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Allan Wigfield

Allan Wigfield publishes mostly in Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology, on topics such as Education, Achievement, and Giftedness, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports and Early Childhood Education and Development.

World rank
#19,501
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#9,271
of 358,040
Works
41
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
34.6

What does Allan Wigfield research?

Education: 27.6%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology: 24.1%Social Psychology: 19.0%Developmental and Educational Psychology: 10.3%other fields: 19.0%28%top field
Education27.6%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology24.1%Social Psychology19.0%Developmental and Educational Psychology10.3%other fields19.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Education28% of their works
  2. 2Experimental and Cognitive Psychology24% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology19% of their works
  4. 4Developmental and Educational Psychology10% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research5% of their works
  6. 6General Agricultural and Biological Sciences2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Allan Wigfield's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Achievement Motivation, Self-Efficacy, Well-being, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination Theory, Academic Achievement, Self-Regulation and Education.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Achievement Motivation131 topic
  2. Self-Efficacy131 topic
  3. Well-being112 topics
  4. Intrinsic Motivation91 topic
  5. Self-Determination Theory91 topic
  6. Academic Achievement62 topics
  7. Self-Regulation62 topics
  8. Education52 topics
  9. School Engagement41 topic
  10. Student-Teacher Relationships41 topic
  11. Dyslexia31 topic
  12. Parental Involvement31 topic
  13. Reading Acquisition31 topic
  14. Student Achievement31 topic
  15. Collaborative Learning21 topic
  16. Metacognition21 topic
  17. Passion21 topic
  18. Perseverance21 topic
  19. Training Pathways21 topic
  20. Vocational Education21 topic

Where does Allan Wigfield work?

Allan Wigfield's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Maryland, College Park, United States.

How many publications and citations does Allan Wigfield have?

Science Explorer counts 41 works and 1,418 citations for Allan Wigfield, ranking #19,501 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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