2026 Justin Dillon: 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	46	3540	3258	601	550	276	12113

Overview

Justin Dillon is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and has a research profile concentrated in the social sciences, with a particular focus on education, sociology and political science, management, monitoring, policy and law, social psychology, and general agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work addresses a variety of themes within environmental education and sustainability, climate change communication and perception, animal and plant science education, diverse educational innovation studies, science education and pedagogy, innovative education and learning practices, and global educational policies and reforms.

Recent publications by Justin Dillon include:

The views of teachers in England on an action-oriented climate change curriculum (2021) Environmental Education Research
Scientists' warnings and the need to reimagine, recreate, and restore environmental education (2021) Environmental Education Research
Plant awareness is linked to plant relevance: A review of educational and ethnobiological literature (1998-2020) (2022) Plants People Planet
Towards a Viable Response to COVID-19 from the Science Education Community (2020) Journal for Activist Science and Technology Education
Towards a model of plant awareness in education: a literature review and framework proposal (2024) International Journal of Science Education

Justin Dillon collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Bethan C. Stagg, María Evagorou, Marianne Achiam, Melissa Glackin, and Lindsay Hetherington.

Their research has been published in journals such as Environmental Education Research, International Journal of Science Education, Animals, Journal of Biological Education, and Plants People Planet, with the highest number of publications in Environmental Education Research followed by International Journal of Science Education.

In addition to journal articles, Justin Dillon has contributed to book publications with Springer Nature (Netherlands) and Springer International Publishing including titles like Science Teacher Education for Responsible Citizenship (2020) and Addressing Wicked Problems through Science Education (2021).

Best Publications

A Review of Research on Outdoor Learning

M. Rickinson;Justin Dillon;K. Teamey;M. Y. Choi

1106
Citations
"Doing" Science versus "Being" a Scientist: Examining 10/11-Year-Old Schoolchildren's Constructions of Science through the Lens of Identity.

Louise Archer;Jennifer DeWitt;Jonathan Osborne;Justin Dillon

921
Citations
Science education in Europe: Critical reflections : a report to the Nuffield Foundation

Jonathan Osborne;Justin Dillon

906
Citations
Science Aspirations, Capital, and Family Habitus How Families Shape Children’s Engagement and Identification With Science

Louise Archer;Jennifer DeWitt;Jonathan Osborne;Justin Dillon

787
Citations
The value of outdoor learning: evidence from research in the UK and elsewhere

Justin Dillon;Mark Rickinson;Kelly Teamey;Marian Morris

761
Citations
Reconceptualizing the teaching of controversial issues

Christopher Oulton;Justin Dillon;Marcus Grace

542
Citations
Convergence Between Science and Environmental Education

Arjen E. J. Wals;Michael Brody;Justin Dillon;Robert B. Stevenson

517
Citations
Controversial issues ‐ teachers' attitudes and practices in the context of citizenship education

Christopher Oulton;Vanessa Day;Justin Dillon;Marcus Grace

499
Citations
'Not girly, not sexy, not glamorous': primary school girls' and parents' constructions of science aspirations

Louise Archer;Jennifer DeWitt;Jonathan Osborne;Justin Dillon

412
Citations
Young Children's Aspirations in Science: The unequivocal, the uncertain and the unthinkable

Jennifer Dewitt;Jonathan Osborne;Louise Archer;Justin Dillon

344
Citations
“Balancing acts'': Elementary school girls' negotiations of femininity, achievement, and science

Louise Archer;Jennifer DeWitt;Jonathan Osborne;Justin Dillon

310
Citations
International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education

Robert B. Stevenson;Michael Brody;Justin Dillon;Arjen E.J. Wals

292
Citations
ASPIRES Report: Young people’s science and career aspirations, age 10 –14

Louise Archer Ker;Jennifer DeWitt;Jonathan Francis Osborne;Justin Simon Dillon

216
Citations
HIGH ASPIRATIONS BUT LOW PROGRESSION: THE SCIENCE ASPIRATIONS–CAREERS PARADOX AMONGST MINORITY ETHNIC STUDENTS

Jennifer DeWitt;Louise Archer;Jonathan Osborne;Justin Dillon

213
Citations
On Learners and Learning in Environmental Education: Missing theories, ignored communities

Justin Dillon

168
Citations
On Scientific Literacy and Curriculum Reform

Justin Dillon

147
Citations
The effect of practical work on students' understanding of combustion

Rod Watson;Teresa Prieto;Justin S. Dillon

141
Citations
A Review of the Research on Practical Work in School Science

Justin Dillon

136
Citations
Understanding Student Participation and Choice in Science and Technology Education

Ellen Karoline Henriksen;Justin Dillon;James Ryder

127
Citations
Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning

Heather King;Justin Dillon

6
Citations
Controversial issues: teachers’ attitudes and practices in the context of citizenship education

Justin Dillon

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arjen E. J. Wals Wageningen University & Research

Jonathan Osborne Stanford University

Marianne E. Krasny Cornell University

Louise Archer University College London

Richard Gunstone Monash University

David A. Kolb Case Western Reserve University

Bertram C. Bruce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kenneth Tobin City University of New York

Peter J. Fensham Monash University

Léonie J. Rennie Curtin University

External Links

Personal website of Justin Dillon Google Scholar page

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