R. Wesselink

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

R. Wesselink is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology and Human Factors and Ergonomics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Wesselink has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Education, 29 papers in Social Psychology and 12 papers in Human Factors and Ergonomics. Recurrent topics in R. Wesselink's work include Competency Development and Evaluation (24 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (23 papers) and Innovative Education and Learning Practices (12 papers). R. Wesselink is often cited by papers focused on Competency Development and Evaluation (24 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (23 papers) and Innovative Education and Learning Practices (12 papers). R. Wesselink collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Ethiopia and Austria. R. Wesselink's co-authors include Vincent Blok, Martin Mulder, H.J.A. Biemans, Thomas Lans, Ron Kemp, J.T.M. Gulikers, Piety Runhaar, Rob F. Poell, Loek Nieuwenhuis and A.E.J. Wals and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

R. Wesselink

72 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Encouraging sustainability in the workplace: a survey on the pro-environmental behaviour of university employees
    2014 407 citations Vincent Blok, R. Wesselink et al. profile →
  2. Learning apart and together: towards an integrated competence framework for sustainable entrepreneurship in higher education
    2013 321 citations Thomas Lans, Vincent Blok 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
R. Wesselink Netherlands 27 1.2k 745 653 494 449 79 2.7k
Muhammad Shakil Ahmad Pakistan 29 261 0.2× 710 1.0× 308 0.5× 528 1.1× 238 0.5× 104 2.7k
Marco Rieckmann Germany 24 1.8k 1.5× 248 0.3× 1.2k 1.8× 125 0.3× 98 0.2× 76 2.5k
Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih Saudi Arabia 27 408 0.3× 531 0.7× 189 0.3× 342 0.7× 125 0.3× 100 2.4k
Rajib Lochan Dhar India 29 222 0.2× 803 1.1× 340 0.5× 810 1.6× 591 1.3× 72 3.6k
Kim Ceulemans Belgium 16 2.2k 1.9× 475 0.6× 1.2k 1.9× 471 1.0× 50 0.1× 30 2.9k
Gayle C. Avery Australia 28 286 0.2× 457 0.6× 120 0.2× 847 1.7× 186 0.4× 82 2.2k
Waheed Ali Umrani Pakistan 23 121 0.1× 694 0.9× 326 0.5× 640 1.3× 205 0.5× 61 2.0k
Muhammad Asif Qureshi Pakistan 22 274 0.2× 635 0.9× 199 0.3× 369 0.7× 124 0.3× 42 2.2k
Matthias Barth Germany 26 2.4k 2.1× 229 0.3× 1.5k 2.3× 103 0.2× 110 0.2× 75 3.1k
Shehnaz Tehseen Malaysia 20 213 0.2× 600 0.8× 120 0.2× 553 1.1× 230 0.5× 71 2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Wesselink

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All Works

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Wesselink, R., et al.. (2025). Process industry disrupted: AI and the need for human orchestration. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 21. 100105–100105.
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Liu, Weiwei, V.C. Tassone, Pascal Frank, R. Wesselink, & H.J.A. Biemans. (2025). The role of human agency in dealing with challenges in transdisciplinary learning for sustainability in higher education: A scoping literature review. Educational Research Review. 49. 100747–100747.
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Gulikers, J.T.M., et al.. (2024). Examining the potential of in- and extra-curricular challenge-based learning in higher education: A delphi study. Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 62(4). 1348–1362. 2 indexed citations
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Wesselink, R., et al.. (2024). Responsible learning organizations: a framework to embed responsible innovation within organizations. The Learning Organization. 32(7). 1–17.
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Huang, Yanyan, et al.. (2024). Enabling shared values for sustainability transformation: empirical lessons from a case of promoting cross-group collaboration in China. Sustainability Science. 19(6). 1979–1996. 1 indexed citations
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Wesselink, R., et al.. (2023). The effects of comprehensive competence‐based training on competence development and performance improvement of smallholder farmers: An Ethiopian case study. International Journal of Training and Development. 28(2). 119–151. 4 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Job, et al.. (2020). Social labs as an inclusive methodology to implement and study social change: the case of responsible research and innovation. Journal of Responsible Innovation. 7(3). 410–426. 48 indexed citations
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Gulikers, J.T.M., et al.. (2020). Teachers as brokers: adding a university-society perspective to higher education teacher competence profiles. Higher Education. 80(4). 701–718. 16 indexed citations
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Wesselink, R., et al.. (2017). Using Transactivity to Understand Emergence of Team Learning. Small Group Research. 48(2). 190–214. 22 indexed citations
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Wesselink, R., et al.. (2016). Professional development status of teaching staff in a Ugandan public university. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 38(4). 434–447. 13 indexed citations
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Blok, Vincent, Bart Gremmen, & R. Wesselink. (2016). Dealing with the Wicked Problem of Sustainability in advance. Business and Professional Ethics Journal. 54 indexed citations
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Beers, Pieter J., et al.. (2011). Roles and tasks of higher education teachers in the regional atelier. Nutritional Neuroscience. 24(9). 735–746. 4 indexed citations
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Wesselink, R., H.J.A. Biemans, Martin Mulder, & Erik van den Elsen. (2007). Competence-based VET as seen by Dutch researchers. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 40(1). 38–51. 64 indexed citations
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Wesselink, R. & H.J.A. Biemans. (2007). La formación profesional basada en competencias vista por los investigadores neerlandeses. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 42–57. 1 indexed citations
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Biemans, H.J.A., Erik van den Elsen, R. Wesselink, & Martin Mulder. (2006). Competence-based assessment in Dutch VET: criteria and experiences: paper presented at ECER 2006. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2 indexed citations
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Lans, Thomas, R. Wesselink, H.J.A. Biemans, & Martin Mulder. (2004). Quality indicators for assisting VET in new learning arrangements. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 364(9439). 1012–1012. 1 indexed citations

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