2026 Richard J. Shavelson: 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	80	367	314	171	145	303	55591

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - E. F. Lindquist Award, American Educational Research Association
2010 - E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association
2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
2008 - Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association
1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1981 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
1978 - Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Richard J. Shavelson is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the social sciences, particularly in education and developmental and educational psychology. Their work intersects with several subfields including social psychology, sociology and political science, and communication.

The research topics frequently addressed in Shavelson's work include:

Education and Critical Thinking Development
Student Assessment and Feedback
Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
Higher Education Learning Practices
Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
Wikis in Education and Collaboration
Evaluation and Performance Assessment

Recent publications by Shavelson demonstrate a focus on educational assessment frameworks and critical thinking, with notable papers such as:

"Assessing University Students' Critical Online Reasoning Ability: A Conceptual and Assessment Framework With Preliminary Evidence" (2020), published in Frontiers in Education
"Performance Assessment of Critical Thinking: Conceptualization, Design, and Implementation" (2020), published in Frontiers in Education
"The Role of Students' Beliefs When Critically Reasoning From Multiple Contradictory Sources of Information in Performance Assessments" (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology
"Steps in Designing an Indicator System" (2020), published by Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
"Same same but different: The role of subjective domain similarity in the longitudinal interplay among achievement and self-concept in multiple academic domains" (2023), published in Learning and Individual Differences

Frequent collaborators working alongside Shavelson include:

Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia
Susanne Schmidt
Lorenzo Ros McDonnell
J. Oakes
Henry Braun

Shavelson's research is often published in venues such as:

Frontiers in Education
BzL - Beiträge zur Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung
Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft
Frontiers in Psychology
Learning and Individual Differences

In addition to articles, Shavelson has contributed books that reflect their scholarly interests, including:

"What Are Educational Indicators and Indicator Systems?" (2020), published by University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Measuring College Learning Responsibly" (2020), published by Stanford University Press eBooks

Shavelson has received multiple awards, reflecting longstanding involvement in educational research and assessment. These include:

E. F. Lindquist Award, American Educational Research Association (2011)
E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association (2010)
Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association (2008 and 1978)
Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2008)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1997)
Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) (1981)

Best Publications

Self-Concept: Validation of Construct Interpretations

Richard J. Shavelson;Judith J. Hubner;George C. Stanton

7893
Citations
Testing for the equivalence of factor covariance and mean structures: The issue of partial measurement invariance.

Barbara M. Byrne;Richard J. Shavelson;Bengt Muthén

4982
Citations
Self-Concept: Its Multifaceted, Hierarchical Structure

Herbert W. Marsh;Richard J. Shavelson

2744
Citations
My Current Thoughts on Coefficient Alpha and Successor Procedures

Lee J. Cronbach;Richard J. Shavelson

2686
Citations
Research on Teachers’ Pedagogical Thoughts, Judgments, Decisions, and Behavior:

Richard J. Shavelson;Paula Stern

2522
Citations
Generalizability Theory: A Primer

Richard J. Shavelson;Noreen M. Webb

2237
Citations
Statistical Reasoning for the Behavioral Sciences

Richard J. Shavelson

2169
Citations
Scientific Research in Education

Richard J. Shavelson;Lisa Towne

2157
Citations
Self-Concept: The Interplay of Theory and Methods.

Richard J. Shavelson;Roger E. Bolus

1929
Citations
Teaching Effectiveness Research in the Past Decade: The Role of Theory and Research Design in Disentangling Meta-Analysis Results

Tina Seidel;Richard J. Shavelson

1777
Citations
A Multifaceted Academic Self-Concept: Its Hierarchical Structure and Its Relation to Academic Achievement

Herbert W. Marsh;Barbara M. Byrne;Richard J. Shavelson

1482
Citations
Problems and Issues in the Use of Concept Maps in Science Assessment.

Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo;Richard J. Shavelson

1325
Citations
Beyond dichotomies: Competence viewed as a continuum

Sigrid Blömeke;Jan-Eric Gustafsson;Richard J. Shavelson

1225
Citations
Scientific Culture and Educational Research

Michael J. Feuer;Lisa Towne;Richard J. Shavelson

983
Citations
Problems with the Use of Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers. EPI Briefing Paper #278.

Eva L. Baker;Paul E. Barton;Linda Darling-Hammond;Edward Haertel

969
Citations
On the Science of Education Design Studies

Richard J. Shavelson;D. C. Phillips;Lisa Towne;Michael J. Feuer

828
Citations
Sampling Variability of Performance Assessments.

Richard J. Shavelson;Gail P. Baxter;Xiaohong Gao

620
Citations
On the Structure of Adolescent Self-Concept.

Barbara M. Byrne;Richard J. Shavelson

606
Citations
Comparison of Two Concept-Mapping Techniques: Implications for Scoring, Interpretation, and Use.

Yue Yin;Jim Vanides;Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo;Carlos C. Ayala

515
Citations
Review of Research on Teachers' Pedagogical Judgments, Plans and Decisions.

Richard J Shavelson

509
Citations
The Power of Video Studies in Investigating Teaching andLearning in the Classroom

Tomáš Janík;Tina Seidel;Peter Bowman;Geraldine Blomberg

274
Citations
Scientific Research in Education

Yvonna S. Lincoln;Richard J. Shavelson;Lisa Towne;Frederick Mosteller

12
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Noreen M. Webb University of California, Los Angeles

Barbara M. Byrne University of Ottawa

Robert W. Roeser Pennsylvania State University

Brian M. Stecher RAND Corporation

Hilda Borko Stanford University

Jan-Eric Gustafsson University of Gothenburg

David C. Berliner Arizona State University

Herbert W. Marsh Australian Catholic University

Sara E. Brownell Arizona State University

Laura S. Hamilton RAND Corporation

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