Mirna Nel

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Mirna Nel is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mirna Nel has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Education, 7 papers in Safety Research and 5 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mirna Nel's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (14 papers), Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (13 papers) and Disability Education and Employment (6 papers). Mirna Nel is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (14 papers), Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (13 papers) and Disability Education and Employment (6 papers). Mirna Nel collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Finland. Mirna Nel's co-authors include Petra Engelbrecht, Hannu Savolainen, Olli‐Pekka Malinen, Norma Nel, Lloyd Daniel Nkoli Tlale, Mary Grösser, Jiacheng Xu, Linda Theron, Sebastiaan Rothmann and Susanne Schwab and has published in prestigious journals such as Frontiers in Psychology, Sustainability and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Mirna Nel

24 papers receiving 956 citations

Hit Papers

Understanding teachers’ attitudes and self-efficacy in in... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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. Understanding teachers’ attitudes and self-efficacy in inclusive education: implications for pre-service and in-service teacher education
    2011 388 citations Hannu Savolainen, Petra Engelbrecht et al. European Journal of Special Needs 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
Mirna Nel South Africa 11 782 303 284 171 153 26 1.0k
Pearl Subban Australia 14 721 0.9× 246 0.8× 211 0.7× 147 0.9× 139 0.9× 36 983
Anne Jordan Canada 16 1.1k 1.4× 291 1.0× 371 1.3× 288 1.7× 211 1.4× 37 1.3k
Olli‐Pekka Malinen Finland 11 1.0k 1.3× 432 1.4× 322 1.1× 184 1.1× 171 1.1× 19 1.4k
North Cooc United States 17 590 0.8× 187 0.6× 156 0.5× 155 0.9× 127 0.8× 47 840
Kristine Black‐Hawkins United Kingdom 13 879 1.1× 213 0.7× 233 0.8× 168 1.0× 152 1.0× 26 1.1k
Dianne Chambers Australia 12 605 0.8× 216 0.7× 206 0.7× 84 0.5× 95 0.6× 42 769
Donna McGhie‐Richmond Canada 13 621 0.8× 221 0.7× 246 0.9× 136 0.8× 149 1.0× 21 839
Stanley C. Trent United States 16 948 1.2× 224 0.7× 274 1.0× 238 1.4× 214 1.4× 26 1.1k
Barbara Larrivee United States 12 1.1k 1.4× 302 1.0× 187 0.7× 227 1.3× 107 0.7× 20 1.3k
Beverly S. Faircloth United States 10 607 0.8× 199 0.7× 154 0.5× 106 0.6× 150 1.0× 15 813

Countries citing papers authored by Mirna Nel

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Mirna Nel's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Mirna Nel with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Mirna Nel more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Mirna Nel

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mirna Nel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Mirna Nel. The network helps show where Mirna Nel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mirna Nel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mirna Nel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mirna Nel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mirna Nel. Mirna Nel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Rothmann, Sebastiaan, et al.. (2025). Voice climate, gender equality and well-being in the South African banking sector. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology. 51(0).
2.
Nel, Mirna & Juan Bornman. (2025). Cultivating Inclusive Classroom Practices in Special Education. Education Sciences. 15(8). 970–970.
3.
4.
5.
Rothmann, Sebastiaan, et al.. (2022). Special education teachers’ job demands-resources profiles and capabilities: Effects on work engagement and intention to leave. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 942923–942923. 8 indexed citations
6.
Rothmann, Sebastiaan, et al.. (2022). Sustainable Employability: Precariousness, Capabilities, and Functioning of Special Education Teachers in Namibia. Sustainability. 14(16). 10264–10264. 7 indexed citations
7.
Nel, Mirna, et al.. (2021). Addressing a theory-practice gap in teacher education by using a participatory action learning and action research (PALAR) approach. South African Journal of Education. 41(4). 1–12. 1 indexed citations
8.
9.
Schwab, Susanne, et al.. (2018). Social participation of students with special educational needs. European Journal of Special Needs Education. 33(2). 163–165. 8 indexed citations
10.
Engelbrecht, Petra, et al.. (2017). Making meaning of inclusive education: classroom practices in Finnish and South African classrooms. Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 47(5). 684–702. 43 indexed citations
11.
Nel, Norma, Lloyd Daniel Nkoli Tlale, Petra Engelbrecht, & Mirna Nel. (2016). Teachers' perceptions of education support structures in the implementation of inclusive education in South Africa. Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship. 81(3). 17–30. 51 indexed citations
12.
Engelbrecht, Petra, Mirna Nel, Norma Nel, & Lloyd Daniel Nkoli Tlale. (2015). Enacting understanding of inclusion in complex contexts: classroom practices of South African teachers. South African Journal of Education. 35(3). 1–10. 66 indexed citations
13.
Engelbrecht, Petra, et al.. (2015). The idealism of education policies and the realities in schools: the implementation of inclusive education in South Africa. International Journal of Inclusive Education. 20(5). 520–535. 76 indexed citations
14.
Grösser, Mary & Mirna Nel. (2013). The relationship between the critical thinking skills and the academic language proficiency of prospective teachers. South African Journal of Education. 33(2). 1–17. 23 indexed citations
15.
Grösser, Mary & Mirna Nel. (2013). The relationship between the critical thinking skills and the academic language proficiency of prospective teachers. South African Journal of Education. 33(2). 1–17. 36 indexed citations
16.
Engelbrecht, Petra, Hannu Savolainen, Mirna Nel, & Olli‐Pekka Malinen. (2013). How cultural histories shape South African and Finnish teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education: a comparative analysis. European Journal of Special Needs Education. 28(3). 305–318. 44 indexed citations
17.
Savolainen, Hannu, Petra Engelbrecht, Mirna Nel, & Olli‐Pekka Malinen. (2011). Understanding teachers’ attitudes and self-efficacy in inclusive education: implications for pre-service and in-service teacher education. European Journal of Special Needs Education. 27(1). 51–68. 388 indexed citations breakdown →
18.
Nel, Mirna & Linda Theron. (2008). Critique of a language enrichment programme for Grade 4 ESL learners with limited English proficiency: a pilot study. South African Journal of Education. 28(2). 203–219. 7 indexed citations
19.
Theron, Linda & Mirna Nel. (2005). The needs and perceptions of South African Grade 4 educators, teaching English second-language (ESL) learners. Africa Education Review. 2(2). 221–241. 7 indexed citations
20.
Nel, Mirna, et al.. (1988). Die voorkoms en aard van gehoorprobleme en middeloorpatologieë by 'n groep Swart stedelike kinders in Graad 1. South African Journal of Communication Disorders. 35(1). 2 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Pearl Subban Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Anne Jordan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Olli‐Pekka Malinen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by North Cooc Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kristine Black‐Hawkins Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dianne Chambers Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Donna McGhie‐Richmond Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stanley C. Trent Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Barbara Larrivee Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Beverly S. Faircloth
Rankless by CCL
2026