2026 Bruce D. Homer: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	31	11057	10349	5768	5267	97	7937

Overview

Bruce D. Homer is affiliated with City University of New York in the United States. Their research crosses multiple disciplines, focusing primarily on psychology, social sciences, and computer science. Within these broad fields, their work prominently covers areas such as education, developmental and educational psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's research topics are varied but show a consistent emphasis on understanding cognitive and developmental processes, particularly in relation to technology and learning. Key topics in their work include cognitive abilities and testing, educational games and gamification, child development and digital technology, the impact of technology on adolescents, child and animal learning development, virtual reality applications and impacts, and reading and literacy development.

Bruce D. Homer has contributed to a number of recent academic papers, including:

"Executive Functions and Decoding in Children and Adolescents: a Meta-analytic Investigation," 2020, Educational Psychology Review
"Detecting patterns of engagement in a digital cognitive skills training game," 2021, Computers & Education
"Current state of play: Children's learning in the context of digital games," 2024, Journal of Children and Media
"Playing a Video Game and Learning to Think: What's the Connection?," 2021, Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
"Reminders, reflections, and relationships: insights from the design of a chatbot for college advising," 2023, Information and Learning Sciences

The venues where Bruce D. Homer frequently publishes demonstrate a focus on psychology, education, and digital media, including Educational Psychology Review, Computers & Education, Journal of Children and Media, Information and Learning Sciences, and Journal of Cognitive Enhancement.

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Jan L. Plass, Teresa Ober, Fabian Froehlich, Alisha Ali, and June Ahn. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary efforts bridging educational technology, psychology, and cognitive development.

Best Publications

Foundations of Game-Based Learning.

Jan L. Plass;Bruce D. Homer;Charles K. Kinzer

1660
Citations
Emotional design in multimedia learning.

Eunjoon “Rachel” Um;Jan L. Plass;Elizabeth O. Hayward;Bruce D. Homer

739
Citations
Emotional design in multimedia learning: Effects of shape and color on affect and learning

Jan L. Plass;Steffi Heidig;Elizabeth O. Hayward;Bruce D. Homer

689
Citations
The impact of individual, competitive, and collaborative mathematics game play on learning, performance, and motivation

Jan L. Plass;Paul A. O'Keefe;Bruce D. Homer;Jennifer Case

373
Citations
The effects of video on cognitive load and social presence in multimedia-learning

Bruce D. Homer;Jan L. Plass;Linda Blake

355
Citations
Methamphetamine Abuse and Impairment of Social Functioning: A Review of the Underlying Neurophysiological Causes and Behavioral Implications

Bruce D. Homer;Todd M. Solomon;Robert W. Moeller;Amy Mascia

354
Citations
Design factors for educationally effective animations and simulations

Jan L. Plass;Bruce D. Homer;Elizabeth O. Hayward

343
Citations
Optimizing cognitive load for learning from computer-based science simulations

Hyunjeong Lee;Jan L. Plass;Bruce D. Homer

316
Citations
Theory of mind and epistemological development: the relation between children's second-order false-belief understanding and their ability to reason about evidence

Janet Wilde Astington;Janette Pelletier;Bruce Homer

309
Citations
Handbook of Game-Based Learning.

Jan L. Plass;Richard E. Mayer;Bruce D. Homer

278
Citations
Gender and player characteristics in video game play of preadolescents

Bruce D. Homer;Elizabeth O. Hayward;Jonathan Frye;Jan L. Plass

218
Citations
Investigating the effectiveness of computer simulations for chemistry learning

Jan L. Plass;Catherine Milne;Bruce D. Homer;Ruth N. Schwartz

163
Citations
Moved to learn: The effects of interactivity in a Kinect-based literacy game for beginning readers

Bruce D. Homer;Charles K. Kinzer;Jan L. Plass;Susan M. Letourneau

160
Citations
Is there a bilingual advantage on interference-control tasks? A multiverse meta-analysis of global reaction time and interference cost.

Seamus Donnelly;Seamus Donnelly;Patricia J. Brooks;Patricia J. Brooks;Bruce D. Homer

150
Citations
Improving high school students' executive functions through digital game play

Bruce D. Homer;Jan L. Plass;Charles Raffaele;Teresa M. Ober

119
Citations
Emotional design for digital games for learning: The effect of expression, color, shape, and dimensionality on the affective quality of game characters

Jan L. Plass;Bruce D. Homer;Andrew MacNamara;Teresa Ober

111
Citations
Literacy and Children's Conception of Words

Bruce Homer;David R. Olson

107
Citations
Learning executive function skills by playing focused video games

Jocelyn Parong;Richard E. Mayer;Logan Fiorella;Andrew MacNamara

106
Citations
Reliability and validity of advanced theory-of-mind measures in middle childhood and adolescence.

Elizabeth O. Hayward;Bruce D. Homer

103
Citations
The Development of Social Cognition and Communication

Bruce D. Homer;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda

101
Citations
Expertise Reversal for Iconic Representations in Science Visualizations.

Bruce D. Homer;Jan L. Plass

85
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan L. Plass New York University

Patricia J. Brooks College of Staten Island

Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda New York University

David R. Olson University of Toronto

Richard E. Mayer University of California, Santa Barbara

Perry N. Halkitis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Katherine Nelson City University of New York

Peter Gerjets University of Tübingen

Slava Kalyuga University of New South Wales

Janet Wilde Astington University of Toronto

External Links

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