Njål Foldnes

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 831 citations indexed

About

Njål Foldnes is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Education and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Njål Foldnes has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 831 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Statistics and Probability, 12 papers in Education and 11 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Njål Foldnes's work include Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (10 papers), Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (10 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (9 papers). Njål Foldnes is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (10 papers), Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (10 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (9 papers). Njål Foldnes collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and United Kingdom. Njål Foldnes's co-authors include Steffen Grønneberg, Ulf Olsson, Oddny Judith Solheim, Bente Rigmor Walgermo, Knut A. Hagtvet, Per Henning Uppstad, Katerina M. Marcoulides, Geir Dahl, Luı́s Gouveia and Erin M. McTigue and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and Psychological Methods.

In The Last Decade

Njål Foldnes

37 papers receiving 790 citations

Hit Papers

The flipped classroom and cooperative learning: Evidence ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2017 50 100 150 200
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. The flipped classroom and cooperative learning: Evidence from a randomised experiment
    2016 212 citations Njål Foldnes profile →
  2. A qualitative investigation of student engagement in a flipped classroom
    2017 154 citations Njål Foldnes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Njål Foldnes Norway 15 423 180 151 96 95 41 831
Theo J. H. M. Eggen Netherlands 15 645 1.5× 103 0.6× 217 1.4× 130 1.4× 402 4.2× 44 1.2k
Linda S. Steinberg United States 17 570 1.3× 115 0.6× 217 1.4× 61 0.6× 470 4.9× 33 1.3k
Hong Jiao United States 16 231 0.5× 159 0.9× 327 2.2× 136 1.4× 150 1.6× 48 850
Kathleen Scalise United States 14 500 1.2× 37 0.2× 57 0.4× 24 0.3× 240 2.5× 38 795
Yi‐Hsuan Lee United States 14 130 0.3× 114 0.6× 216 1.4× 126 1.3× 71 0.7× 53 546
G. Gage Kingsbury United States 11 224 0.5× 85 0.5× 362 2.4× 147 1.5× 112 1.2× 30 879
Ulf Kroehne Germany 15 149 0.4× 44 0.2× 123 0.8× 45 0.5× 160 1.7× 36 615
Tim Davey United States 13 123 0.3× 37 0.2× 230 1.5× 120 1.3× 98 1.0× 28 500
Xiaojing Kong United States 8 239 0.6× 69 0.4× 260 1.7× 76 0.8× 150 1.6× 11 731
Jennifer Bekki United States 15 156 0.4× 28 0.2× 65 0.4× 17 0.2× 21 0.2× 60 529

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Fields of papers citing papers by Njål Foldnes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Njål Foldnes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Foldnes, Njål, Per Henning Uppstad, Steffen Grønneberg, & Jenny Thomson. (2024). School entry detection of struggling readers using gameplay data and machine learning. Frontiers in Education. 9. 1 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål, et al.. (2024). Relations between linguistic diversity, classroom social climate, and reading comprehension in Norwegian elementary classrooms. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 69(4). 682–697.
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Foldnes, Njål, et al.. (2024). Measuring digital stress in Norway: translation and validation of the Digital Stressors Scale. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1297194–1297194. 1 indexed citations
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Solheim, Oddny Judith, et al.. (2023). Norwegian classroom teachers’ and specialized “resource” teachers’ dyslexia knowledge. Reading and Writing. 37(10). 2619–2641. 1 indexed citations
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Walgermo, Bente Rigmor, et al.. (2023). Adaptvurder: Study Protocol for an Upcoming Adaptive Reading Test. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 59–72.
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Grønneberg, Steffen & Njål Foldnes. (2022). Factor analyzing ordinal items requires substantive knowledge of response marginals.. Psychological Methods. 29(1). 65–87. 11 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål, et al.. (2022). Levels of skills and predictive patterns of reading comprehension in bilingual children with an early age of acquisition. Reading and Writing. 35(10). 2365–2387. 7 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål & Steffen Grønneberg. (2021). The sensitivity of structural equation modeling with ordinal data to underlying non-normality and observed distributional forms.. Psychological Methods. 27(4). 541–567. 22 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål, et al.. (2021). Exploring the association between occupational complexity and numeracy. Large-scale Assessments in Education. 9(1). 1 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål & Steffen Grønneberg. (2021). Non-normal Data Simulation using Piecewise Linear Transforms. Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal. 29(1). 36–46. 4 indexed citations
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Grønneberg, Steffen, et al.. (2020). Partial Identification of Latent Correlations with Binary Data. Psychometrika. 85(4). 1028–1051. 3 indexed citations
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Thomson, Jenny, et al.. (2020). Can children's instructional gameplay activity be used as a predictive indicator of reading skills?. Learning and Instruction. 68. 101348–101348. 10 indexed citations
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Grønneberg, Steffen & Njål Foldnes. (2019). A Problem with Discretizing Vale–Maurelli in Simulation Studies. Psychometrika. 84(2). 554–561. 14 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål & Steffen Grønneberg. (2019). On Identification and Non-normal Simulation in Ordinal Covariance and Item Response Models. Psychometrika. 84(4). 1000–1017. 13 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål & Steffen Grønneberg. (2019). Pernicious Polychorics: The Impact and Detection of Underlying Non-normality. Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal. 27(4). 525–543. 25 indexed citations
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Walgermo, Bente Rigmor, Njål Foldnes, Per Henning Uppstad, & Oddny Judith Solheim. (2018). Developmental dynamics of early reading skill, literacy interest and readers’ self-concept within the first year of formal schooling. Reading and Writing. 31(6). 1379–1399. 43 indexed citations
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Grønneberg, Steffen & Njål Foldnes. (2017). Covariance Model Simulation Using Regular Vines. Psychometrika. 82(4). 1035–1051. 20 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål & Ulf Olsson. (2015). Correcting Too Much or Too Little? The Performance of Three Chi-Square Corrections. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 50(5). 533–543. 20 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål & Knut A. Hagtvet. (2014). The choice of product indicators in latent variable interaction models: Post hoc analyses.. Psychological Methods. 19(3). 444–457. 31 indexed citations
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Foldnes, Njål & Steffen Grønneberg. (2014). How General is the Vale–Maurelli Simulation Approach?. Psychometrika. 80(4). 1066–1083. 35 indexed citations

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