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Researcher · Tyndale University · Canada

Heather J. S. Birch

Heather J. S. Birch publishes mostly in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Music, on topics such as Diverse Music Education Insights, Educational Games and Gamification and Child Development and Digital Technology.

ORCID 0000-0002-7428-8866 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,634,404
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#114,395
of 183,316
Works
16
Citations
92
Citations per work
5.8
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 86% in Developmental and Educational Psychology
Heather J. S. Birch

What does Heather J. S. Birch research?

Heather J. S. Birch's work is mostly in Social Sciences (32%), Psychology (30%), Arts and Humanities (15%).

Social Sciences: 12 works · 76.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 31.9% of their workEducation: 4 works · 23.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 1 works · 8.5% of their workPsychology: 5 works · 29.8% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 works · 23.4% of their workSocial Psychology: 1 works · 6.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 14.9% of their workMusic: 2 works · 14.9% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 12.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 10.6% of their workComputer Science: 2 works · 10.6% of their workInformation Systems: 2 works · 10.6% of their workTHEIR WORKHeather J. S.Birch16works
Physical Sciences11%Social Sciences77%

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. Social Sciences531.9%
    2. Psychology529.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities214.9%
  2. Everything else212.8%
    1. Computer Science210.6%
  1. 1Developmental and Educational Psychology23% of their works
  2. 2Education23% of their works
  3. 3Music15% of their works
  4. 4Information Systems11% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Heather J. S. Birch's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Intrinsic Motivation, Child Development, Informal Learning, Music Education, Game-Based Learning, Gamification, Digital Technology and Parental Mediation.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Intrinsic Motivation82 topics
  2. Child Development72 topics
  3. Informal Learning71 topic
  4. Music Education71 topic
  5. Game-Based Learning61 topic
  6. Gamification61 topic
  7. Digital Technology51 topic
  8. Parental Mediation51 topic
  9. Higher Education41 topic
  10. Mobile Learning41 topic
  11. Developmental Coordination Disorder31 topic
  12. Motor Skill Competence31 topic
  13. Appropriate Technology21 topic
  14. Autonomy Support21 topic
  15. Black Liberation Theology21 topic
  16. Digital Parenting21 topic
  17. Race21 topic
  18. Self-Determination Theory21 topic

Where does Heather J. S. Birch work?

Heather J. S. Birch's main affiliation in the publication record is Tyndale University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Heather J. S. Birch have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 92 citations for Heather J. S. Birch, an h-index of 5, ranking #3,634,404 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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