2026 Roy D. Pea: 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	75	526	454	249	212	251	36285

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Roy D. Pea is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of computer science, with significant contributions in artificial intelligence, computer science applications, education, epidemiology, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their scholarly work covers a broad range of topics, notably traumatic brain injury research, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, injury epidemiology and prevention, teaching and learning programming, climate change communication and perception, topic modeling, and online learning and analytics.

Recent publications by Roy D. Pea include:

Rethinking Learning: What the Interdisciplinary Science Tells Us, 2021, Educational Researcher
Loneliness and suicide mitigation for students using GPT3-enabled chatbots, 2024, npj Mental Health Research
Rethinking schools, rethinking learning, 2020, Phi Delta Kappan
Evaluating the Effect of Concussion-Education Programs on Intent to Report Concussion in High School Football, 2021, Journal of Athletic Training
Loneliness and Suicide Mitigation for Students using GPT3-Enabled Chatbots, 2023, Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent co-authors collaborated with by Roy D. Pea include:

Hari Subramonyam
Aditya Vishwanath
Daniel H. Daneshvar
Christine M. Baugh
Piya Sorcar

Roy D. Pea's work has been published in a variety of venues, with frequent contributions to:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings.
npj Mental Health Research
PM&R
Journal of the Learning Sciences

Recognition of Roy D. Pea's research includes election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019 and as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2008.

Best Publications

User Centered System Design: New Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction

Roy D. Pea

4037
Citations
Computational Thinking in K–12 A Review of the State of the Field

Shuchi Grover;Roy Pea

2959
Citations
Practices of distributed intelligence and designs for education

Roy D. Pea

2545
Citations
Addressing the Challenges of Inquiry-Based Learning Through Technology and Curriculum Design

Daniel C. Edelson;Douglas N. Gordin;Roy D. Pea

1666
Citations
Changing how and what children learn in school with computer-based technologies.

Jeremy M. Roschelle;Roy D. Pea;Roy D. Pea;Christopher M. Hoadley;Douglas N. Gordin

1655
Citations
The Social and Technological Dimensions of Scaffolding and Related Theoretical Concepts for Learning, Education, and Human Activity

Roy D. Pea

1616
Citations
Conducting Video Research in the Learning Sciences: Guidance on Selection, Analysis, Technology, and Ethics

Sharon J. Derry;Roy D. Pea;Brigid Barron;Randi A. Engle

1588
Citations
Beyond Amplification: Using the Computer to Reorganize Mental Functioning

Roy D. Pea

1011
Citations
On the cognitive effects of learning computer programming

Roy D. Pea;D. Midian Kurland

939
Citations
Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning

Sasha Barab;Rob Kling;James H. Gray;Roy Pea

848
Citations
Seeing What We Build Together: Distributed Multimedia Learning Environments for Transformative Communications

Roy D. Pea

754
Citations
One-to-one technology-enhanced learning: An opportunity for global research collaboration

Tak-Wai Chan;Jeremy Roschelle;Sherry Hsi;Kinshuk Kinshuk

728
Citations
A walk on the WILD side How wireless handhelds may change computer-supported collaborative learning

Jeremy Roschelle;Roy D. Pea

684
Citations
Video Research in the Learning Sciences

Ricki Goldman;Roy Pea;Brigid Barron;Sharon J. Derry

605
Citations
Media use, face-to-face communication, media multitasking, and social well-being among 8- to 12-year-old girls

Roy Pea;Clifford Ivar Nass;Lyn Meheula;Marcus Rance

576
Citations
Immersive Virtual Reality Field Trips Facilitate Learning About Climate Change.

David M. Markowitz;Rob Laha;Brian P. Perone;Roy D. Pea

512
Citations
Learning Theories and Education: Toward a Decade of Synergy

John Bransford;Reed Stevens;Dan Schwartz;Andy Meltzoff

501
Citations
Designing for deeper learning in a blended computer science course for middle school students

Shuchi Grover;Roy D. Pea;Stephen Cooper

433
Citations
TOOLS FOR BRIDGING THE CULTURES OF EVERYDAY AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING

Jan Hawkins;Roy D. Pea

402
Citations
Computational Thinking: A Competency Whose Time Has Come

Shuchi Grover;Roy Pea

401
Citations
Language-Independent Conceptual "Bugs" in Novice Programming

Roy D. Pea

391
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy Roschelle Digital Promise

Friedrich W. Hesse Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

Michael J. Mills The Ohio State University

John D. Bransford University of Washington

Clifford Nass Stanford University

Marcia C. Linn University of California, Berkeley

Byron Reeves Stanford University

Daniel L. Schwartz Stanford University

Kenneth R. Koedinger Carnegie Mellon University

Patricia K. Kuhl University of Washington

External Links

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