2026 Daniel L. Schwartz: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	54	2085	1893	1002	898	154	21981

Research.com Recognitions

2001 - Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Daniel L. Schwartz is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Medicine, with a particular focus on subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Neurology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's main research topics cover a diverse range of areas, including:

Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Daniel L. Schwartz has contributed to a number of recent papers, some of which include:

Active learning: "Hands-on" meets "minds-on" (2021), published in Science
Link between Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Poor Sleep, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Visible Perivascular Spaces in Veterans (2021), published in Journal of Neurotrauma
Characterization of MR Imaging-Visible Perivascular Spaces in the White Matter of Healthy Adolescents at 3T (2020), published in American Journal of Neuroradiology
Venous Collagenosis as Pathogenesis of White Matter Hyperintensity (2022), published in Annals of Neurology
Longitudinal MRI-visible perivascular space (PVS) changes with long-duration spaceflight (2022), published in Scientific Reports

Collaborations have been an integral part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

Lisa C. Silbert
David Lahna
Natalie Roese
Hiroko H. Dodge
Randy Woltjer

The scientist's publications have appeared regularly in various venues, notably:

Alzheimer's & Dementia
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
American Journal of Neuroradiology
Computers & Education
Neuro-Oncology

In recognition of their scholarly contributions, Daniel L. Schwartz received the Review of Research Award from the American Educational Research Association in 2001.

Best Publications

Chapter 3: Rethinking Transfer: A Simple Proposal With Multiple Implications

John D. Bransford;Daniel L. Schwartz

2890
Citations
Doing with Understanding: Lessons from Research on Problem- and Project-Based Learning

Brigid J.S. Barron;Daniel L. Schwartz;Nancy J. Vye;Allison Moore

2053
Citations
Rethinking Transfer: A Simple Proposal with Multiple Implications

John D. Bransford;Daniel L. Schwartz

1943
Citations
A time for telling

Daniel L. Schwartz;John D. Bransford

1600
Citations
Inventing to Prepare for Future Learning: The Hidden Efficiency of Encouraging Original Student Production in Statistics Instruction.

Daniel L. Schwartz;Taylor Martin

1097
Citations
EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION IN TRANSFER

Daniel L. Schwartz

1062
Citations
Give your ideas some legs: the positive effect of walking on creative thinking.

Marily Oppezzo;Daniel L. Schwartz

792
Citations
The Emergence of Abstract Representations in Dyad Problem Solving

Daniel L. Schwartz

681
Citations
LEARNING BY TEACHING: A NEW AGENT PARADIGM FOR EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE

Gautam Biswas;Krittaya Leelawong;Daniel Schwartz;Nancy Vye

627
Citations
Practicing versus inventing with contrasting cases: The effects of telling first on learning and transfer.

Daniel L. Schwartz;Catherine C. Chase;Marily A. Oppezzo;Doris B. Chin

605
Citations
Parallel prototyping leads to better design results, more divergence, and increased self-efficacy

Steven P. Dow;Alana Glassco;Jonathan Kass;Melissa Schwarz

501
Citations
Learning Theories and Education: Toward a Decade of Synergy

John Bransford;Reed Stevens;Dan Schwartz;Andy Meltzoff

501
Citations
Scientific and Pragmatic Challenges for Bridging Education and Neuroscience

Sashank Varma;Bruce D. McCandliss;Daniel L. Schwartz

460
Citations
Teachable Agents and the Protégé Effect: Increasing the Effort Towards Learning

Catherine C. Chase;Doris B. Chin;Marily A. Oppezzo;Daniel L. Schwartz

436
Citations
Physically distributed learning: Adapting and reinterpreting physical environments in the development of fraction concepts

Taylor Martin;Daniel L. Schwartz

432
Citations
Toward Teachers' Adaptive Metacognition

Xiaodong Lin;Daniel L. Schwartz;Giyoo Hatano

413
Citations
Shuttling Between Depictive Models and Abstract Rules: Induction and Fallback

Daniel L. Schwartz;John B. Black

408
Citations
Software for managing complex learning: Examples from an educational psychology course

Daniel L. Schwartz;Sean Brophy;Xiaodong Lin;John D. Bransford

266
Citations
Foundations and opportunities for an interdisciplinary science of learning

John D. Bransford;Brigid Barron;Roy D. Pea;Andrew Meltzoff

241
Citations
Physical imagery: kinematic versus dynamic models.

Daniel L. Schwartz

224
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Bransford University of Washington

Bharat L. Bhuva Vanderbilt University

Roy D. Pea Stanford University

Susan R. Goldman University of Illinois at Chicago

Arthur C. Graesser University of Memphis

Byron Reeves Stanford University

Jeremy N. Bailenson Stanford University

Bruce D. McCandliss Stanford University

Patricia K. Kuhl University of Washington

Robert L. Goldstone Indiana University

External Links

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