Ben Van Dusen

869 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 344 citations indexed

About

Ben Van Dusen is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Van Dusen has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 344 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Education, 7 papers in Safety Research and 5 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ben Van Dusen's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (9 papers), Innovative Teaching Methods (7 papers) and Career Development and Diversity (7 papers). Ben Van Dusen is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (9 papers), Innovative Teaching Methods (7 papers) and Career Development and Diversity (7 papers). Ben Van Dusen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Canada. Ben Van Dusen's co-authors include Jayson Nissen, Ramón S. Barthelemy, Eleanor W. Close, Charles Henderson, Robert M. Talbot, Valerie K. Otero, Adrienne D. Woods, Max A. Halvorson, Menglin Xu and Kevin M. King and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physics, Journal of Research in Science Teaching and Sociology of Education.

In The Last Decade

Ben Van Dusen

24 papers receiving 335 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Best practices for addressing missing data through multiple imputation

2023 71 citations Adrienne D. Woods, Ben Van Dusen et al. Infant and Child Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Van Dusen United States	9	183	70	53	47	37	29	344
Jayson Nissen United States	9	240 1.3×	151 2.2×	69 1.3×	127 2.7×	46 1.2×	27	465
Laura Betancur United States	10	198 1.1×	129 1.8×	48 0.9×	70 1.5×	53 1.4×	18	350
Kelly D. Bradley United States	10	181 1.0×	31 0.4×	40 0.8×	34 0.7×	34 0.9×	53	417
Christopher R. Rakes United States	12	443 2.4×	65 0.9×	93 1.8×	27 0.6×	64 1.7×	30	588
Christine D. Bremer United States	11	224 1.2×	67 1.0×	104 2.0×	37 0.8×	18 0.5×	24	379
Cathy Yun United States	4	209 1.1×	32 0.5×	139 2.6×	28 0.6×	34 0.9×	7	390
Елена Карданова Russia	8	185 1.0×	25 0.4×	81 1.5×	28 0.6×	53 1.4×	33	328
Mary Maxwell West United States	5	183 1.0×	30 0.4×	80 1.5×	18 0.4×	31 0.8×	6	306
John P. Madura United States	3	113 0.6×	22 0.3×	30 0.6×	41 0.9×	22 0.6×	4	246
Natalie Stipanovic United States	8	235 1.3×	67 1.0×	18 0.3×	26 0.6×	39 1.1×	17	372

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Van Dusen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Van Dusen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Van Dusen

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All Works

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Nissen, Jayson, et al.. (2025). Applying cognitive diagnostic models to mechanics concept inventories. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 21(1). 1 indexed citations

Buncher, John B., Jayson Nissen, Ben Van Dusen, & Robert M. Talbot. (2025). Is the Force Concept Inventory biased across the intersections of gender and race?. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 21(1).

Morphew, Jason, et al.. (2024). AI-Based Concept Inventories: Using Cognitive Diagnostic Computer Adaptive Testing in LASSO for Classroom Assessment. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education).

Dusen, Ben Van, et al.. (2024). Mechanics Cognitive Diagnostic: Mathematics skills tested in introductory physics courses. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 243–249. 1 indexed citations

Nissen, Jayson, et al.. (2024). Society's educational debts due to racism, sexism, and classism in introductory biology student learning. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 62(5). 1266–1297. 1 indexed citations

Woods, Adrienne D., Ben Van Dusen, Jayson Nissen, et al.. (2023). Best practices for addressing missing data through multiple imputation. Infant and Child Development. 33(1). 71 indexed citations breakdown →

Close, Eleanor W., et al.. (2023). Enacting Culturally Relevant Pedagogy when “Mathematics Has No Color”: Epistemological Contradictions. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. 10(2). 486–515.

Morley, A. P., Jayson Nissen, & Ben Van Dusen. (2023). Measurement invariance across race and gender for the Force Concept Inventory. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 19(2). 5 indexed citations

Nissen, Jayson, et al.. (2022). The role of epistemological beliefs in STEM faculty’s decisions to use culturally relevant pedagogy at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. International Journal of STEM Education. 9(1). 32–32. 12 indexed citations

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Buncher, John B., et al.. (2021). Bias on the Force Concept Inventory across the intersection of gender and race. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 69–74. 2 indexed citations

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Dusen, Ben Van, et al.. (2021). A QuantCrit Investigation of Society’s Educational Debts Due to Racism and Sexism in Chemistry Student Learning. Journal of Chemical Education. 99(1). 25–34. 30 indexed citations

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Dusen, Ben Van & Jayson Nissen. (2020). Criteria for collapsing rating scale responses: A case study of the CLASS. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 585–590. 8 indexed citations

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Dusen, Ben Van. (2020). Educational Debts Incurred by Racism and Sexism in Students' Beliefs About Physics. Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting.

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Nissen, Jayson, et al.. (2019). Missing data and bias in physics education research: A case for using multiple imputation. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 15(2). 5 indexed citations

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Jariwala, Manher, Jada-Simone S. White, Ben Van Dusen, & Eleanor W. Close. (2016). In-class vs. Online Administration of Concept Inventories and Attitudinal Assessments. arXiv (Cornell University). 176–179. 1 indexed citations

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Nissen, Jayson, et al.. (2016). A comparison of Hake's g and Cohen's d for analyzing gains on concept inventories. Technology Knowledge and Learning.

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Dusen, Ben Van, et al.. (2015). Learning Assistant Supported Student Outcomes (LASSO) study initial findings. arXiv (Cornell University). 343–346. 15 indexed citations

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Barthelemy, Ramón S., Ben Van Dusen, & Charles Henderson. (2015). Physics education research: A research subfield of physics with gender parity. Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research. 11(2). 13 indexed citations

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Dusen, Ben Van. (2014). The Roots of Physics Students’ Motivations: Fear and Integrity. PhDT. 1 indexed citations

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Dusen, Ben Van & R. P. Taylor. (2013). The art and science of hyperbolic tessellations.. PubMed. 17(2). 317–23. 1 indexed citations

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