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D-Index
75
Citations
36285
World Ranking
526
National Ranking
249

Roy D. Pea publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roy D. Pea sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 251 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Roy D. Pea D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roy D. Pea sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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

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

    Shuchi Grover;Roy Pea

  • Practices of distributed intelligence and designs for education

    Roy D. Pea

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

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

  • 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

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

    Roy D. Pea

  • 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

  • Beyond Amplification: Using the Computer to Reorganize Mental Functioning

    Roy D. Pea

  • On the cognitive effects of learning computer programming

    Roy D. Pea;D. Midian Kurland

  • Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning

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

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

    Roy D. Pea

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

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

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

    Jeremy Roschelle;Roy D. Pea

  • Video Research in the Learning Sciences

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

  • 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

  • Immersive Virtual Reality Field Trips Facilitate Learning About Climate Change.

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

  • Learning Theories and Education: Toward a Decade of Synergy

    John Bransford;Reed Stevens;Dan Schwartz;Andy Meltzoff

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

    Shuchi Grover;Roy D. Pea;Stephen Cooper

  • TOOLS FOR BRIDGING THE CULTURES OF EVERYDAY AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING

    Jan Hawkins;Roy D. Pea

  • Computational Thinking: A Competency Whose Time Has Come

    Shuchi Grover;Roy Pea

  • Language-Independent Conceptual "Bugs" in Novice Programming

    Roy D. Pea

Frequent Co-Authors

Brigid Barron
Brigid Barron Vanderbilt University
Jeremy Roschelle
Jeremy Roschelle Digital Promise
Friedrich W. Hesse
Friedrich W. Hesse Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Michael J. Mills
Michael J. Mills The Ohio State University
John D. Bransford
John D. Bransford University of Washington
Barry Fishman
Barry Fishman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Clifford Nass
Clifford Nass Stanford University
Pierre Dillenbourg
Pierre Dillenbourg École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marcia C. Linn
Marcia C. Linn University of California, Berkeley
Paulo Blikstein
Paulo Blikstein Columbia University

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