2026 Robert S. Siegler: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	100	614	536	390	330	302	50530

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
1983 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Robert S. Siegler is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of mathematics and social sciences, with significant emphasis on educational and developmental psychology. Siegler's work frequently addresses cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills as well as mathematics education and teaching techniques.

Their research covers main topics including:

Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
Education Methods and Practices
Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
Reading and Literacy Development
Statistics Education and Methodologies
Mathematics Education and Programs

Siegler has contributed to multiple subfields such as education, statistics and probability, applied mathematics, developmental and educational psychology, and modeling and simulation.

Their frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Educational Psychology
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
British Journal of Educational Psychology
Mathematical Thinking and Learning
Cognitive Development

Coauthorship is a significant component of Siegler's work, with frequent collaborators including:

David W. Braithwaite
Tian Jing
Lauren K. Schiller
Jake McMullen
Minna Hannula-Sormunen

The following are notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Siegler:

"The relation between conceptual and procedural knowledge in learning mathematics: A review," 2021, Psychology Press eBooks
"Putting fractions together," 2020, Journal of Educational Psychology
"Manifesto for new directions in developmental science," 2020, New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
"Distinguishing adaptive from routine expertise with rational number arithmetic," 2020, Learning and Instruction
"Distributions of textbook problems predict student learning: Data from decimal arithmetic," 2020, Journal of Educational Psychology

Throughout their career, Robert S. Siegler has received recognition including the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 2005 and was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1983.

Best Publications

Emerging Minds: The Process of Change in Children's Thinking

Robert S. Siegler

2238
Citations
Children's Thinking

Robert S. Siegler;Martha Wagner Alibali

2189
Citations
Developing Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Skill in Mathematics: An Iterative Process.

Bethany Rittle-Johnson;Robert S. Siegler;Martha Wagner Alibali

1650
Citations
The Development of Numerical Estimation Evidence for Multiple Representations of Numerical Quantity

Robert S. Siegler;John E. Opfer

1447
Citations
Development of Numerical Estimation in Young Children

Robert S. Siegler;Julie L. Booth

1429
Citations
How Children Discover New Strategies

Robert S. Siegler;Eric A. Jenkins

1328
Citations
The microgenetic method. A direct means for studying cognitive development.

Robert S. Siegler;Kevin Crowley

1096
Citations
Three aspects of cognitive development

Robert S Siegler

1070
Citations
Early Predictors of High School Mathematics Achievement

Robert S. Siegler;Greg J. Duncan;Pamela E. Davis-Kean;Kathryn Duckworth

1036
Citations
Developmental Sequences within and between Concepts.

Robert S. Siegler

1026
Citations
Promoting Broad and Stable Improvements in Low-Income Children's Numerical Knowledge Through Playing Number Board Games

Geetha B. Ramani;Robert S. Siegler

1025
Citations
The perils of averaging data over strategies: An example from children's addition.

Robert S. Siegler

1002
Citations
Developmental and Individual Differences in Pure Numerical Estimation.

Julie L. Booth;Robert S. Siegler

999
Citations
An integrated theory of whole number and fractions development.

Robert S. Siegler;Clarissa A. Thompson;Clarissa A. Thompson;Michael Schneider

915
Citations
Numerical Magnitude Representations Influence Arithmetic Learning

Julie L. Booth;Robert S. Siegler

827
Citations
Strategy choice procedures and the development of multiplication skill.

Robert S. Siegler

789
Citations
Playing linear number board games—but not circular ones—improves low-income preschoolers’ numerical understanding.

Robert S. Siegler;Geetha B. Ramani

709
Citations
Four aspects of strategic change: Contributions to children's learning of multiplication.

Patrick Lemaire;Robert S. Siegler

707
Citations
Children's Thinking : What Develops?

Robert S. Siegler

692
Citations
What’s Past Is Prologue: Relations Between Early Mathematics Knowledge and High School Achievement

Tyler W. Watts;Greg J. Duncan;Robert S. Siegler;Pamela E. Davis-Kean

672
Citations
Rethinking Infant Knowledge: Toward an Adaptive Process Account of Successes and Failures in Object Permanence Tasks

Yuko Munakata;James L. McClelland;Mark H. Johnson;Robert S. Siegler

662
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn S. Fuchs Vanderbilt University

Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University

Judy S. DeLoache University of Virginia

Nancy C. Jordan University of Delaware

Geetha B. Ramani University of Maryland, College Park

Carol L. Hamlett Vanderbilt University

David C. Geary University of Missouri

Drew H. Bailey University of California, Irvine

Pamela E. Davis-Kean University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Jenny R. Saffran University of Wisconsin–Madison

External Links

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