D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

John Sweller

University of New South Wales
Australia

Psychology

Australia

2023

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Psychology D-index 93 Citations 80,468 228 World Ranking 551 National Ranking 28

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study John Sweller is best known for:

Educational psychology
Cognition
Cognitive psychology

His multidisciplinary approach integrates Cognitive psychology and Human–computer interaction in his work. Borrowing concepts from Cognitive load, he weaves in ideas under Human–computer interaction. Cognitive load and Working memory are two areas of study in which he engages in interdisciplinary work. John Sweller performs multidisciplinary study in Working memory and Cognition in his work. John Sweller incorporates Cognition and Educational psychology in his research. In his articles, he combines various disciplines, including Educational psychology and Developmental psychology. He performs multidisciplinary study in the fields of Developmental psychology and Cognitive psychology via his papers. Neuroscience connects with themes related to Cognitive architecture in his study. His Neuroscience research extends to Cognitive architecture, which is thematically connected.

His most cited work include:

Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching (4883 citations)
Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning (4742 citations)
None (4153 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date

His multidisciplinary approach integrates Cognitive psychology and Educational psychology in his work. He connects Educational psychology with Cognition in his research. He performs integrative Cognition and Artificial intelligence research in his work. He integrates Artificial intelligence with Cognitive psychology in his research. He performs integrative Neuroscience and Working memory research in his work. John Sweller incorporates Working memory and Neuroscience in his research. He merges Cognitive load with Human–computer interaction in his research. His work often combines Human–computer interaction and Cognitive load studies. John Sweller conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Cognitive science and Cognitive architecture through his research.

John Sweller most often published in these fields:

Cognitive psychology (65.38%)
Neuroscience (60.44%)
Cognition (59.89%)

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Best Publications

Cognitive load during problem solving: Effects on learning

John Sweller.
Cognitive Science (1988)

7375 Citations

Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design

John Sweller;Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer;Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer;Fred G. W. C. Paas.
(1998)

7111 Citations

Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching

Paul A. Kirschner;John Sweller;Richard E. Clark.
Educational Psychologist (2006)

5520 Citations

COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY, LEARNING DIFFICULTY, AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

John Sweller.
Learning and Instruction (1994)

3728 Citations

Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Design: Recent Developments

Fred Paas;Alexander Renkl;John Sweller.
Educational Psychologist (2003)

3279 Citations

Cognitive Load Theory and the Format of Instruction

Paul Chandler;John Sweller.
Cognition and Instruction (1991)

3204 Citations

Cognitive Load Theory