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D-Index
72
Citations
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World Ranking
653
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313

John D. Bransford 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 John D. Bransford sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 166 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John D. Bransford 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 John D. Bransford sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 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

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

    Linda Darling-Hammond;John D. Bransford

  • Contextual prerequisites for understanding: Some investigations of comprehension and recall

    John D. Bransford;Marcia K. Johnson

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

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

  • Levels of processing versus transfer appropriate processing

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

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

    John D. Bransford;Daniel L. Schwartz

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

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

  • Rethinking Transfer: A Simple Proposal with Multiple Implications

    John D. Bransford;Daniel L. Schwartz

  • The abstraction of linguistic ideas

    John D Bransford;Jeffery J Franks

  • Considerations of some problems of comprehension.

    John D. Bransford;Marcia K. Johnson

  • A time for telling

    Daniel L. Schwartz;John D. Bransford

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

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

  • Sentence memory: A constructive versus interpretive approach ☆ ☆☆

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

  • How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice

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

  • Perceiving, Acting and Knowing : Toward an Ecological Psychology

    Robert Shaw;John Bransford

  • Teaching thinking and problem solving: Research foundations.

    John Bransford;Robert Sherwood;Nancy Vye;John Rieser

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

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

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

    Suzanne M. Donovan;John D. Bransford

  • Human cognition : learning, understanding, and remembering

    John D. Bransford

  • Learning Theories and Education: Toward a Decade of Synergy

    John Bransford;Reed Stevens;Dan Schwartz;Andy Meltzoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel L. Schwartz
Daniel L. Schwartz Stanford University
Gautam Biswas
Gautam Biswas Vanderbilt University
Susan R. Goldman
Susan R. Goldman University of Illinois at Chicago
Marcia K. Johnson
Marcia K. Johnson Yale University
Roy D. Pea
Roy D. Pea Stanford University
Brigid Barron
Brigid Barron Vanderbilt University
Jeremy Roschelle
Jeremy Roschelle Digital Promise
Bharat L. Bhuva
Bharat L. Bhuva Vanderbilt University
K. Anders Ericsson
K. Anders Ericsson Florida State University
Ann L. Brown
Ann L. Brown University of California, Berkeley

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