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Nigel Cross

Nigel Cross publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Architecture, on topics such as Design Education and Practice, Creativity in Education and Neuroscience and Usability and User Interface Design.

World rank
#14,895
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,356
of 90,785
Works
44
Citations
716
Citations per work
16.3

What does Nigel Cross research?

Mechanical Engineering: 30.0%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10.0%Architecture: 7.5%Human-Computer Interaction: 7.5%other fields: 45.0%30%top field
Mechanical Engineering30.0%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology10.0%Architecture7.5%Human-Computer Interaction7.5%other fields45.0%

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

  1. 1Mechanical Engineering30% of their works
  2. 2Experimental and Cognitive Psychology10% of their works
  3. 3Architecture8% of their works
  4. 4Human-Computer Interaction8% of their works
  5. 5Education5% of their works
  6. 6Visual Arts and Performing Arts2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nigel Cross's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Innovation, Creativity, Design Thinking, Engineering Design, Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Cognitive Processes and Neuroscience.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Innovation163 topics
  2. Creativity152 topics
  3. Design Thinking121 topic
  4. Engineering Design121 topic
  5. Curriculum Development42 topics
  6. Engineering Education42 topics
  7. Cognitive Processes31 topic
  8. Neuroscience31 topic
  9. Entrepreneurship21 topic
  10. Hands-On Learning21 topic
  11. Human-Computer Interaction21 topic
  12. Problem-Based Learning21 topic
  13. Team-Based Learning21 topic
  14. Usability21 topic
  15. Computing11 topic
  16. Design Research11 topic
  17. History11 topic
  18. Mobile Technology11 topic
  19. Rural Communities11 topic
  20. User Experience11 topic

Where does Nigel Cross work?

Nigel Cross's main affiliation in the publication record is The Open University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Nigel Cross have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 716 citations for Nigel Cross, ranking #14,895 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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