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D-Index
35
Citations
5722
World Ranking
6714
National Ranking
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Barbara S. Plake publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara S. Plake sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 190 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Barbara S. Plake D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara S. Plake sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Barbara S. Plake is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their academic career includes recognition as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, an honor awarded in 2008.

Though no specific papers, co-authors, publication venues, or book publications are listed, the distinction of AERA Fellowship indicates involvement in educational research at a significant level. This award typically reflects contributions to the advancement of the educational sciences.

Their research fields, subfields, and main topics of study are not explicitly detailed in the available data, but the professional affiliation and award suggest a focus within education research.

Best Publications

  • The Development and Validation of a Revised Version of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale

    Barbara S. Plake;Claire S. Parker

  • A Study of Acculturation Differences among International People and Suggestions for Sensitivity to Within-Group Differences.

    Gargi Roysircar Sodowsky;Barbara S. Plake

  • Moderating Effects of Sociocultural Variables on Acculturation Attitudes of Hispanics and Asian Americans.

    Gargi Roysircar Sodowsky;Edward Wai Ming Lai;Barbara S. Plake

  • Assessment Competencies of Teachers: A National Survey.

    Barbara S. Plake;James C. Impara;Jennifer J. Fager

  • Teachers' Ability to Estimate Item Difficulty: A Test of the Assumptions in the Angoff Standard Setting Method

    James C. Impara;Barbara S. Plake

  • The fourteenth mental measurements yearbook

    Barbara S. Plake;James C. Impara;Linda L. Murphy

  • Standard Setting: An Alternative Approach

    James C. Impara;Barbara S. Plake

  • Validation of a Measure of Learning and Performance Goal Orientations

    Teresa Debacker Roedel;Gregory Schraw;Barbara S. Plake

  • Research on the Effects of Administering Tests via Computers

    Steven L. Wise;Barbara S. Plake

  • Using an Extended Angoff Procedure To Set Standards on Complex Performance Assessments.

    Ronald K. Hambleton;Barbara S. Plake

  • The sixteenth mental measurements yearbook

    Robert A. Spies;Barbara S. Plake;Linda L. Murphy

  • The Thirteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook.

    Barbara S. Plake;James C. Impara;Linda L. Murphy

  • Comparing computerized versus traditional psychological assessment

    Mark E. Lukin;E. Thomas Dowd;Barbara S. Plake;Robert G. Kraft

  • Setting performance standards on complex educational assessments

    Ronald K. Hambleton;Richard M. Jaeger;Barbara S. Plake;Craig Mills

  • Cognitive capacity differences among writers

    Stephen L. Benton;Robert G. Kraft;John A. Glover;Barbara S. Plake

  • Psychometric Properties of the American-International Relations Scale:

    Gargi Roysircar Sodowsky;Barbara S. Plake

  • The fifteenth mental measurements yearbook

    Barbara S. Plake;James C. Impara;Robert A. Spies;Linda L. Murphy

  • What Is the Role and Importance of the Revised AERA, APA, NCME Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing ?

    Barbara S. Plake;Lauress L. Wise

  • Computer-Based Testing in Higher Education.

    Steven L. Wise;Barbara S. Plake

  • The seventeenth mental measurements yearbook

    Kurt F. Geisinger;Robert Spies;Barbara S. Plake;Janet F. Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven L. Wise
Steven L. Wise Northwest Evaluation Association
Ronald K. Hambleton
Ronald K. Hambleton University of Massachusetts Amherst
Cecil R. Reynolds
Cecil R. Reynolds Texas A&M University
Terry B. Gutkin
Terry B. Gutkin University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Gregory Schraw
Gregory Schraw University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Stephen G. Sireci
Stephen G. Sireci University of Massachusetts Amherst

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