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Researcher · Western Michigan University · United States

Melissa Dancy

Melissa Dancy publishes mostly in Education, Media Technology and Safety Research, on topics such as Innovative Teaching Methods, Experimental Learning in Engineering and Evaluation of Teaching Practices.

ORCID 0000-0002-2778-5915 OpenAlex
World rank
#144,674
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#54,663
of 1,627,098
Works
89
Citations
4.3k
Citations per work
48.9
h-index
27
i10-index 42Top 1.8% in Education
Melissa Dancy

What does Melissa Dancy research?

Melissa Dancy's work is mostly in Social Sciences (61%), Engineering (13%), Psychology (9%).

Social Sciences: 62 works · 69.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 54 works · 60.6% of their workEducation: 45 works · 50.2% of their workSafety Research: 6 works · 7.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 3 works · 3.3% of their workPsychology: 8 works · 8.7% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 works · 6.2% of their workSocial Psychology: 2 works · 2.5% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 17.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 11 works · 12.9% of their workEngineering: 11 works · 12.9% of their workMedia Technology: 11 works · 12.9% of their workTHEIR WORKMelissa Dancy89works
Physical Sciences13%Social Sciences69%

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 Sciences5460.6%
    2. Psychology88.7%
  2. Everything else1617.8%
    1. Engineering1112.9%
  1. 1Education50% of their works
  2. 2Media Technology13% of their works
  3. 3Safety Research7% of their works
  4. 4Developmental and Educational Psychology6% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science3% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melissa Dancy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Higher Education, STEM Education, Educational Technology, Active Learning, Flipped Classroom, Engineering Education, Remote Laboratories and Approaches to Learning.

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. Higher Education602 topics
  2. STEM Education603 topics
  3. Educational Technology412 topics
  4. Active Learning331 topic
  5. Flipped Classroom331 topic
  6. Engineering Education291 topic
  7. Remote Laboratories291 topic
  8. Approaches to Learning271 topic
  9. Student Evaluations271 topic
  10. Cognitive Engagement222 topics
  11. Blended Learning161 topic
  12. Career Development161 topic
  13. Online Learning161 topic
  14. Social Cognitive Theory161 topic
  15. Inquiry-Based Teaching151 topic
  16. Scientific Literacy151 topic
  17. Metacognition142 topics
  18. Collaborative Learning81 topic
  19. Self-Regulation81 topic
  20. Epistemological Beliefs61 topic
  21. Information Literacy61 topic

Where does Melissa Dancy work?

Melissa Dancy's main affiliation in the publication record is Western Michigan University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Melissa Dancy have?

OpenAlex counts 89 works and 4,350 citations for Melissa Dancy, an h-index of 27, ranking #144,674 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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