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Physical Review Physics Education Research
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Physical Review Physics Education Research

Published by: American Physical Society

https://journals.aps.org/prper/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 200 8 20 9
Social Sciences and Humanities 627 12 27 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 31
Documents by Best Scientists*: 60
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 49
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.497
Impact Factor: 3.6

Top Publications

  • Developing scientific decision making by structuring and supporting student agency

    N. G. Holmes;Benjamin Keep;Carl E. Wieman

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Template for teaching and assessment of problem solving in introductory physics

    E. W. Burkholder;J. K. Miles;T. J. Layden;K. D. Wang

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Examining the relationship between informal science experiences and physics identity: Unrealized possibilities

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Importance of math prerequisites for performance in introductory physics

    Eric W. Burkholder;Gabriel Murillo-Gonzalez;Carl Wieman

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Cosmos visualized: Development of a qualitative framework for analyzing representations in cosmology education

    Saeed Salimpour;Russell Tytler;Urban Eriksson;Michael Fitzgerald

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Categorical framework for mathematical sense making in physics

    Julian D. Gifford;Noah D. Finkelstein

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Extending Modified Module Analysis to Include Correct Responses: An Analysis of the Force Concept Inventory.

    Jie Yang;James Wells;Rachel Henderson;Elaine Christman

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Towards mapping the landscape of informal physics educational activities

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Race-evasive frames in physics and physics education: Results from an interview study

    (2023)
    14 Citations
  • Exploring the Structure of Misconceptions in the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation with Modified Module Analysis.

    James Wells;Rachel Henderson;Adrienne Traxler;Paul Miller

    (2020)
    14 Citations

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