2026 Michael R. Matthews: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	34	6878	6387	491	474	149	6644

Discipline name

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

6878

6387

491

474

149

6644

Social Sciences and Humanities

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Citations

6644

World Ranking

6878

National Ranking

491

Overview

Michael R. Matthews is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their work spans several interdisciplinary fields, integrating aspects of education, philosophy, science, and medical research.

Matthews has contributed to a range of topics including:

Science Education and Pedagogy
Philosophy and History of Science
Landscape and Cultural Studies
Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
Immune Cells in Cancer
Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration

Their publications reflect engagement with both theoretical and applied research. Some notable recent papers include:

"Multiomic analysis reveals conservation of cancer-associated fibroblast phenotypes across species and tissue of origin," 2022, published in Cancer Cell
"Thomas Kuhn and Science Education," 2022, published in Science & Education
"Postpartum Opportunistic Salpingectomy Compared With Bilateral Tubal Ligation After Vaginal Delivery for Ovarian Cancer Risk Reduction," 2023, published in Obstetrics and Gynecology
"Feng Shui in Science Programmes," 2021, published in Science & Education
"Craftax: A Lightning-Fast Benchmark for Open-Ended Reinforcement Learning," 2024, published on arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors include Michael Beukman, Jakob Foerster, Martín G. Martín, Matthew Jackson, and Matthew K. Wagar, highlighting a pattern of collaboration within and across various research disciplines.

The main venues where Matthews has published multiple works are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Science & Education
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cultures of Science
Gastroenterology

Their research spans several subfields, showing diverse scholarly interests. These include:

Education
Sociology and Political Science
History and Philosophy of Science
Reproductive Medicine
Archeology

Best Publications

Science teaching : the role of history and philosophy of science

Michael R. Matthews

1628
Citations
Changing the Focus: From Nature of Science (NOS) to Features of Science (FOS)

Michael R. Matthews

410
Citations
Belief, Knowledge, and Science Education

Sherry A. Southerland;Gale M. Sinatra;Michael R. Matthews

344
Citations
Introductory Comments on Philosophy and Constructivism in Science Education

Michael R. Matthews

296
Citations
In defense of modest goals when teaching about the nature of science

Michael R. Matthews

250
Citations
International handbook of research in history, philosophy and science teaching

Michael R. Matthews

243
Citations
Constructivism and Science Education: A Further Appraisal

Michael R. Matthews

224
Citations
History, philosophy, and science teaching: The present rapprochement

Michael R. Matthews

212
Citations
Time for Science Education: How Teaching the History and Philosophy of Pendulum Motion can Contribute to Science Literacy

Michael R. Matthews

183
Citations
Constructivism and Science Education: Some Epistemological Problems

Michael R. Matthews

163
Citations
Constructivism in Science Education

Michael R. Matthews

157
Citations
A role for history and philosophy in science teaching

Michael R. Matthews

133
Citations
Constructivism in science education : a philosophical examination

Michael R. Matthews

132
Citations
Historia, filosofía y enseñanza de las ciencias : la aproximación actual

Michael R. Matthews

126
Citations
The Nature of Science and Science Education: A Bibliography

Randy Bell;Fouad Abd-El-Khalick;Norman G. Lederman;William F. Mccomas

121
Citations
Thomas Kuhn's Impact on Science Education: What Lessons Can Be Learned?

Michael R. Matthews

108
Citations
Models in science and in science education: an introduction

Michael R. Matthews

107
Citations
The Nature of Science and Science Teaching

Michael R. Matthews

103
Citations
Constructivism and empiricism: An incomplete divorce

Michael R. Matthews

82
Citations
History, Philosophy and Science Teaching

Michael R. Matthews

42
Citations
Science Teaching: The Contribution of History and Philosophy of Science, 20th Anniversary Revised and Expanded Edition

Michael R. Matthews

30
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gale M. Sinatra University of Southern California

Sherry A. Southerland Florida State University

Fouad Abd-El-Khalick University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mario Bunge McGill University

Paul Hager University of Technology Sydney

Norman G. Lederman Illinois Institute of Technology

External Links

Personal website of Michael R. Matthews

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