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77
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465
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220

Kenneth Tobin 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 Kenneth Tobin sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 328 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth Tobin 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 Kenneth Tobin sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2012 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to computer vision technology for instrumentation and measurement
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 2001 - SPIE Fellow
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1989 - Early Career Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Kenneth Tobin is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. Their research spans several fields related to health and education, focusing particularly on health professions and medicine. Within these domains, their work is categorized under subfields such as general health professions and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics addressed in Tobin's research include:

  • Community Health and Development
  • Public Health Policies and Education
  • Empathy and Medical Education

Tobin has contributed to scholarly literature with a documented recent paper titled "Global challenges need attention now: educating humanity for wellness and sustainability", published in 2021 in the journal Cultural Studies of Science Education. This publication has been cited several times and reflects an emphasis on educational approaches to global wellness and sustainability challenges.

Their frequent co-author includes Konstantinos Alexakos.

Publications by Tobin have appeared predominantly in the venue Cultural Studies of Science Education, indicating a focused interest in the intersection of cultural studies and science education.

Throughout their career, Kenneth Tobin has received several awards recognizing contributions across various fields:

  • IEEE Fellow (2012) for contributions to computer vision technology for instrumentation and measurement
  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2008)
  • SPIE Fellow (2001)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1998)
  • Early Career Award, American Educational Research Association (1989)

This profile outlines Tobin's multidisciplinary involvement in health, medicine, education, and technology, illustrating a career that integrates community health development with public health education and advances in applied technology for research instrumentation.

Best Publications

  • International handbook of science education

    Barry J. Fraser;Kenneth George Tobin

  • Research on Science Laboratory Activities: In Pursuit of Better Questions and Answers to Improve Learning

    Kenneth Tobin

  • Constructivism as a Referent for Teaching and Learning

    Kenneth G. Tobin

  • The Practice of constructivism in science education

    Kenneth George Tobin

  • The Role of Wait Time in Higher Cognitive Level Learning

    Kenneth Tobin

  • The Development and Validation of a Group Test of Logical Thinking

    Kenneth G. Tobin;William Capie

  • Second international handbook of science education

    Barry J. Fraser;Kenneth George Tobin;Campbell J. McRobbie

  • Changing metaphors and beliefs: A master switch for teaching?

    Kenneth Tobin

  • At the Elbow of Another: Learning to Teach by Coteaching

    Wolff-Michael Roth;Kenneth George Tobin

  • Cultural Myths as Constraints to the Enacted Science Curriculum

    Kenneth Tobin;Campbell J. McRobbie

  • Windows into Science Classrooms: Problems Associated with Higher-Level Cognitive Learning.

    Kenneth Tobin

  • Qualitative and Quantitative Landscapes of Classroom Learning Environments

    Kenneth Tobin;Barry J. Fraser

  • What happens in high school science classrooms

    Kenneth Tobin;James J. Gallagher

  • Constructivism as a Referent for Science Teaching

    Anthony Lorsbach;Kenneth Tobin

  • Re/Making Identities in the Praxis of Urban Schooling: A Cultural Historical Perspective

    Wolff-Michael Roth;Kenneth Tobin;Rowhea Elmesky;Cristobal Carambo

  • Beliefs about the Nature of Science and the Enacted Science Curriculum

    Kenneth Tobin;Kenneth Tobin;Campbell J. McRobbie;Campbell J. McRobbie

  • Teaching to Learn: A View from the Field

    Kenneth George Tobin;Wolff-Michael Roth

  • A social constructivist perspective on learning environments

    Campbell McRobbie;Kenneth Tobin

  • Impediments to change: Applications of coaching in high‐school science teaching

    Kenneth Tobin;Mariona Espinet

  • Learning To Teach Science in Urban Schools.

    Kenneth Tobin;Wolff-Michael Roth;Andrea Zimmermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolff-Michael Roth
Wolff-Michael Roth University of Victoria
Barry J. Fraser
Barry J. Fraser Curtin University
William W. Cobern
William W. Cobern Western Michigan University
Peter Hudson
Peter Hudson Ascension Health
Joe L. Kincheloe
Joe L. Kincheloe McGill University
Léonie J. Rennie
Léonie J. Rennie Curtin University
Justin Dillon
Justin Dillon University of Exeter
Peter J. Fensham
Peter J. Fensham Monash University
Angela Calabrese Barton
Angela Calabrese Barton Michigan State University
David F. Treagust
David F. Treagust Curtin University

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