Frank Fischer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Frank Fischer between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Frank Fischer published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 12.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2018. 43 of the 625 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

10 20 30

1976 2025

625 publications in total across all disciplines

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Frank Fischer: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year	Publications
1976	1
1977	0
1978	0
1979	1
1980	0
1981	1
1982	2
1983	1
1984	1
1985	2
1986	0
1987	1
1988	2
1989	2
1990	1
1991	3
1992	3
1993	4
1994	3
1995	8
1996	3
1997	6
1998	6
1999	5
2000	22
2001	5
2002	7
2003	25
2004	7
2005	12
2006	11
2007	31
2008	13
2009	29
2010	18
2011	33
2012	23
2013	22
2014	19
2015	14
2016	28
2017	32
2018	39
2019	28
2020	29
2021	29
2022	26
2023	24
2024	18
2025	25
Total	625

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Frank Fischer 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 Frank Fischer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 522 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12	522
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Frank Fischer 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 Frank Fischer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15	85
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Frank Fischer is affiliated with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, psychology, and medicine, with a notable focus on education and developmental and educational psychology.

Their work covers several subfields and main topics, including:

Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
Family Practice
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
Online and Blended Learning
Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Fischer has contributed frequently to several publication venues, including:

Computer-supported collaborative learning/'The 'Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference (9 publications)
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (5 publications)
Learning and Instruction (5 publications)
Computers in Human Behavior (4 publications)
Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie (4 publications)

Notable recent papers by Fischer and collaborators include:

ChatGPT for good? On opportunities and challenges of large language models for education, 2023, Learning and Individual Differences
Simulation-Based Learning in Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis, 2020, Review of Educational Research
Contextual facilitators for learning activities involving technology in higher education: The C-model, 2021, Computers in Human Behavior
Digital learning in schools: What does it take beyond digital technology?, 2021, Teaching and Teacher Education
Knowledge as a formative construct: A good alpha is not always better, 2020, New Ideas in Psychology

Frequent collaborators in Fischer's research include Matthias Stadler, Martin R. Fischer, Michael Sailer, Olga Chernikova, and Ralf Schmidmaier.

In addition to research articles, Fischer has contributed to book publications, including the title Truth and Post-Truth in Public Policy, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

The Evolution of Research on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Pierre Dillenbourg;Sanna Järvelä;Frank Fischer

3655
Citations
The argumentative turn in policy analysis and planning

Frank Fischer;John Forester;Maarten A. Hajer;Robert Hoppe

3294
Citations
Reframing Public Policy: Discursive Politics and Deliberative Practices

Frank Fischer

2785
Citations
Citizens, Experts and the Environment: The Politics of Local Knowledge

Frank Fischer

2280
Citations
Reframing Public Policy

Unknown

1482
Citations
A framework to analyze argumentative knowledge construction in computer-supported collaborative learning

Armin Weinberger;Frank Fischer

1225
Citations
Simulation-Based Learning in Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis:

Olga Chernikova;Nicole Heitzmann;Matthias Stadler;Doris Holzberger

863
Citations
Technocracy and the Politics of Expertise.

Wolf Heydebrand;Frank Fischer

856
Citations
Help Seeking and Help Design in Interactive Learning Environments

Vincent Aleven;Elmar Stahl;Silke Schworm;Frank Fischer

846
Citations
Collaboration Scripts--A Conceptual Analysis.

Ingo Kollar;Frank Fischer;Friedrich W. Hesse

760
Citations
Fostering collaborative knowledge construction with visualization tools

Frank Fischer;Johannes Bruhn;Cornelia Gräsel;Heinz Mandl

672
Citations
Toward a Script Theory of Guidance in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Frank Fischer;Ingo Kollar;Karsten Stegmann;Christof Wecker

658
Citations
Epistemic and Social Scripts in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.

Armin Weinberger;Bernhard Ertl;Frank Fischer;Heinz Mandl

641
Citations
Citizen participation and the democratization of policy expertise: From theoretical inquiry to practical cases

Frank Fischer

633
Citations
Evaluating Public Policy

Frank Fischer

601
Citations
Specifying Computer-Supported Collaboration Scripts

Lars Kobbe;Armin Weinberger;Pierre Dillenbourg;Andreas Harrer

596
Citations
Democracy and Expertise

Frank Fischer

510
Citations
Analyzing collaborative learning processes automatically: Exploiting the advances of computational linguistics in computer-supported collaborative learning

Carolyn Penstein Rosé;Yi-Chia Wang;Yue Cui;Jaime Arguello

501
Citations
Democracy and Expertise: Reorienting Policy Inquiry

Frank Fischer

455
Citations
Handbook of Public Policy Analysis Theory, Politics, and Methods

Frank Fischer;Gerald J. Miller;Mara S. Sidney

403
Citations
Technocracy and the Politics of Expertise

Peter Deleon;Frank Fischer

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Armin Weinberger Saarland University

Heinz Mandl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Martin R. Fischer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Iryna Gurevych Technical University of Darmstadt

Pierre Dillenbourg École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Carolyn Penstein Rosé Carnegie Mellon University

Tina Seidel Technical University of Munich

Clark A. Chinn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Jan-Willem Strijbos University of Groningen

Markus Bühner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

External Links

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