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Yrjö Engeström

Yrjö Engeström

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Finland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
80
Citations
74771
World Ranking
362
National Ranking
6

Yrjö Engeström 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 Yrjö Engeström sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 230 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yrjö Engeström 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 Yrjö Engeström sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Yrjö Engeström is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with particular emphasis on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Human Factors and Ergonomics, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including Innovative Education and Learning Practices, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Educational and Psychological Assessments, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, and Digital Education and Society.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include Learning Culture and Social Interaction, Proceedings., Éducation & didactique, Kasvatus, and Mind Culture and Activity. The diversity of venues reflects a multidisciplinary approach focusing on learning, culture, education, and social interaction.

Prominent papers published by Yrjö Engeström include:

  • From mediated actions to heterogeneous coalitions: four generations of activity-theoretical studies of work and learning (2020, Mind Culture and Activity)
  • Using activity theory to transform medical work and learning (2020, Medical Teacher)
  • Transformative agency by double stimulation: advances in theory and methodology (2020, Pedagogy Culture and Society)
  • Ascending from the Abstract to the Concrete as a Principle of Expansive Learning (2020, Psychological Science and Education)
  • Digital peer learning for transformative professional agency: The case of homelessness practitioners in Finland (2021, British Journal of Educational Technology)

Collaboration is a significant feature of their work, with frequent co-authors being Annalisa Sannino, Aydın Bal, Pauliina Rantavuori, Piia Ruutu, and Maria Tapola-Haapala. These collaborations suggest a networked research approach often involving interdisciplinary teams.

Best Publications

  • Learning by Expanding

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Learning by expanding: An activity-theoretical approach to developmental research

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Expansive learning at work: Toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization.

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Activity theory and individual and social transformation.

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Perspectives on Activity Theory

    Yrjö Engeström;Reijo Miettinen;Raija-Leena Punamäki

  • Studies of Expansive Learning : Foundations, findings and future challenges

    Yrjö Engeström;Annalisa Sannino

  • Activity theory as a framework for analyzing and redesigning work

    Yrjo Engestrom

  • Developmental studies of work as a testbench of activity theory: The case of primary care medical practice

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Polycontextuality and Boundary Crossing in Expert Cognition: Learning and Problem Solving in Complex Work Activities.

    Yrjö Engeström;Ritva Engeström;Merja Kärkkäinen

  • From Teams to Knots: Activity-Theoretical Studies of Collaboration and Learning at Work

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Learning, working and imagining : twelve studies in activity theory

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Perspectives on activity theory: Innovative learning in work teams: Analyzing cycles of knowledge creation in practice

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  • From design experiments to formative interventions

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Cognition and Communication at Work

    Yrjö Engeström;David Middleton

  • Expansive Visibilization of Work: AnActivity-Theoretical Perspective

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Discursive manifestations of contradictions in organizational change efforts: A methodological framework

    Yrjö Engeström;Annalisa Sannino

  • Developmental work research: expanding activity theory in practice

    Yrjö Engeström;Georg Rückriem

  • Learning in Activity

    James G. Greeno;Yrjö Engeström

  • Non scolae sed vitae discimus: Toward overcoming the encapsulation of school learning

    Yrjö Engeström

  • Between school and work: New perspectives on transfer and boundary-crossing

    Terttu Tuomi-Gröhn;Yrjö Engeström

  • New Forms of Learning in Co-Configuration Work.

    Yrjö Engeström

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Cole
Michael Cole University of East London
Filip Dochy
Filip Dochy KU Leuven
Kris D. Gutiérrez
Kris D. Gutiérrez University of California, Berkeley
Harry Daniels
Harry Daniels University of Oxford
Anne Edwards
Anne Edwards University of Oxford
Alan Bleakley
Alan Bleakley Plymouth University
William R. Penuel
William R. Penuel University of Colorado Boulder
James G. Greeno
James G. Greeno University of Pittsburgh
Tim Dornan
Tim Dornan Queen's University Belfast
Bonnie Nardi
Bonnie Nardi University of California, Irvine

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