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Mieke Van Houtte

Mieke Van Houtte

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
45
Citations
8127
World Ranking
3893
National Ranking
44

Mieke Van Houtte publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mieke Van Houtte sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 148 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Mieke Van Houtte D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mieke Van Houtte sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mieke Van Houtte is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and conducts research primarily within the social sciences, focusing on education and related fields. Their work spans multiple subfields, including education, sociology and political science, gender studies, social psychology, and safety research.

Their research covers several main topics, notably early childhood education and development, school choice and performance, teacher education and leadership studies, gender roles and identity studies, parental involvement in education, racial and ethnic identity research, and youth development and social support.

Mieke Van Houtte has contributed to a number of recent papers, published between 2020 and 2022, covering various aspects of education and social psychology. These include:

  • "Being pushed out of the career: Former teachers' reasons for leaving the profession" (2021) published in Teaching and Teacher Education
  • "When Gender Stereotypes Get Male Adolescents into Trouble: A Longitudinal Study on Gender Conformity Pressure as a Predictor of School Misconduct" (2020) published in Sex Roles
  • "The forgotten role of teachers in students' educational aspirations. School composition effects and the buffering capacity of teachers' expectations culture" (2020) published in Teaching and Teacher Education
  • "Be true to your school? Teachers' turnover intentions: the role of socioeconomic composition, teachability perceptions, emotional exhaustion and teacher efficacy" (2022) published in Research Papers in Education
  • "Grade retention and academic self-concept: A multilevel analysis of the effects of schools' retention composition" (2021) published in British Educational Research Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Jannick Demanet, Peter Stevens, Emma Degroote, Timo Van Canegem, and Charlotte Maene.

Mieke Van Houtte publishes regularly in several academic journals, with multiple publications appearing in Social Psychology of Education, Gender and Education, Research Papers in Education, British Educational Research Journal, and Teaching and Teacher Education.

Best Publications

  • Climate or Culture? A Plea for Conceptual Clarity in School Effectiveness Research

    Mieke Van Houtte

  • Why boys achieve less at school than girls: the difference between boys' and girls' academic culture

    Mieke Van Houtte

  • School belonging and school misconduct: the differing role of teacher and peer attachment.

    Jannick Demanet;Mieke Van Houtte

  • The quality of school life: teacher-student trust relationships and the organizational school context

    Dimitri Van Maele;Mieke Van Houtte

  • The role of teacher and faculty trust in forming teachers' job satisfaction: Do years of experience make a difference?

    Dimitri Van Maele;Mieke Van Houtte

  • Why Does the Ethnic and Socio-economic Composition of Schools Influence Math Achievement? The Role of Sense of Futility and Futility Culture

    Orhan Agirdag;Mieke Van Houtte;Piet Van Avermaet

  • Stress-related growth, coming out, and internalized homonegativity in lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. An examination of stress-related growth within the minority stress model.

    Nele Cox;Alexis Dewaele;Mieke Van Houtte;Johny Vincke

  • Tracking Effects on School Achievement: A Quantitative Explanation in Terms of the Academic Culture of School Staff

    Mieke Van Houtte

  • Tracking and Teacher Satisfaction: Role of Study Culture and Trust.

    Mieke Van Houtte

  • ICT as cultural capital: The relationship between socioeconomic status and the computer-use profile of young people:

    Jo Tondeur;Ilse Sinnaeve;Mieke van Houtte;Johan van Braak

  • School Ethnic Composition and Students' Integration Outside and Inside Schools in Belgium

    Mieke Van Houtte;Peter A. J. Stevens

  • Ethnic school composition and peer victimization: A focus on the interethnic school climate

    Orhan Agirdag;Jannick Demanet;Mieke Van Houtte;Piet Van Avermaet

  • Understanding structural and cultural school characteristics in relation to educational change: the case of ICT integration

    Jo Tondeur;Geert Devos;Mieke Van Houtte;Johan van Braak

  • School Segregation and Math Achievement: A Mixed-Method Study on the Role of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies.

    Orhan Agirdag;Piet Van Avermaet;Mieke Van Houtte

  • Trust in School: A Pathway to Inhibit Teacher Burnout?.

    Dimitri Van Maele;Mieke Van Houtte

  • Faculty Trust and Organizational School Characteristics An Exploration Across Secondary Schools in Flanders

    Dimitri Van Maele;Mieke Van Houtte

  • Self-esteem of academic and vocational students: Does within-school tracking sharpen the difference?:

    Mieke Van Houtte;Jannick Demanet;Peter Aj Stevens

  • Teachers' attitudes and students' opposition. School misconduct as a reaction to teachers' diminished effort and affect

    Jannick Demanet;Mieke Van Houtte

  • School type and academic culture: evidence for the differentiation–polarization theory

    Mieke Van Houtte

  • Sense of Futility: The Missing Link Between Track Position and Self-Reported School Misconduct

    Mieke Van Houtte;Peter A. J. Stevens

  • Students' Sense of Belonging in Technical/Vocational Schools versus Academic Schools: The Mediating Role of Faculty Trust in Students.

    Mieke Van Houtte;Dimitri Van Maele

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann Buysse
Ann Buysse Ghent University
Johan van Braak
Johan van Braak Ghent University
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Jacquelynne S. Eccles University of California, Irvine
Jo Tondeur
Jo Tondeur Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Martin Valcke
Martin Valcke Ghent University
Geert Devos
Geert Devos Ghent University

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