 1.2×	130	4.4k
Timothy Koschmann United States	25	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	638 0.8×	423 0.6×	397 0.6×	87	3.9k
Noriko Hara United States	24	1.4k 0.7×	892 0.6×	538 0.6×	716 1.0×	1.2k 1.8×	86	3.3k
Heinz Mandl Germany	25	2.2k 1.1×	3.3k 2.3×	757 0.9×	843 1.1×	460 0.7×	218	5.4k

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Henderikx, Maartje, et al.. (2025). The biotope of online group learning: group genesis and persistence seen through the lens of socio-emotional challenges and regulation. European Journal of Psychology of Education. 40(2).

Kreijns, Karel, Jane Yin-Kim Yau, Joshua Weidlich, & Armin Weinberger. (2024). Towards a comprehensive framework of social presence for online, hybrid, and blended learning. Frontiers in Education. 8. 7 indexed citations

Weidlich, Joshua, et al.. (2024). Addressing gender in STEM classrooms: The impact of gender bias on women scientists' experiences in higher education careers in Germany. Education and Information Technologies. 29(15). 20135–20162. 3 indexed citations

Evers, Arnoud T., et al.. (2023). Teacher autonomy for professional development at work: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management. 23(2). 139–159. 2 indexed citations

Weidlich, Joshua, Jane Yin-Kim Yau, & Karel Kreijns. (2023). Social presence and psychological distance: A construal level account for online distance learning. Education and Information Technologies. 29(1). 401–423. 12 indexed citations

Weidlich, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Hacking gender in computer‐supported collaborative learning: The experience of being in mixed‐gender teams at a computer science hackathon. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 40(6). 2513–2527. 2 indexed citations

Vrieling, Emmy, Maartje Henderikx, Rob Nadolski, & Karel Kreijns. (2022). Facilitating Peer Interaction Regulation in Online Settings: The Role of Social Presence, Social Space and Sociability. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 793798–793798. 10 indexed citations

Weidlich, Joshua, et al.. (2022). “Gendered differences versus doing gender”: a systematic review on the role of gender in CSCL. Unterrichtswissenschaft. 50(4). 661–688. 8 indexed citations

Kreijns, Karel, Kate M. Xu, & Joshua Weidlich. (2021). Social Presence: Conceptualization and Measurement. Educational Psychology Review. 34(1). 139–170. 173 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weidlich, Joshua, Karel Kreijns, Kamakshi Rajagopal, & Theo Bastiaens. (2018). What Social Presence is, what it isn’t, and how to measure it: A work in progress. EdMedia + Innovate Learning. 2142–2150. 10 indexed citations

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Castaño‐Muñoz, Jonatan, Marco Kalz, Karel Kreijns, & Yves Punie. (2016). Influence of employer support for professional development on MOOCs enrolment and comple-tion: Results from a cross-course survey. DSpace (Open University in the Netherlands). 11 indexed citations

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Ros, Anje, et al.. (2016). Usefulness of Social Network Sites for Adolescents' Development of Online Career Skills. Educational Technology & Society. 19(4). 140–150. 9 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Birgit, et al.. (2015). Putting yourself in someone else's shoes: The impact of a location-based, collaborative role-playing game on behaviour. Computers & Education. 85. 160–169. 16 indexed citations

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Vermeulen, Marjan, Frederik Van Acker, Karel Kreijns, & Hans van Buuren. (2012). Leraren en hun intentie tot het gebruik van digitale leermaterialen in hun onderwijspraktijk. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 89(3). 159–173. 3 indexed citations

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Thurlings, Marieke, Marjan Vermeulen, Karel Kreijns, Theo Bastiaens, & Sjef Stijnen. (2012). Development of the Teacher Feedback Observation Scheme: evaluating the quality of feedback in peer groups. Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy. 38(2). 193–208. 21 indexed citations

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Kreijns, Karel, et al.. (2010). The Influence of Guidance on the Quality of Professional Development Plans. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2010(1). 98–105. 1 indexed citations

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Kirschner, Paul A., Wmg Wim Jochems, & Karel Kreijns. (2005). Is technology-based collaborative learning antisocial? or: what are we doing to make it so!. TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology). 45(5). 8–12. 4 indexed citations

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Kreijns, Karel, Paul A. Kirschner, Wim Jochems, & Hans van Buuren. (2005). Measuring perceived sociability of computer-supported collaborative learning environments. Computers & Education. 49(2). 176–192. 203 indexed citations

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Kreijns, Karel. (2004). Sociable CSCL environments. Social affordances, sociability, and social presence. DSpace (Open University in the Netherlands). 20 indexed citations

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Kreijns, Karel, Paul A. Kirschner, Wim Jochems, & Hans van Buuren. (2004). Determining Sociability, Social Space, and Social Presence in (A)synchronous Collaborative Groups. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 7(2). 155–172. 169 indexed citations

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