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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Andrew Deacon

Andrew Deacon publishes mostly in Computer Science Applications, Education and Computer Networks and Communications, on topics such as Online Learning and Analytics, Innovative Education and Learning Practices and Online and Blended Learning.

ORCID 0000-0001-6172-7156 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,762,629
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#7,405
of 29,826
Works
45
Citations
679
Citations per work
15.1
h-index
11
i10-index 12Top 28% in Computer Science Applications
Andrew Deacon

What does Andrew Deacon research?

Andrew Deacon's work is mostly in Computer Science (28%), Social Sciences (23%), Arts and Humanities (7%).

Everything else: 17 works · 38.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 34.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 22.8% of their workEducation: 8 works · 17.1% of their workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 works · 5.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 3 works · 6.7% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 works · 6.7% of their workPsychology: 2 works · 4.8% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 works · 4.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 12 works · 27.6% of their workComputer Science: 12 works · 27.6% of their workComputer Science Applications: 9 works · 19.0% of their workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 works · 8.6% of their workTHEIR WORKAndrew Deacon45works
Physical Sciences28%Social Sciences34%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else1738.1%
    1. Social Sciences1022.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities36.7%
    3. Psychology24.8%
    1. Computer Science1227.6%
  1. 1Computer Science Applications19% of their works
  2. 2Education17% of their works
  3. 3Computer Networks and Communications9% of their works
  4. 4Literature and Literary Theory7% of their works
  5. 5Human Factors and Ergonomics6% of their works
  6. 6Developmental and Educational Psychology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Andrew Deacon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Online Learning, Educational Data Mining, Learning Analytics, Informal Learning, Instructional Design, E-Learning, Educational Technology and Activity Theory.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Online Learning223 topics
  2. Educational Data Mining131 topic
  3. Learning Analytics131 topic
  4. Informal Learning92 topics
  5. Instructional Design92 topics
  6. E-Learning82 topics
  7. Educational Technology72 topics
  8. Activity Theory61 topic
  9. Workplace Learning61 topic
  10. Blended Learning51 topic
  11. Distance Education51 topic
  12. Distributed Systems41 topic
  13. Fault Tolerance41 topic
  14. Learning Object Repositories41 topic
  15. Metacognition41 topic
  16. Open Educational Resources41 topic
  17. Self-Regulation41 topic
  18. Digital Storytelling31 topic
  19. Education31 topic
  20. Innovation31 topic
  21. Knowledge Management31 topic

Where does Andrew Deacon work?

Andrew Deacon's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Andrew Deacon have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 679 citations for Andrew Deacon, an h-index of 11, ranking #1,762,629 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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