The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Sweller sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 261 publications — 82nd percentile
82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Sweller sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 103 D-Index — 95th percentile
95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.
John Sweller is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research predominantly focuses on psychology, with extensive work in experimental and cognitive psychology as well as developmental and educational psychology. They also explore topics related to artificial intelligence, education, and cognitive neuroscience.
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Themes central to their work extend across several research topics, such as:
Sweller has contributed to a variety of publication venues. Most frequently, they publish in:
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Additional notable papers coauthored with others but relevant to Sweller's research interests are:
Frequent coauthors in Sweller's body of work include:
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John Sweller;Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer;Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer;Fred G. W. C. Paas
Paul A. Kirschner;John Sweller;Richard E. Clark
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Fred Paas;Alexander Renkl;John Sweller
Paul Chandler;John Sweller
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John Sweller;Paul Ayres;Slava Kalyuga
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer;John Sweller
Slava Kalyuga;Paul Ayres;Paul Chandler;John Sweller
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John Sweller;Paul A Chandler
John Sweller;Graham A. Cooper
John Sweller;Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer;Fred Paas;Fred Paas
Jeroen J G van Merriënboer;Jeroen J G van Merriënboer;John Sweller
Fred Paas;Alexander Renkl;John Sweller
Slava Kalyuga;Paul Chandler;John Sweller
Seyed Yaghoub Mousavi;Renae Low;John Sweller
Graham Cooper;John Sweller
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