Per Backlund

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Per Backlund is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Computer Science Applications. According to data from OpenAlex, Per Backlund has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Computer Science Applications. Recurrent topics in Per Backlund's work include Educational Games and Gamification (27 papers), Digital Games and Media (13 papers) and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (8 papers). Per Backlund is often cited by papers focused on Educational Games and Gamification (27 papers), Digital Games and Media (13 papers) and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (8 papers). Per Backlund collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Sri Lanka and United Kingdom. Per Backlund's co-authors include Mikael Poul Johannesson, Tarja Susi, Henrik Engström, Maurice Hendrix, Mikael Lebram, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Lars Lundberg, Lars Niklasson and Huansheng Ning and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Per Backlund

66 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Serious Games : An Overview 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Per Backlund Sweden 17 639 321 261 179 164 72 1.4k
Bill Kapralos Canada 21 628 1.0× 226 0.7× 428 1.6× 165 0.9× 335 2.0× 202 1.9k
Cláudia Ribeiro Portugal 10 624 1.0× 308 1.0× 107 0.4× 204 1.1× 97 0.6× 27 1.0k
Ian Dunwell United Kingdom 18 564 0.9× 264 0.8× 185 0.7× 239 1.3× 111 0.7× 60 1.2k
Stefan Göbel Germany 17 514 0.8× 230 0.7× 536 2.1× 101 0.6× 270 1.6× 100 1.5k
Richard Lamb United States 22 541 0.8× 136 0.4× 248 1.0× 185 1.0× 104 0.6× 65 1.5k
Hokyoung Ryu South Korea 18 282 0.4× 171 0.5× 210 0.8× 177 1.0× 100 0.6× 102 1.4k
Darryl Charles United Kingdom 18 586 0.9× 294 0.9× 543 2.1× 102 0.6× 238 1.5× 68 1.9k
Heather L. O’Brien Canada 11 205 0.3× 426 1.3× 352 1.3× 94 0.5× 183 1.1× 19 1.4k
Teemu H. Laine South Korea 24 543 0.8× 271 0.8× 465 1.8× 271 1.5× 579 3.5× 100 1.8k
Vero Vanden Abeele Belgium 28 462 0.7× 366 1.1× 889 3.4× 87 0.5× 194 1.2× 133 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Per Backlund

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Per Backlund

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Per Backlund. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Per Backlund 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 Per Backlund. Per Backlund is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Subedi, Madhusudan, et al.. (2023). Abstract P641: Gaming the Way to Cardiovascular Health in Nepal: A Digital Approach in Adolescents. Circulation. 147(Suppl_1). 1 indexed citations
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Engström, Henrik, et al.. (2020). Shared learning objectives in interdisciplinary projects: Game design in a Sino-Scandinavian context. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 17(1). 5 indexed citations
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Ye, Xiaozhen, Huansheng Ning, Per Backlund, & Jianguo Ding. (2020). Flow Experience Detection and Analysis for Game Users by Wearable-Devices-Based Physiological Responses Capture. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 8(3). 1373–1387. 17 indexed citations
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Ye, Xiaozhen, Per Backlund, Jianguo Ding, & Huansheng Ning. (2019). Fidelity in Simulation-Based Serious Games. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 13(2). 340–353. 16 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per, et al.. (2018). Localization from an Indie Game Production Perspective – Why, When and How?. 7 indexed citations
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Hagiwara, Magnus Andersson, Per Backlund, Hanna Maurin Söderholm, et al.. (2016). Measuring participants’ immersion in healthcare simulation: the development of an instrument. Advances in Simulation. 1(1). 17–17. 29 indexed citations
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Engström, Henrik, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Per Backlund, et al.. (2016). The impact of contextualization on immersion in healthcare simulation. Advances in Simulation. 1(1). 8–8. 40 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per, Henrik Engström, & Fotis Liarokapis. (2015). VS-Games 2015 : 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications. 4 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per, et al.. (2013). Comparing Expert Driving Behavior in Real World and Simulator Contexts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2013. 1–14. 14 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per, et al.. (2013). Children's collaboration in emergent game environments. Foundations of Digital Games. 306–313. 2 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per, et al.. (2007). Strategic Knowledge Management Issues when Designing Knowledge Repositories. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 528–539. 4 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per. (2005). On The Research Approaches Employed at Recent European Conferences on Information Systems (ECIS 2002 - ECIS 2004). Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 297–308. 4 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per. (2004). Introducing New IT Project Management Practices - a Case Study. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 109. 2 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per, et al.. (2004). Ontology driven business processes integration – a position paper. 280–283.
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Backlund, Per. (2004). Adopting the Knowledge Embedded in New Methods : the Challenge of Aligning Old and New Practices. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 103–114. 5 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per, et al.. (2003). Transfer of Development Process Knowledge through Method Adaptation and Implementation. European Conference on Information Systems. 122–125. 3 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per, et al.. (2002). EVALUATING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN NETWORK CONTEXTS - APPLYING THE STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 830–839. 1 indexed citations
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Backlund, Per. (2002). IDENTIFYING SITUATIONAL FACTORS FOR IS DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES: APPLYING THE METHOD-IN-ACTION FRAMEWORK. Americas Conference on Information Systems. 1370–1380. 2 indexed citations

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