2026 John D. Bransford: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	72	653	313	166	66019

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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66019

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
2001 - E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association
2001 - Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

John D. Bransford was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research focused primarily on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular emphasis on Cell Biology and Molecular Biology subfields.

The scientist contributed to research on topics including:

Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Cellular transport and secretion

Their recent publication was:

Motor protein disruption critically alters organelle trafficking, NMJ formation, and excitation contraction coupling (2025), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors in their research activities included:

Himanshu Bansal
Tadros A. Hana
Andrew H. Michael
Sevinch U. Kamaridinova
Kiel G. Ormerod

Their work was published mainly in the venue:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

During their career, the scientist received several recognitions:

Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2008)
E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association (2001)
Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association (2001)

Best Publications

How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school.

John D. Bransford;Ann L. Brown;Rodney R. Cocking

13801
Citations
Preparing teachers for a changing world : what teachers should learn and be able to do

Linda Darling-Hammond;John D. Bransford

6168
Citations
Contextual prerequisites for understanding: Some investigations of comprehension and recall

John D. Bransford;Marcia K. Johnson

4209
Citations
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Expanded Edition.

John D. Bransford;Ann L. Brown;Rodney R. Cocking

3962
Citations
Levels of processing versus transfer appropriate processing

C. Donald Morris;John D. Bransford;Jeffery J. Franks

3256
Citations
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
The abstraction of linguistic ideas

John D Bransford;Jeffery J Franks

1705
Citations
Considerations of some problems of comprehension.

John D. Bransford;Marcia K. Johnson

1624
Citations
A time for telling

Daniel L. Schwartz;John D. Bransford

1600
Citations
Anchored Instruction: Why We Need It and How Technology Can Help

John D. Bransford;Robert D. Sherwood;Ted S. Hasselbring;Charles K. Kinzer

1318
Citations
Sentence memory: A constructive versus interpretive approach ☆ ☆☆

John D. Bransford;J.Richard Barclay;Jeffery J. Franks

1153
Citations
How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice

M. Suzanne Donovan;John D. Bransford;James W. Pellegrino

1028
Citations
Perceiving, Acting and Knowing : Toward an Ecological Psychology

Robert Shaw;John Bransford

1026
Citations
Teaching thinking and problem solving: Research foundations.

John Bransford;Robert Sherwood;Nancy Vye;John Rieser

955
Citations
New approaches to instruction: because wisdom can't be told

John D. Bransford;Jeffery J. Franks;Nancy J. Vye;Robert D. Sherwood

934
Citations
How students learn : history, mathematics, and science in the classroom

Suzanne M. Donovan;John D. Bransford

818
Citations
Human cognition : learning, understanding, and remembering

John D. Bransford

744
Citations
Learning Theories and Education: Toward a Decade of Synergy

John Bransford;Reed Stevens;Dan Schwartz;Andy Meltzoff

501
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel L. Schwartz Stanford University

Susan R. Goldman University of Illinois at Chicago

Marcia K. Johnson Yale University

Roy D. Pea Stanford University

Jeremy Roschelle Digital Promise

Bharat L. Bhuva Vanderbilt University

K. Anders Ericsson Florida State University

Ann L. Brown University of California, Berkeley

Stephen A. Maisto Syracuse University

Robert D. Abbott University of Washington

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