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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
60
Citations
20994
World Ranking
1423
National Ranking
674

Computer Science

D-Index
58
Citations
20597
World Ranking
3548
National Ranking
1709

Yasmin B. Kafai 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 Yasmin B. Kafai sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 334 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yasmin B. Kafai 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 Yasmin B. Kafai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Yasmin B. Kafai is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans computer science with a focus on applications related to education and technology.

The main fields of study for Yasmin B. Kafai include:

  • Computer Science

Within this broad field, their work touches on several specific subfields:

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Education
  • Gender Studies
  • Information Systems

The primary research topics covered by Yasmin B. Kafai include:

  • Teaching and Learning Programming
  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Gender and Technology in Education
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction

The scientist has contributed recent papers such as:

  • "A Revaluation of Computational Thinking in K-12 Education: Moving Toward Computational Literacies," 2021, Educational Researcher
  • "From theory bias to theory dialogue," 2020, ACM Inroads
  • "Making more of games: Cultivating perspective-taking through game design," 2020, Computers & Education
  • "Supporting making online: the role of artifact, teacher and peer interactions in crafting electronic textiles," 2020, Information and Learning Sciences
  • "Debugging by design: A constructionist approach to high school students' crafting and coding of electronic textiles as failure artefacts," 2021, British Journal of Educational Technology

Yasmin B. Kafai has published books through Carnegie Mellon University, including "Diversifying Barbie and Mortal Kombat: Intersectional Perspectives and Inclusive Designs in Gaming" (2024).

Peer collaboration is evident in frequent co-authorship with:

  • Luis Morales-Navarro
  • Deborah A. Fields
  • Mia S. Shaw
  • Gayithri Jayathirtha
  • Francisco Barnés De Castro

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings.
  • Computer Science Education
  • British Journal of Educational Technology
  • KI - Künstliche Intelligenz

Among the awards received, Yasmin B. Kafai was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Scratch: programming for all

    Mitchel Resnick;John Maloney;Andrés Monroy-Hernández;Natalie Rusk

  • Constructionism in Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in A Digital World

    Yasmin Bettina Kafai;Mitchel Resnick

  • Minds in Play: Computer Game Design As A Context for Children's Learning

    Yasmin Bettina Kafai

  • Playing and Making Games for Learning: Instructionist and Constructionist Perspectives for Game Studies

    Yasmin B. Kafai

  • Programming by choice: urban youth learning programming with scratch

    John H. Maloney;Kylie Peppler;Yasmin Kafai;Mitchel Resnick

  • Scratch: a sneak preview [education]

    J. Maloney;L. Burd;Y. Kafai;N. Rusk

  • Constructionist Gaming: Understanding the Benefits of Making Games for Learning

    Yasmin B. Kafai;Quinn Burke

  • Electronic Textiles as Disruptive Designs: Supporting and Challenging Maker Activities in Schools

    Yasmin B. Kafai;Debor Ah A. Fields;Kristin A. Searle

  • Connected Code: Why Children Need to Learn Programming

    Yasmin B. Kafai;Quinn Burke

  • Youth, Technology, and DIY Developing Participatory Competencies in Creative Media Production

    Yasmin B. Kafai;Kylie A. Peppler

  • From SuperGoo to Scratch: exploring creative digital media production in informal learning

    Kylie A. Peppler;Yasmin B. Kafai

  • Scratch: A Sneak Preview

    John Maloney;Leo Burd;Yasmin Kafai;Natalie Rusk

  • Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender and Gaming

    Yasmin B. Kafai;Carrie Heeter;Jill Denner;Jennifer Y. Sun

  • A Crafts-Oriented Approach to Computing in High School: Introducing Computational Concepts, Practices, and Perspectives with Electronic Textiles

    Yasmin B. Kafai;Eunkyoung Lee;Kristin Searle;Deborah Fields

  • Computer Programming Goes Back to School

    Yasmin B. Kafai;Quinn Burke

  • Internet Web-Searching Instruction in the Elementary Classroom: Building a Foundation for Information Literacy.

    Yasmin Kafai;Marcia J. Bates

  • Makeology : Makerspaces as Learning Environments (Volume 1)

    Kylie Peppler;Erica Halverson;Yasmin B. Kafai

  • From computational thinking to computational participation in K--12 education

    Yasmin B. Kafai

  • Children as designers of educational multimedia software

    Yasmin B. Kafai;Cynthia Carter Ching;Sue Marshall

  • Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Learning sciences

    Yasmin B. Kafai;William A. Sandoval;Noel Enyedy

  • Connected Code: Why Children Need to Learn Programming. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning.

    Yasmin B. Kafai;Quinn Burke

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. Davis
Richard L. Davis University of California, San Francisco
Marcia J. Bates
Marcia J. Bates University of California, Los Angeles
Brigid Barron
Brigid Barron Vanderbilt University
Paulo Blikstein
Paulo Blikstein Columbia University
Elliot Soloway
Elliot Soloway University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christine L. Borgman
Christine L. Borgman University of California, Los Angeles
Susan B. Davidson
Susan B. Davidson University of Pennsylvania
Uri Wilensky
Uri Wilensky Northwestern University
Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver Indiana University

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