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James V. Wertsch

James V. Wertsch publishes mostly in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology, on topics such as Educational and Psychological Assessments, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology and Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration.

World rank
#6,676
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,235
of 358,040
Works
59
Citations
885
Citations per work
15.0

What does James V. Wertsch research?

Developmental and Educational Psychology: 17.7%Sociology and Political Science: 11.3%Social Psychology: 6.5%General Psychology: 6.5%other fields: 58.0%18%top field
Developmental and Educational Psychology17.7%Sociology and Political Science11.3%Social Psychology6.5%General Psychology6.5%other fields58.0%

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

  1. 1Developmental and Educational Psychology18% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology6% of their works
  4. 4General Psychology6% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory6% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James V. Wertsch's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Dynamic Assessment, Educational Psychology, History, Psychology, Activity Theory, Citizenship Education, Collective Memory and Historical Thinking.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Dynamic Assessment51 topic
  2. Educational Psychology51 topic
  3. History41 topic
  4. Psychology41 topic
  5. Activity Theory31 topic
  6. Citizenship Education31 topic
  7. Collective Memory31 topic
  8. Historical Thinking31 topic
  9. Trauma31 topic
  10. Workplace Learning31 topic
  11. Academic Writing21 topic
  12. Collaborative Partnerships21 topic
  13. Community Empowerment21 topic
  14. Discourse Analysis21 topic
  15. Education21 topic
  16. Neuroscience21 topic

Where does James V. Wertsch work?

James V. Wertsch's main affiliation in the publication record is Washington University in St. Louis, United States.

How many publications and citations does James V. Wertsch have?

Science Explorer counts 59 works and 885 citations for James V. Wertsch, ranking #6,676 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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