Sanne Akkerman

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Sanne Akkerman is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanne Akkerman has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Education, 26 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sanne Akkerman's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (17 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (15 papers) and Innovative Education and Learning Practices (11 papers). Sanne Akkerman is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (17 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (15 papers) and Innovative Education and Learning Practices (11 papers). Sanne Akkerman collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Denmark. Sanne Akkerman's co-authors include Arthur Bakker, Paulien C. Meijer, Wilfried Admiraal, J.C. Huizenga, G.T.M. ten Dam, Larike H. Bronkhorst, Theo Wubbels, Mieke Brekelmans, Jan D. Vermunt and Albert Pilot and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Educational Psychology and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Sanne Akkerman

84 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Boundary Crossing and Boundary Objects

2011 1.3k citations Sanne Akkerman, Arthur Bakker profile →
A dialogical approach to conceptualizing teacher identity

2010 656 citations Sanne Akkerman et al. profile →
Mobile game‐based learning in secondary education: engagement, motivation and learning in a mobile city game

2009 370 citations Wilfried Admiraal, Sanne Akkerman et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sanne Akkerman Netherlands	29	2.6k	1.3k	1.0k	860	451	87	4.7k
Arthur Bakker Netherlands	33	2.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	448 0.4×	707 0.8×	268 0.6×	136	4.6k
Paulien C. Meijer Netherlands	33	4.6k 1.8×	975 0.8×	902 0.9×	437 0.5×	634 1.4×	95	6.0k
Eva Kyndt Belgium	34	3.0k 1.2×	965 0.8×	514 0.5×	404 0.5×	857 1.9×	97	5.4k
Päivi Tynjälä Finland	35	3.2k 1.2×	774 0.6×	342 0.3×	795 0.9×	426 0.9×	102	4.5k
Douwe Beijaard Netherlands	36	6.2k 2.4×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	569 0.7×	849 1.9×	114	7.7k
Monique Volman Netherlands	40	5.0k 1.9×	1.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.7×	247 0.3×	619 1.4×	214	7.8k
Nico Verloop Netherlands	43	8.0k 3.1×	2.3k 1.8×	1.3k 1.3×	486 0.6×	911 2.0×	122	9.6k
Tara Fenwick Canada	42	2.5k 1.0×	337 0.3×	1.2k 1.2×	976 1.1×	318 0.7×	157	5.5k
Anna Sfard Israel	28	6.1k 2.3×	2.6k 2.0×	789 0.8×	929 1.1×	300 0.7×	68	7.9k
Fred Korthagen Netherlands	50	9.1k 3.5×	1.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.6×	828 1.0×	1.1k 2.4×	146	10.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sanne Akkerman

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Bronkhorst, Larike H., et al.. (2025). Multiplicity Matters: The Development of Multiple Interests During Dynamic Institutional Transitions. Emerging Adulthood. 13(5). 1242–1258. 1 indexed citations

Bronkhorst, Larike H., et al.. (2024). My Interests Are (Y)ours? A Multilevel Social Network Analysis of the Co-Evolution of Adolescents’ Interests and Friendships. Education Sciences. 14(12). 1388–1388. 1 indexed citations

Haan, Mariëtte de, et al.. (2024). The desire to learn: the alienation and reimagining of pedagogy on YouTube, Twitch and TikTok. Critical Studies in Education. 66(5). 591–609. 3 indexed citations

Bronkhorst, Larike H., et al.. (2024). How others are involved in interest development. Acta Psychologica. 250. 104508–104508. 1 indexed citations

Bronkhorst, Larike H., et al.. (2023). Unraveling the contextuality of adolescents’ interest pursuits in daily life: four latent configurations. European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39(1). 105–127. 6 indexed citations

Power, Séamus A., Tania Zittoun, Sanne Akkerman, et al.. (2023). Social Psychology of and for World-Making. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 27(4). 378–392. 37 indexed citations

Akkerman, Sanne, et al.. (2022). ‘Undisciplining’ higher education without losing disciplines: furthering transformative potential for students. Higher Education Research & Development. 42(7). 1762–1775. 18 indexed citations

Vulperhorst, Jonne Pieter, et al.. (2022). How students use the space provided by broad and specialised programmes to develop their interests in higher education. Studies in Higher Education. 48(4). 551–566. 1 indexed citations

Vulperhorst, Jonne Pieter, Roeland van der Rijst, Henriette Tolstrup Holmegaard, & Sanne Akkerman. (2021). Unravelling why students do or do not stay committed to a programme when making a higher education choice. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 46(5). 651–666. 4 indexed citations

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Akkerman, Sanne, et al.. (2021). How conflicting perspectives lead a history teacher to epistemic, epistemological, moral and temporal switching: a case study of teaching about the holocaust in the Netherlands. Intercultural Education. 32(4). 430–445. 10 indexed citations

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Vulperhorst, Jonne Pieter, et al.. (2019). A developmental extension to the multidimensional structure of interests.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 112(1). 183–203. 12 indexed citations

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Vulperhorst, Jonne Pieter, Roeland van der Rijst, & Sanne Akkerman. (2019). Dynamics in higher education choice: weighing one’s multiple interests in light of available programmes. Higher Education. 79(6). 1001–1021. 24 indexed citations

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Vulperhorst, Jonne Pieter, et al.. (2018). How do STEM-interested students pursue multiple interests in their higher educational choice?. International Journal of Science Education. 40(8). 828–846. 17 indexed citations

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Wubbels, Theo, et al.. (2017). "If You Had Told Me before That These Students Were Russians, I Would Not Have Believed It": An International Project about the (New) "Cold War".. Teaching history. 2 indexed citations

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Bakker, Arthur & Sanne Akkerman. (2014). Leren door boundary crossing tussen school en werk. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 91(1). 8–23. 6 indexed citations

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Scager, Karin, Sanne Akkerman, Albert Pilot, & Theo Wubbels. (2013). How to persuade honors students to go the extra mile: creating a challenging learning environment. High Ability Studies. 24(2). 115–134. 21 indexed citations

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Akkerman, Sanne, et al.. (2013). STUDENT TEACHERS' INTERNALLY PERSUASIVE BORDERLAND DISCOURSE AND TEACHER IDENTITY. 10 indexed citations

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Akkerman, Sanne & Renée M. Filius. (2011). The Use of Personal Digital Assistants as Tools for Work-Based Learning in Clinical Internships. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. 43(4). 325–341. 8 indexed citations

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Waarlo, Arend Jan, et al.. (2010). A Knowledge Base for Teaching Biology Situated in the Context of Genetic Testing. International Journal of Science Education. 33(15). 2037–2067. 15 indexed citations

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Akkerman, Sanne, Piet Van den Bossche, Wilfried Admiraal, et al.. (2007). Reconsidering group cognition: From conceptual confusion to a boundary area between cognitive and socio-cultural perspectives?. Educational Research Review. 2(1). 39–63. 90 indexed citations

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