2026 Wim H. Gijselaers: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	47	3355	3088	140	133	221	10859

Overview

Wim H. Gijselaers is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Social Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Education, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology, and Information Systems and Management.

Their work addresses several key topics, among them:

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Higher Education and Employability
Team Dynamics and Performance
Innovations in Medical Education
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Complex Systems and Decision Making
Ethics in Business and Education

Gijselaers has published in a variety of academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

Academy of Management Proceedings
Journal of Business Ethics
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Maandblad Voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie
Education + Training

Recent scholarly articles authored or co-authored by Gijselaers include:

Organizations, Learning, and Sustainability: A Cross-Disciplinary Review and Research Agenda, 2022, Journal of Business Ethics
Coaching to prepare students for their school-to-work transition: conceptualizing core coaching competences, 2022, Education + Training
Vertical or shared? When leadership supports team learning for educational change, 2020, Higher Education
Enhancing Team Learning through Leader Inclusiveness: A One-Year Ethnographic Case Study of an Interdisciplinary Teacher Team, 2021, Teaching and Learning in Medicine
Developing employability competences through career coaching in higher education: supporting students' learning process, 2024, Studies in Higher Education

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Therese Grohnert
Roger Meuwissen
Simon Beausaert
Melanie Feeney
Pim Martens

Best Publications

Social and cognitive factors driving teamwork in collaborative learning environments : team learning beliefs and behaviors

Piet Van den Bossche;Wim H. Gijselaers;Mien Segers;Paul A. Kirschner

1181
Citations
Connecting problem‐based practices with educational theory

Wim H. Gijselaers

626
Citations
Team learning: Building shared mental models

Piet Van den Bossche;Piet Van den Bossche;Wim Gijselaers;Mien Segers;Geert Woltjer

514
Citations
Bringing problem-based learning to higher education : theory and practice

LuAnn Wilkerson;Wim H. Gijselaers

500
Citations
Trends in research on the tutor in problem-based learning: conclusions and implications for educational practice and research.

Diana H.J.M. Dolmans;Wim H. Gijselaers;Jos H.C. Moust;Willem S. de Grave

389
Citations
Investigating the relations between motivation, tool use, participation, and performance in an e-learning course using web-videoconferencing

Bas Giesbers;Bart Rienties;Dirk Tempelaar;Wim Gijselaers

331
Citations
A dynamic analysis of the interplay between asynchronous and synchronous communication in online learning: The impact of motivation

Bas Giesbers;Bart Rienties;Dirk T. Tempelaar;Wim Gijselaers

293
Citations
The role of academic motivation in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Bart Rienties;Dirk Tempelaar;Piet Van den Bossche;Wim Gijselaers

265
Citations
Computer support for knowledge construction in collaborative learning environments

Pieter J. Beers;Henny P. A. (Els) Boshuizen;Paul A. Kirschner;Wim H. Gijselaers

234
Citations
Influence of redesigning a learning environment on student perceptions and learning strategies

Jan F. H. Nijhuis;Mien S. R. Segers;Mien S. R. Segers;Wim H. Gijselaers

228
Citations
Coercing shared knowledge in collaborative learning environments

Paul A. Kirschner;Pieter J. Beers;Henny P. A. Boshuizen;Wim H. Gijselaers

209
Citations
Reconsidering group cognition: From conceptual confusion to a boundary area between cognitive and socio-cultural perspectives?

Sanne Akkerman;Piet Van den Bossche;Wilfried Admiraal;Wim Gijselaers

209
Citations
The role of scaffolding and motivation in CSCL

Bart Rienties;Bas Giesbers;Dirk Tempelaar;Simon Lygo-Baker

207
Citations
Problem effectiveness in a course using problem-based learning

Diana Dolmans;Wim Gijselaers;Henk Schmidt;S.B. van der Meer

202
Citations
Development and Evaluation of a Causal Model of Problem-Based Learning

Wim H. Gijselaers;Henk G. Schmidt

193
Citations
How achievement emotions impact students' decisions for online learning, and what precedes those emotions

Dirk T. Tempelaar;Alexandra Niculescu;Bart Rienties;Wim H. Gijselaers

192
Citations
Feedback, a powerful lever in teams: A review

Catherine Gabelica;Piet Van den Bossche;Piet Van den Bossche;Mien Segers;Wim Gijselaers

189
Citations
Redesigning a learning and assessment environment: The influence on students' perceptions of assessment demands and their learning strategies

M.S.R. Segers;J.F.H. Nijhuis;W.H. Gijselaers

187
Citations
A structural equation model analyzing the relationship of student achievement motivations and personality factors in a range of academic subject-matter areas

Dirk T. Tempelaar;Wim H. Gijselaers;Sybrand Schim van der Loeff;Jan F.H. Nijhuis

181
Citations
Common Ground, Complex Problems and Decision Making

Pieter J. Beers;Henny P. A. Boshuizen;Paul A. Kirschner;Wim H. Gijselaers

163
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mien Segers Maastricht University

Piet Van den Bossche University of Antwerp

Bart Rienties The Open University

Paul A. Kirschner Open University in the Netherlands

Henk G. Schmidt Erasmus University Rotterdam

Henny P. A. Boshuizen The Open University

Diana H. J. M. Dolmans Maastricht University

Ineke H. A. P. Wolfhagen Maastricht University

Cees P. M. van der Vleuten Maastricht University

Erik W. Driessen Maastricht University

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