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Researcher · Aberystwyth University · United Kingdom

Lynda Thomas

Lynda Thomas publishes mostly in Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Information Systems, on topics such as Teaching and Learning Programming, Online Learning and Analytics and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods.

OpenAlex
World rank
#147,798
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#13,353
of 367,258
Works
76
Citations
4.5k
Citations per work
59.4
h-index
31
i10-index 49Top 2.5% in Computer Science Applications
Lynda Thomas

What does Lynda Thomas research?

Lynda Thomas's work is mostly in Computer Science (57%), Psychology (15%), Social Sciences (9%).

Physical Sciences: 48 works · 63.8% of their workComputer Science: 43 works · 56.9% of their workComputer Science Applications: 29 works · 38.1% of their workInformation Systems: 9 works · 12.4% of their workSoftware: 5 works · 6.4% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 6.9% of their workMedia Technology: 5 works · 6.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 18 works · 23.4% of their workPsychology: 11 works · 14.7% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 works · 14.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 8.7% of their workEducation: 7 works · 8.7% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 12.8% of their workTHEIR WORKLynda Thomas76works
Physical Sciences64%Social Sciences23%

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. Computer Science4356.9%
    2. Engineering56.9%
    1. Psychology1114.7%
    2. Social Sciences78.7%
  3. Everything else1012.8%
  1. 1Computer Science Applications38% of their works
  2. 2Developmental and Educational Psychology15% of their works
  3. 3Information Systems12% of their works
  4. 4Education9% of their works
  5. 5Media Technology7% of their works
  6. 6Software6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lynda Thomas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Learning Analytics, STEM Education, Computational Thinking, Programming Education, Motivation, Student Engagement, Machine Learning and Educational Data Mining.

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. Learning Analytics752 topics
  2. STEM Education732 topics
  3. Computational Thinking581 topic
  4. Programming Education581 topic
  5. Motivation312 topics
  6. Student Engagement312 topics
  7. Machine Learning292 topics
  8. Educational Data Mining171 topic
  9. Massive Open Online Courses171 topic
  10. Metacognition171 topic
  11. Self-Regulation171 topic
  12. Engineering Education151 topic
  13. Remote Laboratories151 topic
  14. Game-Based Learning141 topic
  15. Gamification141 topic
  16. Code Clone Detection121 topic
  17. Refactoring121 topic
  18. Automated Testing101 topic
  19. Software Fault Localization101 topic
  20. Agile Software Development91 topic
  21. Empirical Studies91 topic

Where does Lynda Thomas work?

Lynda Thomas's main affiliation in the publication record is Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Lynda Thomas have?

OpenAlex counts 76 works and 4,515 citations for Lynda Thomas, an h-index of 31, ranking #147,798 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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