Brian C. Nelson

3.1k total citations
61 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Brian C. Nelson is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian C. Nelson has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 17 papers in Education and 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Brian C. Nelson's work include Educational Games and Gamification (28 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (22 papers) and Online and Blended Learning (13 papers). Brian C. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Educational Games and Gamification (28 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (22 papers) and Online and Blended Learning (13 papers). Brian C. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Brian C. Nelson's co-authors include Diane Jass Ketelhut, Chris Dede, Jody Clarke‐Midura, Ginette C. Blackhart, Roy F. Baumeister, Megan L. Knowles, Douglas B. Clark, Cynthia D’Angelo, C. Bowman and Mario Martinez-Garza and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers & Education, Information Sciences and Personality and Social Psychology Review.

In The Last Decade

Brian C. Nelson

57 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian C. Nelson United States 22 949 514 361 331 330 61 1.8k
Jan Van Looy Belgium 25 925 1.0× 568 1.1× 214 0.6× 263 0.8× 1.1k 3.2× 100 2.2k
Deborah I. Fels Canada 19 1.3k 1.4× 229 0.4× 334 0.9× 557 1.7× 574 1.7× 82 2.5k
Leonard A. Annetta United States 22 1.5k 1.6× 994 1.9× 223 0.6× 319 1.0× 531 1.6× 60 2.6k
Rogers Hall United States 23 751 0.8× 1.0k 2.0× 280 0.8× 112 0.3× 391 1.2× 65 2.3k
Art Graesser United States 27 1.2k 1.3× 540 1.1× 443 1.2× 138 0.4× 224 0.7× 55 2.8k
Elizabeth O. Hayward United States 9 676 0.7× 536 1.0× 312 0.9× 170 0.5× 202 0.6× 13 1.5k
Ute Ritterfeld Germany 17 801 0.8× 316 0.6× 327 0.9× 219 0.7× 763 2.3× 72 2.0k
Florian Brühlmann Switzerland 16 816 0.9× 191 0.4× 300 0.8× 299 0.9× 526 1.6× 36 1.6k
Erik D. van der Spek Netherlands 13 1.0k 1.1× 299 0.6× 143 0.4× 257 0.8× 364 1.1× 31 1.5k
Amy L. Baylor United States 29 1.0k 1.1× 1.0k 2.0× 597 1.7× 357 1.1× 378 1.1× 74 2.9k

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All Works

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Nelson, Brian C., et al.. (2023). Gleaning museum visitors’ behaviors by analyzing questions asked in a mobile app. Educational Technology Research and Development. 71(3). 1209–1231. 2 indexed citations
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Nelson, Brian C., et al.. (2023). Understanding museum visitors’ question-asking through a mobile app. Educational Technology Research and Development. 71(6). 2483–2506. 3 indexed citations
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass, et al.. (2013). Improving Science Assessments by Situating Them in a Virtual Environment. Education Sciences. 3(2). 172–192. 17 indexed citations
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Schifter, Catherine, Diane Jass Ketelhut, & Brian C. Nelson. (2012). Presence and Middle School Students' Participation in a Virtual Game Environment to Assess Science Inquiry.. Educational Technology & Society. 15(1). 53–63. 17 indexed citations
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Schifter, Catherine, Diane Jass Ketelhut, & Brian C. Nelson. (2011). Middle School Children Participation in an Immersive Virtual Game Environment, Presence, and Piaget's Stages of Development. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2011(1). 2230–2237. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Douglas B., et al.. (2010). SURGE: intended and unintended science learning in games. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 247–247. 2 indexed citations
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Clark, Douglas B., et al.. (2010). SURGE: integrating Vygotsky's spontaneous and instructed concepts in a digital game?. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 384–385. 6 indexed citations
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass, et al.. (2010). Using immersive virtual environments to assess science content understanding: The impact of context. 227–230. 3 indexed citations
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Nelson, Brian C., et al.. (2010). Collaboration modality, cognitive load, and science inquiry learning in virtual inquiry environments. Educational Technology Research and Development. 58(6). 693–710. 40 indexed citations
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass, Catherine Schifter, & Brian C. Nelson. (2009). R&D: Save Science: Situated asssesment using virtual environments for science content and inquiry.. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 2009(1). 3663–3665.
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass, Brian C. Nelson, & Catherine Schifter. (2009). Virtual environments for situated science assessment. 507–508. 2 indexed citations
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass, et al.. (2008). Rethinking pedagogy: using multi-user virtual environments to foster authentic science learning. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 438–445. 1 indexed citations
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Clarke‐Midura, Jody, Chris Dede, Diane Jass Ketelhut, Brian C. Nelson, & C. Bowman. (2006). A design-based research strategy to promote scalability for educational innovations. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 46(3). 27–36. 60 indexed citations
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Nelson, Brian C., Diane Jass Ketelhut, Jody Clarke‐Midura, C. Bowman, & Chris Dede. (2005). Design-based Research Strategies for Developing a Scientific Inquiry Curriculum in a Multi-User Virtual Environment. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 45(1). 21–27. 82 indexed citations
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass, Jody Clarke‐Midura, Chris Dede, Brian C. Nelson, & Clive Bowman. (2005). Extending Library Services through Emerging Interactive Media. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 34(1). 29–32. 2 indexed citations
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Dede, Chris, et al.. (2004). Design-based research strategies for studying situated learning in a multi-user virtual environment. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 46(5). 158–165. 101 indexed citations
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Nelson, Brian C.. (1999). A Guide to Moving Language-Learning Curriculum onto the Internet. World Conference on WWW and Internet. 1999(1). 810–815. 3 indexed citations
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Nelson, Brian C.. (1980). Energy and Order in Zola's L'Argent. Australian Journal of French Studies. 17(3). 275–300.

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