2026 Patrick T. Terenzini: 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	76	478	410	230	194	159	48864

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

478

410

230

194

159

48864

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

48864

World Ranking

478

National Ranking

230

Overview

Patrick T. Terenzini is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their scholarly contributions focus on academic research within this institutional context.

There are no recent papers listed for this researcher, and no frequent co-authors have been identified. Similarly, data on frequent publication venues, book publications, main fields of study, subfields, and main research topics are not available.

Information concerning awards or honors received by Patrick T. Terenzini has not been provided. The researcher is currently active and not deceased.

Best Publications

How College Affects Students: A Third Decade of Research

Ernest T. Pascarella;Patrick T. Terenzini

5742
Citations
How college affects students : findings and insights from twenty years of research

Ernest T. Pascarella;Patrick T. Terenzini

4630
Citations
How college affects students

Unknown

3782
Citations
Predicting Freshman Persistence and Voluntary Dropout Decisions from a Theoretical Model

Ernest T. Pascarella;Patrick T. Terenzini

2867
Citations
First-Generation College Students: Additional Evidence on College Experiences and Outcomes.

Ernest T. Pascarella;Christopher T. Pierson;Gregory C. Wolniak;Patrick T. Terenzini

2836
Citations
How College Affects Students: A Third Decade of Research. Volume 2.

Ernest T. Pascarella;Patrick T. Terenzini

2405
Citations
First-Generation College Students: Characteristics, Experiences, and Cognitive Development.

Patrick T. Terenzini;Leonard Springer;Patricia M. Yaeger;Ernest T. Pascarella

2290
Citations
Campus Racial Climate and the Adjustment of Students to College: A Comparison Between White Students and African-American Students.

Alberto F. Cabrera;Amaury Nora;Patrick T. Terenzini;Ernest Pascarella

1371
Citations
Predicting voluntary freshman year persistence/withdrawal behavior in a residential university: A path analytic validation of Tinto's model.

Ernest T. Pascarella;Patrick T. Terenzini

1244
Citations
Students' Out-of-Class Experiences and Their Influence on Learning and Cognitive Development: A Literature Review.

Patrick T. Terenzini;Ernest T. Pascarella;Gregory S. Blimling

1021
Citations
Studying College Students in the 21st Century: Meeting New Challenges

Ernest T. Pascarella;Patrick T. Terenzini

967
Citations
Influences on students' openness to diversity and challenge in the first year of college

Ernest T. Pascarella;Marcia Edison;Amaury Nora;Linda Serra Hagedorn

962
Citations
Patterns of Student-Faculty Informal Interaction beyond the Classroom and Voluntary Freshman Attrition

Ernest T. Pascarella;Patrick T. Terenzini

949
Citations
Interactive Influences in Spady and Tinto's Conceptual Models of College Attrition.

Ernest T. Pascarella;Patrick T. Terenzini

939
Citations
Orientation to college and freshman year persistence/withdrawal decisions.

Ernest T. Pascarella;Patrick T. Terenzini;Lee M. Wolfle

809
Citations
The transition to college: Diverse students, diverse stories

Patrick T. Terenzini;Laura I. Rendon;M. Lee Upcraft;Susan B. Millar

776
Citations
First Things First: Developing Academic Competence in the First Year of College.

Robert D. Reason;Patrick T. Terenzini;Robert J. Domingo

752
Citations
Voluntary freshman attrition and patterns of social and academic integration in a university: A test of a conceptual model

Patrick T. Terenzini;Ernest T. Pascarella

700
Citations
Swimming against the Tide: The Poor in American Higher Education. Research Report No. 2001-1.

Patrick T. Terenzini;Alberto F. Cabrera;Elena M. Bernal

650
Citations
Collaborative Learning vs. Lecture/Discussion: Students' Reported Learning Gains*

Patrick T. Terenzini;Alberto F. Cabrera;Carol L. Colbeck;John M. Parente

605
Citations
INFLUENCES AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Patrick T. Terenzini;Leonard Springer;Ernest T. Pascarella;Amaury Nora

595
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernest T. Pascarella University of Iowa

Amaury Nora The University of Texas at San Antonio

Alberto F. Cabrera University of Maryland, College Park

Linda Serra Hagedorn Iowa State University

Maura Borrego The University of Texas at Austin

John M. Braxton Vanderbilt University

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