Koen Aesaert

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Koen Aesaert is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Koen Aesaert has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Education, 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 14 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Koen Aesaert's work include Gender and Technology in Education (12 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (10 papers) and Digital literacy in education (10 papers). Koen Aesaert is often cited by papers focused on Gender and Technology in Education (12 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (10 papers) and Digital literacy in education (10 papers). Koen Aesaert collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Australia. Koen Aesaert's co-authors include Johan van Braak, Jo Tondeur, Ruben Vanderlinde, Els Consuegra, Sarah Prestridge, Daniël Van Nijlen, Norbert Fraeyman, Bram Pynoo, Ola Erstad and Joke Voogt and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Computers & Education and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Koen Aesaert

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. A multilevel analysis of what matters in the training of pre-service teacher's ICT competencies
    2018 220 citations Jo Tondeur, Koen Aesaert et al. Computers & Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Koen Aesaert Belgium 15 779 664 384 200 155 36 1.2k
Gréta Björk Guðmundsdóttir Norway 17 964 1.2× 980 1.5× 288 0.8× 232 1.2× 185 1.2× 30 1.6k
Liisa Ilomäki Finland 19 835 1.1× 593 0.9× 218 0.6× 168 0.8× 161 1.0× 59 1.3k
Sara Dexter United States 21 1.2k 1.6× 419 0.6× 388 1.0× 163 0.8× 132 0.9× 63 1.7k
Damian Bebell United States 17 1.1k 1.4× 431 0.6× 396 1.0× 211 1.1× 113 0.7× 33 1.5k
Deborah L. Lowther United States 16 1.3k 1.6× 560 0.8× 447 1.2× 197 1.0× 156 1.0× 35 1.6k
Birgit Eickelmann Germany 16 641 0.8× 454 0.7× 242 0.6× 224 1.1× 73 0.5× 61 951
Sarah Prestridge Australia 20 1.2k 1.5× 664 1.0× 248 0.6× 305 1.5× 212 1.4× 60 1.6k
Jari Kukkonen Finland 16 783 1.0× 422 0.6× 149 0.4× 161 0.8× 124 0.8× 40 1.1k
Martina R.M. Meelissen Netherlands 10 694 0.9× 283 0.4× 337 0.9× 129 0.6× 91 0.6× 20 1.0k
Chrystalla Mouza United States 24 1.2k 1.6× 573 0.9× 291 0.8× 289 1.4× 382 2.5× 68 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koen Aesaert

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All Works

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Keer, Hilde Van, et al.. (2025). Teachers' Autonomy Support in Reading: A Multilevel Latent Profile Analysis Approach. Reading Research Quarterly. 60(3).
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wyffels, Francis, et al.. (2024). Teachers’ computational thinking content knowledge: Development of a measurement instrument. Computers & Education. 225. 105181–105181. 1 indexed citations
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Keer, Hilde Van, et al.. (2024). The interplay between students’ home literacy environment, reading attitudes and comprehension: a serial mediation analysis using PIRLS 2021-data. Large-scale Assessments in Education. 12(1). 1 indexed citations
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Aesaert, Koen, et al.. (2022). Assessment of students’ digital competences in primary school: a systematic review. Education and Information Technologies. 27(7). 9953–10011. 23 indexed citations
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Aesaert, Koen, et al.. (2021). Skill or will? The respective contribution of motivational and behavioural characteristics to secondary school students' reading comprehension. Journal of Research in Reading. 44(3). 574–596. 13 indexed citations
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Aesaert, Koen, et al.. (2020). Exploring the Validity of a Comprehensive Listening Test to Identify Differences in Primary School Students’ Listening Skills. Language Assessment Quarterly. 18(3). 228–252. 5 indexed citations
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Aesaert, Koen, et al.. (2019). The relationship between 9th grade students' reading motivation, reading behavior and reading comprehension. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University).
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Aesaert, Koen, et al.. (2018). Pre-service teachers’ technology competences: do teacher training strategies matter?. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 2 indexed citations
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Tondeur, Jo, Koen Aesaert, Sarah Prestridge, & Els Consuegra. (2018). A multilevel analysis of what matters in the training of pre-service teacher's ICT competencies. Computers & Education. 122. 32–42. 220 indexed citations breakdown →
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Voogt, Joke, et al.. (2016). E-didactiek: Welke ict-applicaties gebruiken leraren en waarom?. TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Tondeur, Jo, Koen Aesaert, Bram Pynoo, et al.. (2015). Developing a validated instrument to measure preservice teachers’ ICT competencies: Meeting the demands of the 21st century. British Journal of Educational Technology. 48(2). 462–472. 207 indexed citations
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Aesaert, Koen & Johan van Braak. (2015). Gender and socioeconomic related differences in performance based ICT competences. Computers & Education. 84. 8–25. 111 indexed citations
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Aesaert, Koen, Johan van Braak, Daniël Van Nijlen, & Ruben Vanderlinde. (2014). Primary school pupils' ICT competences: Extensive model and scale development. Computers & Education. 81. 326–344. 66 indexed citations
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Aesaert, Koen, Daniël Van Nijlen, Ruben Vanderlinde, & Johan van Braak. (2014). Direct measures of digital information processing and communication skills in primary education: Using item response theory for the development and validation of an ICT competence scale. Computers & Education. 76. 168–181. 90 indexed citations
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Nijlen, Daniël Van, et al.. (2013). De constructie van een peilingsinstrument informatieverwerving en -verwerking in het basisonderwijs - Eindrapport - deel 2: Ontwikkeling praktische proef ICT.. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Vanderlinde, Ruben, Koen Aesaert, & Johan van Braak. (2013). Institutionalised ICT use in primary education: A multilevel analysis. Computers & Education. 72. 1–10. 87 indexed citations

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