Alan Ryan

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Alan Ryan is a scholar working on Education, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Ryan has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Education, 7 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 5 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Alan Ryan's work include Evaluation and Performance Assessment (5 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (5 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (4 papers). Alan Ryan is often cited by papers focused on Evaluation and Performance Assessment (5 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (5 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (4 papers). Alan Ryan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Canada and United States. Alan Ryan's co-authors include Anne Neufeld, Glen S. Aikenhead, Reg Fleming, Catherine C. Adley, Anna Trubetskaya, David G. Madden, Frank Murphy, Daryl Powell, Pezhman Ghadimi and Fabio Caraffini and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Alan Ryan

34 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fourth-Generation Evaluation

1988 4.4k citations Anne Neufeld, Alan Ryan Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Ryan Ireland	13	2.0k	1.1k	1.0k	776	704	39	5.4k
Donna M. Mertens United States	35	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	635 0.8×	981 1.4×	108	5.7k
Valerie J. Caracelli United States	15	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	939 0.9×	358 0.5×	812 1.2×	27	4.8k
Thomas A. Schwandt United States	26	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	2.0k 2.0×	513 0.7×	942 1.3×	92	7.4k
Robert C. Kleinsasser United States	17	2.7k 1.3×	756 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	838 1.1×	263 0.4×	53	7.1k
David S. Cordray United States	23	1.5k 0.8×	773 0.7×	917 0.9×	708 0.9×	529 0.8×	75	5.1k
Atlanta Sloane-Seale Canada	9	3.0k 1.5×	1.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.9×	699 0.9×	275 0.4×	23	9.4k
Anne Neufeld Canada	25	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.6×	1.8k 1.7×	344 0.4×	699 1.0×	55	5.9k
มาเรียม นิลพันธุ์ Myanmar	3	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	645 0.8×	279 0.4×	4	7.5k
Abbas Tashakkori United States	21	2.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	2.2k 2.1×	757 1.0×	845 1.2×	52	9.5k
Jennifer C. Greene United States	30	2.2k 1.1×	2.5k 2.2×	1.6k 1.6×	621 0.8×	1.7k 2.4×	90	8.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Ryan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Ryan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Ryan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Ryan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Ryan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan Ryan. Alan Ryan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hollerbach, Adam, et al.. (2025). Transmitting and Filtering Ions in the Open Air by Applying Spirally Rotating Electric Fields to a Flexible and Segmented Stacked Ring Ion Guide. Analytical Chemistry. 97(40). 22041–22050.

Weitz, Karl, et al.. (2024). Accessing Fungal Contributions to the Birch Effect: Real-Time Respiration from Pore-Scale Microfluidics. Microorganisms. 12(11). 2295–2295.

Madden, David G., et al.. (2023). State of the art and prospects of zeolites and metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for nitrogen and phosphorus removal in dairy wastewater. Chemosphere. 329. 138531–138531. 15 indexed citations

Ryan, Alan, et al.. (2022). A Proposed VR Platform for Supporting Blended Learning Post COVID-19. Education Sciences. 12(7). 435–435. 13 indexed citations

Power, Jason, et al.. (2022). Optimising industry learners’ online experiences – lessons for a post-pandemic world. European Journal of Engineering Education. 48(2). 358–373. 3 indexed citations

Kavanagh, Oisín N., Drahomír Chovan, David G. Madden, et al.. (2019). Highly selective trace ammonium removal from dairy wastewater streams by aluminosilicate materials. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 86. 39–46. 8 indexed citations

Ryan, Alan, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of an Environmental Monitoring Program for the Microbial Safety of Air and Surfaces in a Dairy Plant Environment. Journal of Food Protection. 81(7). 1108–1116. 22 indexed citations

Ryan, Alan, et al.. (2018). Investigating Process Water Recovery Within the Irish Dairy Industry. Procedia Manufacturing. 17. 1179–1186. 1 indexed citations

Daniels, Matthew W., et al.. (2013). An Engineering Prototype Workflow Management System. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 46(9). 1471–1476. 6 indexed citations

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Ryan, Alan, et al.. (2011). Characterising components of liquid crystal displays to facilitate disassembly. Journal of Cleaner Production. 19(9-10). 1066–1071. 35 indexed citations

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Ryan, Alan, et al.. (2008). Using Electrically Conductive Inks and Adhesives as a Means to Satisfy European PCB Manufacturing Directives. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. 22(8-9). 893–913. 4 indexed citations

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Ryan, Alan. (1997). Professional Obligement: A Dimension of How Teachers Evaluate Their Students.. Journal of curriculum and supervision. 12(2). 9 indexed citations

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Ryan, Alan, et al.. (1996). Students' perspective of fieldwork: Process, purpose and relationship to coursework. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. 43(3-4). 95–104. 10 indexed citations

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Ryan, Alan, et al.. (1996). Influences on Students during Their Early Fieldwork Placements. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 63(3). 173–182. 16 indexed citations

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Neufeld, Anne & Alan Ryan. (1988). Fourth-Generation Evaluation. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 3(2). 77–91. 4375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ryan, Alan. (1987). TRUTH WROUGHT IN TALES: AN EXPLORATION OF HOW CASE-STUDY EVALUATIONS ARE RECEIVED BY THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS. Journal of curriculum and supervision. 2(4). 2 indexed citations

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Aikenhead, Glen S., Reg Fleming, & Alan Ryan. (1987). High‐school graduates' beliefs about science‐technology‐society. I. methods and issues in monitoring student views. Science Education. 71(2). 145–161. 106 indexed citations

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Ryan, Alan. (1983). Where Are We Going with Program Evaluation. B. C. journal of special education. 7(1). 41–50. 1 indexed citations

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Ryan, Alan & Bikkar S. Randhawa. (1982). EVALUATION AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. 7(2). 159–166.

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Ryan, Alan. (1981). The guild structure in the service of science education. Science Education. 65(3). 323–328. 2 indexed citations

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