Per Backlund

2.3k citations

72 papers · 1.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 17

Impact in

Developmental and Educational Psychology top 2%
- Educational Games and Gamification
Human-Computer Interaction top 1%
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

Papers in ⓘ

Developmental and Educational Psychology 29
- Educational Games and Gamification 27
- Flow Experience in Various Fields 6
Computer Science Applications 12

Co-authors: Mikael Poul Johannesson (16 shared papers)Tarja Susi (1 shared paper)Henrik Engström (38 shared papers)Maurice Hendrix (4 shared papers)Mikael Lebram (19 shared papers)Hanna Maurin Söderholm (6 shared papers)Magnus Andersson Hagiwara (6 shared papers)Lars Lundberg (5 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of the Association for Information Systems (5 papers)Simulation & Gaming (3 papers)Service Oriented Computing and Applications (2 papers)Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry (1 paper)Circulation (1 paper)
Partner nations: Sweden United Kingdom Sri Lanka

In The Last Decade

Per Backlund

66 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Serious Games : An Overview 2007 · 515 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 University Library of Skövde (University of Skövde)

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1	Serious Games : An Overview University Library of Skövde (University of Skövde) ·Tarja Susi, Mikael Poul Johannesson, Per Backlund Hit paper breakdown →	2007	515
2	Educational games - Are they worth the effort? A literature survey of the effectiveness of serious games Pure (Coventry University) ·Per Backlund, Maurice Hendrix	2013	167
3	Sidh – a Game Based Firefighter Training Simulation Per Backlund, Henrik Engström, Cecilia Hammar, Mikael Poul Johannesson, Mikael Lebram	2007	89
4	The impact of contextualization on immersion in healthcare simulation Advances in Simulation ·Henrik Engström, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Per Backlund, Mikael Lebram, Lars Lundberg, Mikael Poul Johannesson, Anders Sterner, Hanna Maurin Söderholm	2016	40
5	Games for traffic education: An experimental study of a game-based driving simulator Simulation & Gaming ·Per Backlund, Henrik Engström, Mikael Poul Johannesson, Mikael Lebram	2008	38
6	Computer game-based upper extremity training in the home environment in stroke persons: a single subject design Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation ·Angélique Slijper, Karin E Svensson, Per Backlund, Henrik Engström, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen	2014	38
7	The Coaching Cycle Simulation & Gaming ·Anna-Sofia Alklind Taylor, Per Backlund, Lars Niklasson	2012	30
8	Measuring participants’ immersion in healthcare simulation: the development of an instrument Advances in Simulation ·Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Per Backlund, Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Lars Lundberg, Mikael Lebram, Henrik Engström	2016	29
9	Designing for Self-Efficacy in a Game Based Simulator: An Experimental Study and Its Implications for Serious Games Design Per Backlund, Henrik Engström, Mikael Poul Johannesson, Mikael Lebram, Björn Sjödén	2008	27
10	Research challenges in prehospital care: the need for a simulation-based prehospital research laboratory SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Henrik Andersson, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Per Backlund, Johanna Bergman, Lars Lundberg, Bengt Arne Sjöqvist	2019	26
11	A knowledge-based approach to manage information systems interoperability Information Systems ·Jolita Ralyté, Manfred A. Jeusfeld, Per Backlund, Harald Kühn, Nicolas Arni-Bloch	2008	24
12	SIDH: A Game‐Based Architecture for a Training Simulator SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Per Backlund, Henrik Engström, Mikael Gustavsson, Mikael Poul Johannesson, Mikael Lebram, E. Sjörs	2009	20
13	Game development from a software and creative product perspective: A quantitative literature review approach Entertainment Computing ·Henrik Engström, Björn Berg Marklund, Per Backlund, Marcus Toftedahl	2018	18
14	Flow Experience Detection and Analysis for Game Users by Wearable-Devices-Based Physiological Responses Capture IEEE Internet of Things Journal ·Xiaozhen Ye, Huansheng Ning, Per Backlund, Jianguo Ding	2020	17
15	What Empirically Based Research Tells Us About Game Development University Library of Skövde (University of Skövde) ·Björn Berg Marklund, Henrik Engström, Marcus Hellkvist, Per Backlund	2019	17
16	Games and Traffic Safety - an Experimental Study in a Game-Based Simulation Environment Per Backlund, Henrik Engström, Mikael Johannesson, Mikael Lebram	2007	17
17	Fidelity in Simulation-Based Serious Games IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies ·Xiaozhen Ye, Per Backlund, Jianguo Ding, Huansheng Ning	2019	16
18	Comprehensive review and classification of game analytics Service Oriented Computing and Applications ·Yanhui Su, Per Backlund, Henrik Engström	2020	16
19	Changes in heart rate and facial actions during a gaming session with provoked boredom and stress Entertainment Computing ·Fernando Bevilacqua, Henrik Engström, Per Backlund	2017	16
20	The Practicalities of Educational Games: Challenges of Taking Games into Formal Educational Settings Björn Berg Marklund, Per Backlund, Henrik Engström	2014	15

About Per Backlund

Per Backlund is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Computer Science Applications, Human-Computer Interaction, Management Information Systems and Family Practice, having authored 72 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Educational Games and Gamification (27 papers), Digital Games and Media (13 papers), Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (8 papers), Business Process Modeling and Analysis (7 papers), Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (7 papers), Flow Experience in Various Fields (6 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (6 papers) and Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (639 citations), Human-Computer Interaction (261 citations), Computer Science Applications (179 citations), Rehabilitation (72 citations) and Applied Psychology (45 citations). Per Backlund has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. Frequent co-authors include Mikael Poul Johannesson, Tarja Susi, Henrik Engström, Maurice Hendrix, Mikael Lebram, Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Lars Lundberg, Lars Niklasson and Xiaozhen Ye. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Simulation & Gaming, Service Oriented Computing and Applications, Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry and Circulation.

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