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Marina Umaschi Bers

Marina Umaschi Bers

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
50
Citations
11404
World Ranking
2733
National Ranking
1328

Marina Umaschi Bers 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 Marina Umaschi Bers sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 168 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marina Umaschi Bers 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 Marina Umaschi Bers sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Marina Umaschi Bers is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research primarily spans computer science and social sciences, with a strong focus on computational thinking, early childhood education, and the intersection of child development and digital technology.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Computer Science
  • Social Sciences

The subfields emphasized in their work are:

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Education
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Information Systems
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research topics frequently explored by Bers cover:

  • Teaching and Learning Programming
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • ICT in Developing Communities
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • Biomedical and Engineering Education
  • Gender and Technology in Education

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Bers include:

  • "Learning to code and the acquisition of computational thinking by young children," 2021, Computers & Education
  • "TechCheck: Development and Validation of an Unplugged Assessment of Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Education," 2020, Journal of Science Education and Technology
  • "Comprehension of computer code relies primarily on domain-general executive brain regions," 2020, eLife
  • "The state of the field of computational thinking in early childhood education," 2022, OECD education working papers
  • "The Coding Stages Assessment: development and validation of an instrument for assessing young children's proficiency in the ScratchJr programming language," 2021, Computer Science Education

Bers has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jessica Blake-West
  • Emily Relkin
  • Tess Levinson
  • Zhanxia Yang
  • Shashank Srikant

Frequently chosen venues for publication include:

  • Computer Science Education
  • Proceedings.
  • Journal of Science Education and Technology
  • Journal of Research in STEM Education
  • International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction

In book publications, Bers has a title published by The MIT Press:

  • Beyond Coding, 2022

Best Publications

  • Computational thinking and tinkering: Exploration of an early childhood robotics curriculum

    Marina Umaschi Bers;Louise Flannery;Elizabeth R. Kazakoff;Amanda Sullivan

  • The Effect of a Classroom-Based Intensive Robotics and Programming Workshop on Sequencing Ability in Early Childhood

    Elizabeth R. Kazakoff;Amanda Sullivan;Marina U. Bers

  • Robotics in the early childhood classroom: learning outcomes from an 8-week robotics curriculum in pre-kindergarten through second grade

    Amanda Sullivan;Marina Umaschi Bers

  • Blocks to Robots: Learning with Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom

    Marina Umaschi Bers

  • Teachers as Designers: Integrating Robotics in Early Childhood Education.

    Marina U. Bers;Iris Ponte;Catherine Juelich;Alison Viera

  • Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom

    Marina Umaschi Bers

  • Designing ScratchJr: support for early childhood learning through computer programming

    Louise P. Flannery;Brian Silverman;Elizabeth R. Kazakoff;Marina Umaschi Bers

  • The TangibleK Robotics Program: Applied Computational Thinking for Young Children.

    Marina U. Bers

  • Coding as a playground: Promoting positive learning experiences in childhood classrooms

    Marina U. Bers;Carina González-González;Mª Belén Armas–Torres

  • Tangible interaction and learning: the case for a hybrid approach

    Michael S. Horn;R. Jordan Crouser;Marina U. Bers

  • Dancing robots: integrating art, music, and robotics in Singapore’s early childhood centers

    Amanda Sullivan;Marina Umaschi Bers

  • Ready for Robotics: Bringing Together the T and E of STEM in Early Childhood Teacher Education.

    Marina Umaschi Bers;Safoura Seddighin;Amanda Sullivan

  • “I want my robot to look for food”: Comparing Kindergartner’s programming comprehension using tangible, graphic, and hybrid user interfaces

    Amanda Strawhacker;Marina U. Bers

  • Designing Digital Experiences for Positive Youth Development: From Playpen to Playground

    Marina Umaschi Bers

  • Teaching Partnerships: Early Childhood and Engineering Students Teaching Math and Science Through Robotics

    Marina U. Bers;Merredith Portsmore

  • Identity Construction Environments: Developing Personal and Moral Values Through the Design of a Virtual City

    Marina Umaschi Bers

  • Coding as another language: a pedagogical approach for teaching computer science in early childhood

    Marina Umaschi Bers

  • KIBO robot demo: engaging young children in programming and engineering

    Amanda Sullivan;Mollie Elkin;Marina Umaschi Bers

  • Learning to code and the acquisition of computational thinking by young children

    E. Relkin;L.E. de Ruiter;M.U. Bers

  • Interactive storytelling systems for children: using technology to explore language and identity

    Marina Umaschi Bers;Justine Cassell

  • Programming in a robotics context in the kindergarten classroom: The impact on sequencing skills.

    Elizabeth Kazakoff;Marina Bers

  • Coding and Computational Thinking in Early Childhood: The Impact of ScratchJr in Europe.

    Marina Umaschi Bers

Frequent Co-Authors

Orit Shaer
Orit Shaer Wellesley College
Justine Cassell
Justine Cassell Carnegie Mellon University
G. John Geldhof
G. John Geldhof Oregon State University
Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University

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