Question 1

Who are the top researchers at zyBooks?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Alastair Thomson, Martin Good and Chelsea L. Gordon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is zyBooks.

Question 2

What are the most cited papers from zyBooks?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from zyBooks is "Getting Students to Earnestly Do Reading, Studying, and Homework in an Introductory Programming Class" (Alex Edgcomb, Frank Vahid, Roman Lysecky et al., 2017), with 73 citations. Next come "Weekly Programs in a CS1 Class: Experiences with Auto-graded Many-small Programs (MSP)" (42) and "An Analysis of Using Many Small Programs in CS1" (38).

Question 3

Which research topics does zyBooks publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Teaching and Learning Programming, Online Learning and Analytics, Experimental Learning in Engineering and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development.

Question 4

Which keywords describe research at zyBooks?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: STEM Education, Learning Analytics, Online Learning, Engineering Education, Student Engagement, Machine Learning, Educational Technology and Computational Thinking.

Question 5

Which fields of science does zyBooks work in?

Accepted Answer

In all years, 72% of research at zyBooks is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (49%), Engineering (21%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 6

Is zyBooks's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher than in 2018-2021.

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