Samúel Lefever

692 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 440 citations indexed

About

Samúel Lefever is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Samúel Lefever has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 440 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Education, 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 2 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Samúel Lefever's work include Global Education and Multiculturalism (4 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (2 papers). Samúel Lefever is often cited by papers focused on Global Education and Multiculturalism (4 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (2 papers). Samúel Lefever collaborates with scholars based in Iceland and Denmark. Samúel Lefever's co-authors include Ásrún Matthíasdóttir, Michael Dal, Hrafnhildur Ragnarsdóttir and Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Educational Technology, Nordic Studies in Education and Skemman.

In The Last Decade

Samúel Lefever

7 papers receiving 401 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.

Online data collection in academic research: advantages and limitations

2006 411 citations Samúel Lefever, Michael Dal et al. British Journal of Educational Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samúel Lefever Iceland	4	112	79	67	57	38	11	440
Michael Dal Iceland	5	112 1.0×	93 1.2×	68 1.0×	57 1.0×	37 1.0×	7	451
Ásrún Matthíasdóttir Iceland	6	115 1.0×	95 1.2×	79 1.2×	60 1.1×	39 1.0×	18	487
Isabella McMurray United Kingdom	8	160 1.4×	85 1.1×	76 1.1×	133 2.3×	62 1.6×	19	557
Claire Hewson United Kingdom	9	219 2.0×	105 1.3×	90 1.3×	87 1.5×	43 1.1×	27	580
John Kulas United States	10	111 1.0×	46 0.6×	108 1.6×	66 1.2×	31 0.8×	22	468
Nigel Skinner United Kingdom	10	131 1.2×	204 2.6×	99 1.5×	71 1.2×	36 0.9×	19	740
M.W. van Eijck Netherlands	5	131 1.2×	204 2.6×	102 1.5×	71 1.2×	35 0.9×	12	675
Chunyan Song United States	6	139 1.2×	96 1.2×	56 0.8×	32 0.6×	28 0.7×	16	411
Michael Knappstein Germany	5	82 0.7×	59 0.7×	51 0.8×	40 0.7×	56 1.5×	7	427
Joel T. Nadler United States	11	180 1.6×	67 0.8×	104 1.6×	39 0.7×	41 1.1×	25	533

Countries citing papers authored by Samúel Lefever

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samúel Lefever

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samúel Lefever

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Lefever, Samúel, et al.. (2018). Language Hierarchisations and Dehierarchisations. 3(2). 60–76. 1 indexed citations

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Lefever, Samúel, et al.. (2016). Equitable Pedagogical Practice in Culturally Diverse Classrooms : Perspectives of Teachers and Students in Upper Secondary Schools. 1 indexed citations

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Lefever, Samúel, et al.. (2016). Leadership and diversity in Icelandic schools. Nordic Studies in Education. 35(2). 159–172. 1 indexed citations

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Lefever, Samúel, et al.. (2014). Professional identities of teachers with an immigrant background.

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Lefever, Samúel, et al.. (2014). SPECIAL ISSUE Immigrant Teachers in Iceland and Finland: Successes and Contributions.

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Lefever, Samúel, et al.. (2013). Parents’ perspectives towards home language and bilingual development of preschool children. 6 indexed citations

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Lefever, Samúel, et al.. (2011). Attitudes towards languages and cultures of young Polish adolescents in Iceland. Skemman. 3 indexed citations

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Lefever, Samúel. (2010). English skills of young learners in Iceland "I started talking English when I was 4 years old. It just bang… just fall into me.". 13 indexed citations

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Lefever, Samúel. (2008). Preparing schools and teachers for teaching English to young learners. Skemman.

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Lefever, Samúel, Michael Dal, & Ásrún Matthíasdóttir. (2006). Online data collection in academic research: advantages and limitations. British Journal of Educational Technology. 38(4). 574–582. 411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matthíasdóttir, Ásrún, Michael Dal, & Samúel Lefever. (2003). How do teachers use information and communication technology in Icelandic high schools in 2002?. 562–567. 4 indexed citations

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