2026 John H. Falk: 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	55	1960	1773	938	837	166	23697

Overview

John H. Falk is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a total of 16 publications in this field. Within social sciences, the key subfields of study include education, safety research, museology, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, prominently including:

Museums and Cultural Heritage
Career Development and Diversity
Science Education and Pedagogy
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
Child Development and Digital Technology
Youth Development and Social Support
Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management

John H. Falk has authored several recent papers spanning topics related to science education, STEM interest, and museum experiences:

"Pathways of interest and participation: How STEM-interested youth navigate a learning ecosystem" (2021), published in Science Education
"Interested, Disinterested, or Neutral: Exploring STEM Interest Profiles and Pathways in A Low-Income Urban Community" (2020), published in Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education
"Measuring the long-term effects of informal science education experiences: challenges and potential solutions" (2021), published in Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research
"Challenges and Opportunities: Asian Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics" (2022), published in American Behavioral Scientist
"Making the case for the value of museum experiences" (2022), published in Museum Management and Curatorship

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

Leader to Leader (11 publications)
Science Education
Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education
Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research
Museum Management and Curatorship

John H. Falk collaborates regularly with several coauthors who have contributed to multiple joint publications. Frequent coauthors include:

Carissa Schively (11 collaborations)
Slotterback Dean (11 collaborations)
Sandra Taylor (11 collaborations)
Frances Hesselbein (9 collaborations)
Susan Fulshaw (8 collaborations)

In addition to articles and papers, John H. Falk has also contributed to book publications. One noted publication is Leaning Into Value, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2024.

Best Publications

The Museum Experience

John H. Falk;Lynn D. Dierking

3943
Citations
Learning from Museums: Visitor Experiences and the Making of Meaning

John H. Falk;Lynn D. Dierking

2216
Citations
Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience

John H Falk

1398
Citations
The Museum Experience Revisited

John H Falk;Lynn D Dierking

1181
Citations
Development of Visual Preference for Natural Environments

John D. Balling;John H. Falk

947
Citations
Lessons Without Limit: How Free-Choice Learning is Transforming Education

John H. Falk;Lynn D. Dierking

823
Citations
Using the contextual model of learning to understand visitor learning from a science center exhibition

John Falk;Martin Storksdieck

794
Citations
Visitors’ learning for environmental sustainability: Testing short- and long-term impacts of wildlife tourism experiences using structural equation modelling

Roy Ballantyne;Jan Packer;John Falk

689
Citations
The Effect of Visitors ‘ Agendas on Museum Learning

John H. Falk;Theano Moussouri;Douglas Coulson

679
Citations
School Field Trips: Assessing Their Long-Term Impact

John H. Falk;Lynn D. Dierking

606
Citations
The 95 Percent Solution

John H. Falk;Lynn D. Dierking

583
Citations
Free‐choice environmental learning: framing the discussion

John H. Falk

531
Citations
Policy statement of the “informal science education” ad hoc committee

Lynn D. Dierking;John H. Falk;Léonie Rennie;David Anderson

498
Citations
Investigating public science interest and understanding: evidence for the importance of free-choice learning

John H. Falk;Martin Storksdieck;Lynn D. Dierking

496
Citations
Travel and learning : a neglected tourism research area

John H. Falk;Roy Ballantyne;Jan Packer;Pierre Benckendorff

469
Citations
Toward an agenda for advancing research on science learning in out-of-school settings

Léonie J. Rennie;Elsa Feher;Lynn D. Dierking;John H. Falk

403
Citations
Family behavior and learning in informal science settings: A review of the research

Lynn D. Dierking;John H. Falk

400
Citations
Investigating the impact of prior knowledge and interest on aquarium visitor learning

John H. Falk;Leslie M. Adelman

399
Citations
The novel field-trip phenomenon: Adjustment to novel settings interferes with task learning

John H. Falk;W. Wade Martin;John D. Balling

390
Citations
An Identity‐Centered Approach to Understanding Museum Learning

John H. Falk

336
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Penuel University of Colorado Boulder

Léonie J. Rennie Curtin University

Jan Packer University of Queensland

Roy Ballantyne University of Queensland

Jonathan Osborne Stanford University

Pierre Benckendorff University of Queensland

External Links

Personal website of John H. Falk Google Scholar page

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