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D-Index
87
Citations
124397
World Ranking
225
National Ranking
103

James Paul Gee 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 James Paul Gee sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 295 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James Paul Gee 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 James Paul Gee 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: 87 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

James Paul Gee is a researcher affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their primary fields of study include Social Sciences and Computer Science, with specific contributions to subfields such as Developmental and Educational Psychology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Education, Sociology and Political Science, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Technology-Enhanced Education Studies
  • Innovative Education and Learning Practices
  • Literacy, Media, and Education
  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

James Paul Gee has authored multiple publications, including journal articles and books. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Game-Design Teaching and Learning" (2021), published in Strategies
  • "From Tools to Discourses: In Conversation with James Paul Gee on Literacy and Artificial Intelligence" (2025), published in RELC Journal
  • "A Sensational View of Human Learning, Thinking, and Language" (2022), published in Literacy Research Theory Method and Practice

Other relevant recent works, while not authored by Gee directly but related to their field and collaborations, are:

  • ""Inside the Head and Out in the World". An Approach to Deep Teaching and Learning" (2020), published in Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research
  • "Learning as life project(s)" (2023), published in Learning Research and Practice

Their book titled Sensation, the Intuitive System, and Designed Experience: The Missing Links to Learning for Human Flourishing was published in 2023 by Common Ground Research Networks eBooks.

James Paul Gee has frequently collaborated with the following co-authors:

  • Qing Archer Zhang
  • Moisès Esteban-Guitart
  • Scott M. Damrauer
  • Ali Soyoof
  • Guangxiang Liu

Their work has appeared in several publication venues, including:

  • Phi Delta Kappan
  • RELC Journal
  • Strategies
  • Learning Research and Practice
  • Postdigital Science and Education

In recognition of their contributions to education research, James Paul Gee was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2014.

Best Publications

  • What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

    James Paul Gee

  • Social Linguistics And Literacies: Ideology in Discourse

    James Paul Gee

  • An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method

    James Paul Gee

  • What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy

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  • A pedagogy of Multiliteracies Designing Social Futures

    Unknown

  • Situated Language and Learning: A Critique of Traditional Schooling

    James Paul Gee

  • Identity as an analytic lens for research in education

    James Paul Gee

  • Identity as an analytic lens for research in education

    Unknown

  • Good Video Games + Good Learning: collected essays on video games, learning and literacy

    James Paul Gee

  • How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit : A Toolkit

    James Paul Gee

  • Social Linguistics and Literacies

    James Paul Gee

  • The New Work Order

    James Paul Gee;Glynda A. Hull;Colin Lankshear

  • Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction.

    James Paul Gee

  • How Computer Games Help Children Learn

    David Williamson Shaffer;James Paul Gee

  • Video Games and the Future of Learning

    David Williamson Shaffer;Kurt R. Squire;Richard Halverson;James P. Gee

  • How to Do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit

    James Paul Gee

  • The Social Mind: Language, Ideology, and Social Practice

    James Paul Gee

  • Learning by Design: good video games as learning machines

    James Paul Gee

  • Chapter 4: Discourse Analysis, Learning, and Social Practice: A Methodological Study:

    James Paul Gee;Judith L. Green

  • Reading as Situated Language : A Sociocognitive Perspective

    James Paul Gee

  • Language and Learning in the Digital Age

    James Paul Gee;Elisabeth R. Hayes

  • A Linguistic Approach to Narrative

    James Paul Gee

  • Discourse Analysis: What Makes It Critical?

    James Paul Gee

Frequent Co-Authors

David Williamson Shaffer
David Williamson Shaffer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kurt Squire
Kurt Squire University of California, Irvine
Colin Lankshear
Colin Lankshear James Cook University
François Grosjean
François Grosjean University of Neuchâtel
Wolff-Michael Roth
Wolff-Michael Roth University of Victoria
Bertram C. Bruce
Bertram C. Bruce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gregory J. Kelly
Gregory J. Kelly Pennsylvania State University
Michele Knobel
Michele Knobel Montclair State University
Gordon Wells
Gordon Wells University of California, Santa Cruz
David R. Olson
David R. Olson University of Toronto

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