Willy Lens

128 papers and 12.7k indexed citations i.

About

Willy Lens is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Willy Lens has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Social Psychology, 65 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 36 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Willy Lens’s work include Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (62 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (36 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (28 papers). Willy Lens is often cited by papers focused on Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (62 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (36 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (28 papers). Willy Lens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, South Africa and Turkey. Willy Lens's co-authors include Maarten Vansteenkiste, Bart Soenens, Edward L. Deci, Joke Simons, Hans De Witte, Anja Van den Broeck, Athanasios Mouratidis, Kennon M. Sheldon, Koen Luyckx and Lennia Matos and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Child Development and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Willy Lens

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Willy Lens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Willy Lens. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Willy Lens. The network helps show where Willy Lens may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Willy Lens

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