World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Information and Learning Science
H-index 11

Information and Learning Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 638 12 13 8
Computer Science 857 9 10 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 22
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.686
Impact Factor: N/A

Top Publications

  • Social distancing meet social media: digital tools for connecting students, teachers, and citizens in an emergency

    Christine Greenhow;Amy Chapman

    (2020)
    137 Citations
  • Teaching with social media: evidence-based strategies for making remote higher education less remote

    Christine Greenhow;Sarah Galvin

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Promoting interaction in online distance education: designing, implementing and supporting collaborative learning

    Sebastian Strauß;Nikol Rummel

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Supporting making online: the role of artifact, teacher and peer interactions in crafting electronic textiles

    Gayithri Jayathirtha;Deborah Fields;Yasmin B. Kafai;Joseph Chipps

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Representational scaffolding in digital simulations – learning professional practices in higher education

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Increasing students’ social engagement during COVID-19 with Net.Create: collaborative social network analysis to map historical pandemics during a pandemic

    Kalani Craig;Megan Humburg;Joshua A. Danish;Maksymilian Szostalo

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Designing for learning during collaborative projects online: tools and takeaways

    Sreecharan Sankaranarayanan;Siddharth Reddy Kandimalla;Mengxin Cao;Ignacio Maronna

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Immersive reading in virtual and augmented reality environment

    Pei-Luen Patrick Rau;Jian Zheng;Zhi Guo

    (2021)
    15 Citations

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