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Researcher · UNSW Sydney · Australia

Michael R. Matthews

Michael R. Matthews publishes mostly in Education, History and Philosophy of Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology, on topics such as Science Education and Pedagogy, Evolution and Science Education and Education and Critical Thinking Development.

World rank
#140,559
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#3,995
of 35,497
Works
54
Citations
166
Citations per work
3.1

What does Michael R. Matthews research?

Education: 22.1%History and Philosophy of Science: 14.7%Developmental and Educational Psychology: 8.8%Sociology and Political Science: 7.4%other fields: 47.0%22%top field
Education22.1%History and Philosophy of Science14.7%Developmental and Educational Psychology8.8%Sociology and Political Science7.4%other fields47.0%

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

  1. 1Education22% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science15% of their works
  3. 3Developmental and Educational Psychology9% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy4% of their works
  6. 6Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael R. Matthews's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Conceptual Change, Education, Inquiry-Based Teaching, Scientific Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Acceptance, Critical Thinking Skills and Evolutionary Theory.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Conceptual Change122 topics
  2. Education113 topics
  3. Inquiry-Based Teaching81 topic
  4. Scientific Literacy81 topic
  5. Teaching Strategies72 topics
  6. Acceptance41 topic
  7. Critical Thinking Skills41 topic
  8. Evolutionary Theory41 topic
  9. Instructional Interventions41 topic
  10. Children's Perceptions31 topic
  11. Epistemological Beliefs31 topic
  12. Metacognition31 topic
  13. Qualitative Research31 topic
  14. Scientists31 topic
  15. Social Sciences31 topic
  16. Climate Change21 topic
  17. Environmental Science21 topic
  18. Evolutionary Synthesis21 topic
  19. Mechanistic Explanation21 topic

Where does Michael R. Matthews work?

Michael R. Matthews's main affiliation in the publication record is UNSW Sydney, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Michael R. Matthews have?

Science Explorer counts 54 works and 166 citations for Michael R. Matthews, ranking #140,559 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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