Robert Serpell

3.4k total citations
84 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Robert Serpell is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Serpell has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Education, 28 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 15 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Robert Serpell's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (25 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (19 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (15 papers). Robert Serpell is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (25 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (19 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (15 papers). Robert Serpell collaborates with scholars based in Zambia, United States and Finland. Robert Serpell's co-authors include Susan Sonnenschein, Linda Baker, Jan B. Deręgowski, Tamara Chansa-Kabali, Heikki Lyytinen, Jari Westerholm, Ulla Richardson, Kofi Marfo, Günther Fink and Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Serpell

83 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Serpell Zambia 22 873 566 221 215 187 84 1.5k
Barbara E. Moely United States 22 986 1.1× 580 1.0× 291 1.3× 212 1.0× 264 1.4× 62 1.8k
Theodore Coladarci United States 16 1.4k 1.7× 442 0.8× 186 0.8× 311 1.4× 146 0.8× 43 1.9k
Brendan John Bartlett Australia 15 821 0.9× 541 1.0× 99 0.4× 172 0.8× 68 0.4× 61 1.4k
C. E. van Kraayenoord Australia 19 757 0.9× 456 0.8× 129 0.6× 92 0.4× 163 0.9× 110 1.2k
Teresa Duncan United States 7 1.2k 1.4× 609 1.1× 180 0.8× 216 1.0× 89 0.5× 8 1.6k
Kati Vasalampi Finland 21 648 0.7× 362 0.6× 210 1.0× 359 1.7× 108 0.6× 46 1.2k
Maribeth Gettinger United States 24 1.1k 1.3× 969 1.7× 104 0.5× 291 1.4× 213 1.1× 78 2.0k
Jorgianne Civey Robinson United States 5 1.2k 1.4× 275 0.5× 191 0.9× 335 1.6× 124 0.7× 5 1.8k
Panayota Mantzicopoulos United States 27 1.5k 1.7× 573 1.0× 238 1.1× 249 1.2× 163 0.9× 61 1.9k
Weihua Fan United States 17 1.1k 1.2× 299 0.5× 283 1.3× 343 1.6× 192 1.0× 50 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Serpell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Serpell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Serpell

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Serpell, Robert. (2024). In Search of Integrity. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert. (2020). Literacy and Child Development in a Contemporary African Society. Child Development Perspectives. 14(2). 90–96. 3 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert. (2018). Human development in Africanist settings: Advancing the research scholarship of Bame Nsamenang. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 28(6). 522–522. 1 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert. (2016). Growing Awareness of Cultural Aspects of Psychology as a Resource for Managing Progressive Social Change. Language arts journal of Michigan. 1 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert, et al.. (2015). Gender Barriers to Access to Antiretroviral Therapy and its Link to Neurocognitive Functioning. Medical Journal of Zambia. 42(4). 193–204. 2 indexed citations
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Ronimus, Miia, Timo Ahonen, Tamara Chansa-Kabali, et al.. (2015). GraphoGame – a catalyst for multi-level promotion of literacy in diverse contexts. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 671–671. 46 indexed citations
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Hestad, Knut, J. Anitha Menon, Robert Serpell, et al.. (2015). Do neuropsychological test norms from African Americans in the United States generalize to a Zambian population?. Psychological Assessment. 28(1). 18–38. 20 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert & Kofi Marfo. (2014). Child development in Africa : views from inside. Jossey-Bass eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert, et al.. (2011). Sexual harassment in academia - perception understanding and reporting of sexual harassment in a Southern African University.. 1(1). 6 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert. (2011). Social Responsibility as a Dimension of Intelligence, and as an Educational Goal: Insights From Programmatic Research in an African Society. Child Development Perspectives. 5(2). 126–133. 70 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert, et al.. (2011). Early educational foundations for the development of civic responsibility: An African experience. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2011(134). 77–93. 22 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert. (2002). The Embeddedness of Human Development within Sociocultural Context: Pedagogical, and Political Implications. Social Development. 11(2). 290–295. 8 indexed citations
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Akkari, Abdeljalil, Robert Serpell, Linda Baker, & Susan Sonnenschein. (1998). A Comparative Analysis of Teacher Ethnotheories.. 21(1). 45–61. 2 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert, et al.. (1998). Participatory Appropriation of Health Science and Technology: A Case Study of Innovation in Basic Education in a Rural District of Zambia. 60–89. 7 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert. (1997). The Impact of Psychology on Third World Development. 1–18. 4 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert. (1996). Social intervention and psychological theory (lessons from some recent studies in Zambia). 40–60. 2 indexed citations
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Martín, Laura Miraut, Roy Pea, Robert Serpell, et al.. (1995). Sociocultural Psychology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert. (1986). Specialized Centres and the Local Home Community: Children with Disabilities Need Them Both.. International Journal of Special Education (IJSE). 1(2). 8 indexed citations
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Serpell, Robert, et al.. (1981). Influencia de la cultura en el comportamiento. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 6(Suppl 2). S123–S123. 1 indexed citations

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