2026 William W. Cobern: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	32	7247	6735	3520	3212	148	6409

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

7247

6735

3520

3212

148

6409

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

6409

World Ranking

7247

National Ranking

3520

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Best Publications

Worldview theory and conceptual change in science education

William W. Cobern

919
Citations
Defining "Science" in a Multicultural World: Implications for Science Education.

William W. Cobern;Cathleen C. Loving

705
Citations
Contextual Constructivism: The Impact of Culture on the Learning and Teaching of Science.

William W. Cobern

568
Citations
Cultural Aspects of Learning Science

William W. Cobern;Glen Aikenhead

484
Citations
Worldview Theory and Science Education Research

William W. Cobern

412
Citations
Constructivism and non‐western science education research

William W. Cobern

282
Citations
Comments and criticism. Point: Belief, understanding, and the teaching of evolution

William W. Cobern

271
Citations
The Nature of Science and the Role of Knowledge and Belief

William W. Cobern

257
Citations
Experimental comparison of inquiry and direct instruction in science

William W. Cobern;David Schuster;Betty Adams;Brooks Applegate

200
Citations
Investigation of preservice elementary teachers' thinking about science

William W. Cobern;Cathleen C. Loving

186
Citations
College students' conceptualizations of nature: An interpretive world view analysis

William W. Cobern

173
Citations
Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education: An International Dialogue

William W. Cobern

127
Citations
Conceptualizations of nature : An interpretive study of 16 ninth graders' everyday thinking

William W. Cobern;Adrienne T. Gibson;Scott A. Underwood

121
Citations
An Essay for Educators: Epistemological Realism Really is Common Sense

William W. Cobern;Cathleen C. Loving

92
Citations
Pedagogy of Science Teaching Tests: Formative assessments of science teaching orientations

William W. Cobern;David Schuster;Betty Adams;Brandy Ann Skjold

89
Citations
Science and a Social Constructivist View of Science Education

William W. Cobern

82
Citations
Science Education as an Exercise in Foreign Affairs.

William W. Cobern

81
Citations
Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education

William W. Cobern

74
Citations
World View, Culture, and Science Education

William W. Cobern

73
Citations
Everyday thoughts about nature

William W. Cobern

59
Citations