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Researcher · Vanderbilt University · United States

John D. Bransford

John D. Bransford publishes mostly in Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Artificial Intelligence, on topics such as Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Education and Critical Thinking Development and Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning.

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World rank
#40,484
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#15,538
of 1,627,098
Works
185
Citations
46k
Citations per work
250.2
h-index
62
i10-index 125Top 0.1% in Education
John D. Bransford

What does John D. Bransford research?

John D. Bransford's work is mostly in Psychology (28%), Social Sciences (26%), Computer Science (14%).

Social Sciences: 100 works · 54.2% of their workPsychology: 52 works · 28.2% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 40 works · 21.5% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 works · 6.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 48 works · 26.0% of their workEducation: 48 works · 26.0% of their workEverything else: 48 works · 26.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 26 works · 14.3% of their workComputer Science: 26 works · 14.3% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 21 works · 11.6% of their workComputer Science Applications: 5 works · 2.7% of their workLife Sciences: 10 works · 5.4% of their workNeuroscience: 10 works · 5.4% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 works · 5.4% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn D. Bransford185works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences14%Social Sciences54%

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. Psychology5228.2%
    2. Social Sciences4826.0%
  2. Everything else4826.1%
    1. Computer Science2614.3%
    1. Neuroscience105.4%
  1. 1Education26% of their works
  2. 2Developmental and Educational Psychology22% of their works
  3. 3Artificial Intelligence12% of their works
  4. 4Experimental and Cognitive Psychology7% of their works
  5. 5Cognitive Neuroscience5% of their works
  6. 6Computer Science Applications3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John D. Bransford's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Metacognition, Educational Technology, Collaborative Learning, Self-Regulation, Instructional Design, Critical Thinking Skills, Instructional Interventions and Cognitive Engagement.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Metacognition723 topics
  2. Educational Technology712 topics
  3. Collaborative Learning491 topic
  4. Self-Regulation491 topic
  5. Instructional Design372 topics
  6. Critical Thinking Skills301 topic
  7. Instructional Interventions301 topic
  8. Cognitive Engagement272 topics
  9. Affective States241 topic
  10. Intelligent Tutoring Systems241 topic
  11. Cognitive Load Theory221 topic
  12. Multimedia Learning221 topic
  13. Blended Learning151 topic
  14. Online Learning151 topic
  15. Epistemological Beliefs121 topic
  16. Information Literacy121 topic
  17. Dyslexia111 topic
  18. Episodic Memory111 topic
  19. Memory Retrieval111 topic
  20. Reading Acquisition111 topic

Where does John D. Bransford work?

John D. Bransford's main affiliation in the publication record is Vanderbilt University, United States.

How many publications and citations does John D. Bransford have?

OpenAlex counts 185 works and 46,289 citations for John D. Bransford, an h-index of 62, ranking #40,484 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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