Seiji Isotani

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
258 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Seiji Isotani is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Computer Science Applications and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Seiji Isotani has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 95 papers in Computer Science Applications and 84 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Seiji Isotani's work include Educational Games and Gamification (88 papers), Online Learning and Analytics (52 papers) and Education and Digital Technologies (52 papers). Seiji Isotani is often cited by papers focused on Educational Games and Gamification (88 papers), Online Learning and Analytics (52 papers) and Education and Digital Technologies (52 papers). Seiji Isotani collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and United Kingdom. Seiji Isotani's co-authors include Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Armando M. Toda, Wilk Oliveira, Paula T. Palomino, Simone S. Borges, Helena Macedo Reis, Luiz Rodrigues, Vinícius H. S. Durelli, Patrícia A. Jaques and Juho Hamari and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Seiji Isotani

226 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

A systematic mapping on gamification applied to education

2014 287 citations Seiji Isotani et al. profile →
Tailored gamification in education: A literature review and future agenda

2022 148 citations Wilk Oliveira, Juho Hamari et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seiji Isotani Brazil	28	1.7k	1.2k	744	701	690	258	3.3k
Baltasar Fernández‐Manjón Spain	31	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	552 0.7×	585 0.8×	840 1.2×	181	3.2k
Darina Dicheva United States	19	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	634 0.9×	656 0.9×	429 0.6×	93	2.8k
Luis de‐Marcos Spain	18	1.7k 1.0×	966 0.8×	648 0.9×	655 0.9×	659 1.0×	97	2.8k
Marcus Specht Netherlands	32	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	956 1.4×	379 0.5×	233	3.5k
Sherry Y. Chen Taiwan	34	1.7k 1.0×	851 0.7×	827 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	379 0.5×	118	3.5k
Kristian Kiili Finland	24	2.1k 1.2×	659 0.6×	411 0.6×	607 0.9×	596 0.9×	76	2.9k
Daniel Burgos Spain	27	871 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	874 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	422 0.6×	205	3.6k
Thomas Hainey United Kingdom	19	3.1k 1.8×	1.1k 0.9×	615 0.8×	977 1.4×	1.4k 2.0×	65	4.5k
Martin Ebner Austria	24	943 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.9×	741 1.1×	378	3.7k
Herre van Oostendorp Netherlands	28	2.4k 1.4×	457 0.4×	508 0.7×	846 1.2×	723 1.0×	124	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Seiji Isotani

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seiji Isotani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seiji Isotani

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mello, Rafael Ferreira, et al.. (2025). A benchmark dataset of narrative student essays with multi-competency grades for automatic essay scoring in Brazilian Portuguese. Data in Brief. 60. 111526–111526.

Vassileva, Julita, et al.. (2025). The Relationship Between Gamification User Types, Demographic Factors, and Gaming Habits. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 41(18). 11806–11820. 2 indexed citations

Martins, Flávio Pinheiro, Luciana Oranges Cezarino, Geiser Chalco Challco, et al.. (2025). The Role of Hybrid Learning in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Development. 33(4). 4792–4809.

Oliveira, Wilk, et al.. (2024). Internet of Things for Smart Education: A Systematic Literature Review. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 179–181.

Lima, Danielli Araújo, Wilk Oliveira, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, et al.. (2024). Exploring Brazilian Teachers’ Perceptions and a priori Needs to Design Smart Classrooms. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. 35(2). 914–965.

Rodrigues, Luiz, et al.. (2024). Near Feasibility, Distant Practicality: Empirical Analysis of Deploying and Using LLMs on Resource-Constrained Smartphones. 224–235. 1 indexed citations

Isotani, Seiji, et al.. (2023). Tecnologia Educacional na era da IA. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 10(2). 68–101. 2 indexed citations

Rodrigues, Luiz, Geiser Chalco Challco, Lívia Costa de Oliveira, et al.. (2023). Teacher-Centered Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Design Considerations from Brazilian, Public School Teachers. 1419–1430. 2 indexed citations

Oliveira, Wilk, Juho Hamari, Armando M. Toda, et al.. (2022). The effects of personalized gamification on students’ flow experience, motivation, and enjoyment. Smart Learning Environments. 9(1). 65 indexed citations

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Bittencourt, Ig Ibert, et al.. (2021). Utilização de notas escolares para predição da nota ENEM em ciências humanas. RENOTE. 19(2). 223–233. 1 indexed citations

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Toda, Armando M., Wilk Oliveira, Lei Shi, et al.. (2019). Planning gamification strategies based on user characteristics and DM : a gender-based case study.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 2 indexed citations

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Builes, Jovani Alberto Jiménez, et al.. (2018). New Perspectives in Instructional Design using Semantic Web Technologies: A Systematic Literature Review. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 36(1). 215–239. 7 indexed citations

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Nunes, Thiago, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Seiji Isotani, & Patrícia A. Jaques. (2016). Discouraging gaming the system through interventions of an animated pedagogical agent. Lecture notes in computer science. 9891. 139–151. 1 indexed citations

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Jaques, Patrícia A., et al.. (2015). Estado da arte sobre afetividade na formação de grupos em ambientes colaborativos de aprendizagem. Revista Brasileira de Informática na Educação. 23(3). 113–130. 1 indexed citations

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Challco, Geiser Chalco, et al.. (2015). Relação entre os Estados Afetivos e as Teorias de Aprendizagem na Formação de Grupos em Ambientes CSCL. Anais.

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Isotani, Seiji, et al.. (2012). A Semantic Web-based authoring tool to facilitate the planning of collaborative learning scenarios compliant with learning theories. Computers & Education. 63. 267–284. 48 indexed citations

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Brandão, Anarosa A. F., et al.. (2012). iVProg e iTarefa: aprimorando o ensino de algoritmos e programação para iniciantes. Anais ... Workshops do Congresso Brasileiro de Informática na Educação. 1(1). 1 indexed citations

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Isotani, Seiji, Riichiro Mizoguchi, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, & Evandro Costa. (2008). Web 3.0 - Os Rumos da Web Semântica e da Web 2.0 nos Ambientes Educacionais. Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education (Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação - SBIE). 1(1). 785–795. 3 indexed citations

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Isotani, Seiji & Leônidas de Oliveira Brandão. (2004). Ferramenta de Avaliação Automática no iGeom. Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education (Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação - SBIE). 1(1). 319–328. 4 indexed citations

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Brandão, Leônidas de Oliveira & Seiji Isotani. (2003). Uma ferramenta para ensino de Geometria Dinâmica na Internet: iGeom. 1(1). 410–421. 2 indexed citations

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