Stephen P. Norris

Stephen P. Norris publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Stephen P. Norris 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 Stephen P. Norris sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• How literacy in its fundamental sense is central to scientific literacy

  Stephen P. Norris;Linda M. Phillips

  1697
  Citations

• Evaluating Critical Thinking

  Stephen P. Norris;Robert H. Ennis

  524
  Citations

• SYNTHESIS OF RESEARCH ON CRITICAL THINKING

  Stephen P. Norris

  400
  Citations

• A theoretical framework for narrative explanation in science

  Stephen P. Norris;Sandra M. Guilbert;Martha L. Smith;Shahram Hakimelahi

  361
  Citations

• Interpreting pragmatic meaning when reading popular reports of science

  Stephen P. Norris;Linda M. Phillips

  215
  Citations

• Message from the “Island group”: What is literacy in science literacy?

  Brian M. Hand;Donna E. Alvermann;James Gee;Barbara J. Guzzetti

  213
  Citations

• Relative Reading Achievement: A Longitudinal Study of 187 Children from First through Sixth Grades.

  Linda M. Phillips;Stephen P. Norris;Wendy C. Osmond;Agnes M. Maynard

  211
  Citations

• University students' interpretation of media reports of science and its relationship to background knowledge, interest, and reading difficulty

  Stephen P. Norris;Linda M. Phillips;Connie A. Korpan

  168
  Citations

• Interpreting popular reports of science: what happens when the reader's world meets the world on paper?

  Linda M. Phillips;Stephen P. Norris

  167
  Citations

• Bridging the Gap Between the Language of Science and the Language of School Science Through the Use of Adapted Primary Literature

  Linda M. Phillips;Stephen P. Norris

  138
  Citations

• Unlocking the Door: Is Parents' Reading to Children the Key to Early Literacy Development?

  Linda M. Phillips;Stephen P. Norris;Jim Anderson

  126
  Citations

• Intellectual independence for nonscientists and other content‐transcendent goals of science education

  Stephen P. Norris

  116
  Citations

• Can We Test Validly for Critical Thinking

  Stephen P Norris

  114
  Citations

• Learning to live with scientific expertise: Toward a theory of intellectual communalism for guiding science teaching

  Stephen P. Norris

  103
  Citations

• Explanations of Reading Comprehension: Schema Theory and Critical Thinking Theory.

  Stephen P. Norris;Linda M. Phillips

  96
  Citations

• Causal or spurious? The relationship of knowledge and attitudes to trust in science and technology

  Mary Roduta Roberts;Grace Reid;Meadow Schroeder;Stephen P. Norris

  95
  Citations

• Visualization in Mathematics, Reading and Science Education

  Linda M. Phillips;Stephen P. Norris;John S. Macnab

  91
  Citations

• The anatomy of junior high school science textbooks: An analysis of textual characteristics and a comparison to media reports of science

  Kimberley Penney;Stephen P. Norris;Linda M. Phillips;Glenn Clark

  89
  Citations

• The Philosophical Basis of Observation in Science and Science Education.

  Stephen P. Norris

  87
  Citations

• Defining observational competence

  Stephen P. Norris

  85
  Citations