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Researcher · University of California, Santa Barbara · United States

Richard E. Mayer

Richard E. Mayer publishes mostly in Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, on topics such as Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods and Online and Blended Learning.

ORCID 0000-0003-4055-6938 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,760
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#684
of 1,627,098
Works
973
Citations
104k
Citations per work
107.1
h-index
153
i10-index 507Top 0.1% in Education
Richard E. Mayer

What does Richard E. Mayer research?

Richard E. Mayer's work is mostly in Psychology (40%), Social Sciences (20%), Computer Science (8%).

Social Sciences: 580 works · 59.6% of their workPsychology: 385 works · 39.6% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 181 works · 18.6% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 175 works · 18.0% of their workSocial Psychology: 29 works · 3.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 195 works · 20.0% of their workEducation: 195 works · 20.0% of their workEverything else: 283 works · 29.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 80 works · 8.2% of their workComputer Science: 80 works · 8.2% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 80 works · 8.2% of their workLife Sciences: 30 works · 3.1% of their workNeuroscience: 30 works · 3.1% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 works · 3.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard E. Mayer973works
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences8%Social Sciences60%

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. Psychology38539.6%
    2. Social Sciences19520.0%
  2. Everything else28329.1%
    1. Computer Science808.2%
    1. Neuroscience303.1%
  1. 1Education20% of their works
  2. 2Developmental and Educational Psychology19% of their works
  3. 3Experimental and Cognitive Psychology18% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence8% of their works
  5. 5Cognitive Neuroscience3% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard E. Mayer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Cognitive Load Theory, Multimedia Learning, Motivation, Metacognition, Self-Regulation and Blended 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.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Educational Technology5663 topics
  2. Instructional Design4502 topics
  3. Cognitive Load Theory3391 topic
  4. Multimedia Learning3391 topic
  5. Motivation2572 topics
  6. Metacognition1721 topic
  7. Self-Regulation1721 topic
  8. Blended Learning1111 topic
  9. Online Learning1111 topic
  10. Affective States861 topic
  11. Intelligent Tutoring Systems861 topic
  12. Game-Based Learning851 topic
  13. Gamification851 topic
  14. Critical Thinking Skills721 topic
  15. Instructional Interventions721 topic
  16. Inquiry-Based Teaching621 topic
  17. Scientific Literacy621 topic
  18. Pedagogical Content Knowledge551 topic
  19. Teacher Knowledge551 topic

Where does Richard E. Mayer work?

Richard E. Mayer's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Santa Barbara, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard E. Mayer have?

OpenAlex counts 973 works and 104,206 citations for Richard E. Mayer, an h-index of 153, ranking #1,760 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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