Ritva Engeström

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Ritva Engeström is a scholar working on Education, Human Factors and Ergonomics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ritva Engeström has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Education, 7 papers in Human Factors and Ergonomics and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ritva Engeström's work include Innovative Education and Learning Practices (7 papers), Research in Social Sciences (4 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (3 papers). Ritva Engeström is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Education and Learning Practices (7 papers), Research in Social Sciences (4 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (3 papers). Ritva Engeström collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Ethiopia. Ritva Engeström's co-authors include Yrjö Engeström, Merja Kärkkäinen, Vladislav A. Lektorsky, Susanne Bødker, Jaakko Virkkunen, Michael D. Cole, James R. Taylor, Katsuhiro Yamazumi, Åsa Mäkitalo and Shuta Kagawa and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Learning and Instruction and International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Ritva Engeström

20 papers receiving 878 citations

Hit Papers

Polycontextuality and boundary crossing in expert cogniti... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Polycontextuality and boundary crossing in expert cognition: Learning and problem solving in complex work activities
    1995 529 citations Yrjö Engeström, Ritva Engeström et al. Learning and Instruction profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ritva Engeström Finland 9 434 421 240 225 96 22 1.0k
Yew‐Jin Lee Singapore 15 743 1.7× 444 1.1× 202 0.8× 386 1.7× 80 0.8× 64 1.2k
A. Susan Jurow United States 15 533 1.2× 151 0.4× 215 0.9× 198 0.9× 82 0.9× 46 1.0k
Elly de Bruijn Netherlands 16 830 1.9× 347 0.8× 105 0.4× 166 0.7× 194 2.0× 77 1.2k
Mark Tennant Australia 17 718 1.7× 141 0.3× 121 0.5× 139 0.6× 78 0.8× 40 1.1k
Janice Malcolm United Kingdom 9 579 1.3× 222 0.5× 163 0.7× 94 0.4× 62 0.6× 21 906
Aileen Kennedy United Kingdom 16 1.3k 3.0× 231 0.5× 209 0.9× 298 1.3× 86 0.9× 42 1.6k
Ruth Deakin Crick United States 22 1.1k 2.5× 88 0.2× 166 0.7× 390 1.7× 123 1.3× 60 1.7k
Calvin Smith Australia 19 1.1k 2.5× 76 0.2× 187 0.8× 93 0.4× 103 1.1× 46 1.6k
Dominique Simone Rychen 7 970 2.2× 82 0.2× 232 1.0× 182 0.8× 234 2.4× 8 1.4k
V. Darleen Opfer United Kingdom 15 1.8k 4.2× 164 0.4× 218 0.9× 459 2.0× 96 1.0× 36 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ritva Engeström

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Engeström, Ritva, et al.. (2023). Identities in motion – Boundary-crossing learning from an intrapersonal perspective. Learning Culture and Social Interaction. 44. 100780–100780. 1 indexed citations
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Engeström, Ritva, et al.. (2019). Teachers’ beliefs as a component of motivational force of professional agency. Learning Culture and Social Interaction. 21. 214–222. 3 indexed citations
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Engeström, Ritva. (2014). The Activity Theory Approach to Learning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Engeström, Ritva, et al.. (2014). Reflections on the Use of DWR in Intercultural Collaboration. Mind Culture and Activity. 21(2). 129–147. 6 indexed citations
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Engeström, Ritva. (2014). The Interplay of Developmental and Dialogical Epistemologies. 15(2). 119–138. 12 indexed citations
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Engeström, Ritva. (2014). Tieteen viisaus monien äänten orkesterointia. 39(4).
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Engeström, Ritva, Kai Hakkarainen, & Reijo Miettinen. (2014). Intercultural Collaboration: A Response to Serpell’s Commentary. Mind Culture and Activity. 21(3). 264–267. 1 indexed citations
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Engeström, Ritva. (2013). New Forms of Transformative Agency. 79–90. 3 indexed citations
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Batane, Tshepo, et al.. (2012). Dilemmas of Promoting Expansive Educational Transformation through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Botswana.. ICLS. 2 indexed citations
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Engeström, Ritva, et al.. (2012). Intensity of interaction in the dynamics of one-to-one instrumental music lessons. 38(2). 1 indexed citations
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Sannino, Annalisa, Frank Blackler, David R. Russell, et al.. (2009). Learning and Expanding with Activity Theory. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 245 indexed citations
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Hakkarainen, Kai, et al.. (2009). Knowledge Practices, Epistemic Technologies, and Pragmatic Web.. 683–694. 7 indexed citations
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Engeström, Ritva, et al.. (2003). Reported differences in management strategies by primary care physicians and psychiatrists in older patients who are depressed. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 18(2). 161–168. 12 indexed citations
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Engeström, Yrjö, et al.. (2002). From paralyzing myths to expansive action. 318–318. 18 indexed citations
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Engeström, Yrjö, Ritva Engeström, & Merja Kärkkäinen. (1995). Oppiminen ja ongelmaratkaisu monimutkaisissa työprosesseissa. Aikuiskasvatus. 15(1). 14–27. 1 indexed citations
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Engeström, Ritva. (1995). Voice as communicative action. Mind Culture and Activity. 2(3). 192–215. 99 indexed citations
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Engeström, Yrjö, Ritva Engeström, & Merja Kärkkäinen. (1995). Polycontextuality and boundary crossing in expert cognition: Learning and problem solving in complex work activities. Learning and Instruction. 5(4). 319–336. 529 indexed citations breakdown →
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Engeström, Yrjö, et al.. (1990). Organizational forgetting: An activity-theoretical perspective.. 42 indexed citations
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Engeström, Yrjö, Ritva Engeström, & Osmo Saarelma. (1988). Computerized medical records, production pressure and compartmentalization in the work activity of health center physicians. 65–84. 32 indexed citations

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