Andrés Acher

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 944 citations indexed

About

Andrés Acher is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrés Acher has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 944 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Education, 4 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 2 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Andrés Acher's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (5 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (2 papers) and Educational methodologies and cognitive development (2 papers). Andrés Acher is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (5 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (2 papers) and Educational methodologies and cognitive development (2 papers). Andrés Acher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Andrés Acher's co-authors include Brian J. Reiser, David Fortus, Christina V. Schwarz, Lisa Kenyon, Elizabeth A. Davis, Yael Shwartz, Barbara Hug, Joe Krajcik, Neus Sanmartí and María Rut Jiménez Liso and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Research in Science Teaching and Science Education.

In The Last Decade

Andrés Acher

7 papers receiving 868 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.

Developing a learning progression for scientific modeling: Making scientific modeling accessible and meaningful for learners

2009 779 citations Christina V. Schwarz, Brian J. Reiser et al. Journal of Research in Science Teaching profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrés Acher Germany	5	764	502	106	94	71	8	944
Joe Krajcik United States	9	779 1.0×	518 1.0×	94 0.9×	97 1.0×	65 0.9×	17	976
Barbara Hug United States	11	853 1.1×	567 1.1×	126 1.2×	111 1.2×	83 1.2×	26	1.1k
Yael Shwartz Israel	10	1.1k 1.4×	636 1.3×	106 1.0×	107 1.1×	70 1.0×	18	1.3k
Lisa Kenyon United States	10	1.2k 1.5×	804 1.6×	127 1.2×	126 1.3×	100 1.4×	17	1.4k
Alicia C. Alonzo United States	17	919 1.2×	442 0.9×	72 0.7×	59 0.6×	34 0.5×	34	1.1k
Umesh Ramnarain South Africa	18	823 1.1×	358 0.7×	69 0.7×	105 1.1×	36 0.5×	94	1.0k
Dirk Krüger Germany	19	561 0.7×	406 0.8×	152 1.4×	54 0.6×	48 0.7×	57	785
Barbara C. Buckley United States	11	547 0.7×	455 0.9×	58 0.5×	146 1.6×	60 0.8×	17	814
Cynthia Passmore United States	10	616 0.8×	427 0.9×	143 1.3×	74 0.8×	51 0.7×	25	810
Amelia Wenk Gotwals United States	17	773 1.0×	430 0.9×	85 0.8×	39 0.4×	25 0.4×	38	936

Countries citing papers authored by Andrés Acher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrés Acher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrés Acher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andrés Acher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andrés Acher 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 Andrés Acher. Andrés Acher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Acher, Andrés, et al.. (2023). Pre-Service Elementary Teachers Learning to Plan Modeling-Based Investigations. Journal of Science Teacher Education. 35(3). 276–301. 4 indexed citations

2.

McDonald, Scott, et al.. (2023). Sociocultural ways of conceptualizing professional vision to support and study novice science teachers’ learning. International Journal of Science Education. 46(14). 1517–1537.

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Acher, Andrés, et al.. (2021). Diseño de prácticas interculturales de enseñanza de las ciencias basado en evidencia. Enseñanza de las Ciencias Revista de investigación y experiencias didácticas. 39(1). 99–115. 11 indexed citations

4.

Acher, Andrés. (2014). Cómo facilitar la modelización científica en el aula. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(36). 63–75. 12 indexed citations

5.

Liso, María Rut Jiménez, et al.. (2013). Demandas de maestros en activo y materiales curriculares para la enseñanza de las ciencias. 35–48. 4 indexed citations

6.

Schwarz, Christina V., Brian J. Reiser, Andrés Acher, Lisa Kenyon, & David Fortus. (2012). Models: Challenges in Defining a Learning Progression for Scientific Modeling. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 101–137. 23 indexed citations

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Schwarz, Christina V., Brian J. Reiser, Elizabeth A. Davis, et al.. (2009). Developing a learning progression for scientific modeling: Making scientific modeling accessible and meaningful for learners. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 46(6). 632–654. 779 indexed citations breakdown →

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Acher, Andrés, et al.. (2007). Modeling as a teaching learning process for understanding materials: A case study in primary education. Science Education. 91(3). 398–418. 111 indexed citations

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