Pekka Mertala

1.2k total citations
43 papers, 655 citations indexed

About

Pekka Mertala is a scholar working on Education, Information Systems and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Pekka Mertala has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 655 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Education, 10 papers in Information Systems and 9 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Pekka Mertala's work include Child Development and Digital Technology (15 papers), Literacy, Media, and Education (8 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (7 papers). Pekka Mertala is often cited by papers focused on Child Development and Digital Technology (15 papers), Literacy, Media, and Education (8 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (7 papers). Pekka Mertala collaborates with scholars based in Finland and Australia. Pekka Mertala's co-authors include Chuanmei Dong, Janne Fagerlund, Óscar Alberto Aguirre Calderón, Marko Teräs, Sonsoles López‐Pernas, Henriikka Vartiainen, Matti Tedre and Mohammed Saqr and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers in Human Behavior and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Pekka Mertala

38 papers receiving 599 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pekka Mertala Finland 16 401 207 140 132 124 43 655
Adile Aşkım Kurt Türkiye 15 570 1.4× 216 1.0× 183 1.3× 149 1.1× 98 0.8× 70 877
Cassandra Scharber United States 13 536 1.3× 184 0.9× 122 0.9× 73 0.6× 115 0.9× 39 793
Shiang‐Kwei Wang United States 13 517 1.3× 217 1.0× 135 1.0× 72 0.5× 95 0.8× 39 800
Işıl Kabakçi Yurdakul Türkiye 15 634 1.6× 291 1.4× 214 1.5× 161 1.2× 70 0.6× 45 879
Ahmet Naci Çoklar Türkiye 16 555 1.4× 261 1.3× 218 1.6× 137 1.0× 70 0.6× 60 996
Jung Won Hur United States 12 314 0.8× 105 0.5× 108 0.8× 71 0.5× 91 0.7× 33 515
J. Ola Lindberg Sweden 17 515 1.3× 346 1.7× 104 0.7× 66 0.5× 114 0.9× 57 778
Tina Matuchniak United States 5 325 0.8× 135 0.7× 108 0.8× 72 0.5× 64 0.5× 7 567
Katia Ciampa United States 14 481 1.2× 301 1.5× 115 0.8× 67 0.5× 62 0.5× 41 701
Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford United States 11 521 1.3× 346 1.7× 97 0.7× 93 0.7× 89 0.7× 44 736

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pekka Mertala

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All Works

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Fagerlund, Janne, et al.. (2024). Exploration of domains of educational purpose in K-12 data literacy education research. Educational Research Review. 46. 100663–100663. 1 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, Sonsoles López‐Pernas, Henriikka Vartiainen, Mohammed Saqr, & Matti Tedre. (2023). Digital natives in the scientific literature: A topic modeling approach. Computers in Human Behavior. 152. 108076–108076. 17 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, et al.. (2023). Contextualizing Everyday Data Literacies: The Case of Recreational Runners. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 40(19). 5845–5856. 6 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, Janne Fagerlund, & Óscar Alberto Aguirre Calderón. (2022). Finnish 5th and 6th grade students' pre-instructional conceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) and their implications for AI literacy education. Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence. 3. 100095–100095. 53 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka. (2021). What, where, when and how: Finnish children’s perceptions of learning in preschool. Early Child Development and Care. 192(13). 2023–2035. 2 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka. (2021). Koulutuksen digitaalinen datafik(s)aatio. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15(1). 4 indexed citations
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Dong, Chuanmei & Pekka Mertala. (2021). Preservice teachers’ beliefs about young children’s technology use at home. Teaching and Teacher Education. 102. 103325–103325. 14 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, et al.. (2020). Digital Technologies and Early Childhood : Guest Editorial. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä). 9(1). 2 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, et al.. (2020). Monilukutaito koodin purkajana: Ehdotus laaja-alaiseksi ohjelmoinnin pedagogiikaksi. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 43(1). 4 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka. (2020). How connectivity affects otherwise traditional toys? A functional analysis of Hello Barbie. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. 25. 100186–100186. 3 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, et al.. (2020). The Meaningful Memories of Visual Arts Education for Preservice Generalist Teachers: What is Remembered, Why, and From Where?. International journal of education and the arts. 21(12). 2 indexed citations
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Dong, Chuanmei & Pekka Mertala. (2019). It is a tool, but not a ‘must’: early childhood preservice teachers’ perceptions of ICT and its affordances. Early Years Journal of International Research and Development. 41(5). 540–555. 41 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, et al.. (2019). Multiliteracies in local curricula: conceptual contextualizations of transversal competence in the finnish curricular framework. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 5(2). 114–126. 22 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka. (2018). Lost in translation?:huomioita suomalaisten opetussuunnitelmien monilukutaito‐käsitteen tutkimuksellisista ja pedagogisista haasteista. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, et al.. (2018). Monilukutaidot paikallisissa opetussuunnitelmissa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 37(3). 1 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka. (2017). Näkökulmia monilukutaitoon: opettajuus ja situationaaliset lukutaidot. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä).
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Mertala, Pekka. (2017). Wonder children and victimizing parents – preservice early childhood teachers’ beliefs about children and technology at home. Early Child Development and Care. 189(3). 392–404. 26 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka. (2016). Wag the dog – The nature and foundations of preschool educators' positive ICT pedagogical beliefs. Computers in Human Behavior. 69. 197–206. 36 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, et al.. (2016). Kasvatuskeskeinen näkökulma varhaisvuosien mediakasvatukseen. 1 indexed citations
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Mertala, Pekka, et al.. (2016). The value of toys: 6–8-year-old children's toy preferences and the functional analysis of popular toys. International Journal of Play. 5(1). 11–27. 16 indexed citations

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