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Researcher · Purdue University West Lafayette · United States

William C. Oakes

William C. Oakes publishes mostly in Education, Media Technology and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Engineering Education and Curriculum Development, Service-Learning and Community Engagement and Engineering Education and Pedagogy.

ORCID 0000-0002-6183-045X OpenAlex
World rank
#528,149
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#183,178
of 1,627,098
Works
223
Citations
3k
Citations per work
13.4
h-index
23
i10-index 59Top 2.8% in Education
William C. Oakes

What does William C. Oakes research?

William C. Oakes's work is mostly in Engineering (43%), Social Sciences (29%), Decision Sciences (5%).

Physical Sciences: 95 works · 42.6% of their workEngineering: 95 works · 42.6% of their workMedia Technology: 44 works · 19.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 20 works · 8.8% of their workArchitecture: 19 works · 8.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 12 works · 5.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 75 works · 33.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 64 works · 28.7% of their workEducation: 64 works · 28.7% of their workDecision Sciences: 11 works · 4.8% of their workInformation Systems and Management: 11 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 53 works · 23.9% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam C. Oakes223works
Physical Sciences43%Social Sciences33%

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. Engineering9542.6%
    1. Social Sciences6428.7%
    2. Decision Sciences114.8%
  3. Everything else5323.9%
  1. 1Education29% of their works
  2. 2Media Technology20% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Architecture9% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems and Management5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William C. Oakes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Engineering Education, Curriculum Development, Assessment Methods, Outcome-Based Education, Community Engagement, Service-Learning, Innovation and Education.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Engineering Education1653 topics
  2. Curriculum Development1422 topics
  3. Assessment Methods921 topic
  4. Outcome-Based Education921 topic
  5. Community Engagement801 topic
  6. Service-Learning801 topic
  7. Innovation702 topics
  8. Education652 topics
  9. Entrepreneurship501 topic
  10. Hands-On Learning501 topic
  11. Biomedical Engineering481 topic
  12. Hackathons481 topic
  13. Remote Laboratories231 topic
  14. Virtual Labs231 topic
  15. Design Thinking221 topic
  16. Engineering Design221 topic
  17. Agricultural Education191 topic
  18. School Gardens191 topic
  19. Critical Thinking Skills171 topic
  20. Instructional Interventions171 topic

Where does William C. Oakes work?

William C. Oakes's main affiliation in the publication record is Purdue University West Lafayette, United States.

How many publications and citations does William C. Oakes have?

OpenAlex counts 223 works and 2,980 citations for William C. Oakes, an h-index of 23, ranking #528,149 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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