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Researcher · UNSW Sydney · Australia

John Sweller

John Sweller publishes mostly in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education, on topics such as Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes, Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods.

World rank
#3,398
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#74
of 35,497
Works
67
Citations
2.9k
Citations per work
43.8

What does John Sweller research?

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28.0%Developmental and Educational Psychology: 19.5%Education: 14.6%Artificial Intelligence: 13.4%other fields: 24.5%28%top field
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology28.0%Developmental and Educational Psychology19.5%Education14.6%Artificial Intelligence13.4%other fields24.5%

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

  1. 1Experimental and Cognitive Psychology28% of their works
  2. 2Developmental and Educational Psychology20% of their works
  3. 3Education15% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence13% of their works
  5. 5Cognitive Neuroscience5% of their works
  6. 6Statistics and Probability5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John Sweller's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Educational Technology, Cognitive Load Theory, Multimedia Learning, Affective States, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Experiential Learning, Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning Styles.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Educational Technology242 topics
  2. Cognitive Load Theory191 topic
  3. Multimedia Learning191 topic
  4. Affective States71 topic
  5. Intelligent Tutoring Systems71 topic
  6. Experiential Learning51 topic
  7. Inquiry-Based Teaching51 topic
  8. Learning Styles51 topic
  9. Metacognition51 topic
  10. Scientific Literacy51 topic
  11. Self-Regulation51 topic
  12. Child Development31 topic
  13. Mathematical Achievement31 topic
  14. Numerical Cognition31 topic
  15. Theory of Mind31 topic
  16. Automatic21 topic
  17. Extraction21 topic

Where does John Sweller work?

John Sweller's main affiliation in the publication record is UNSW Sydney, Australia.

How many publications and citations does John Sweller have?

Science Explorer counts 67 works and 2,935 citations for John Sweller, ranking #3,398 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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