Christo Dichev

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Christo Dichev is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Christo Dichev has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Computer Science Applications, 26 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Christo Dichev's work include Educational Games and Gamification (25 papers), Online Learning and Analytics (15 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (12 papers). Christo Dichev is often cited by papers focused on Educational Games and Gamification (25 papers), Online Learning and Analytics (15 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (12 papers). Christo Dichev collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan. Christo Dichev's co-authors include Darina Dicheva, Gennady Agre, Galia Angelova, Keith Irwin, Lora Aroyo, Dandan Wang, Lillian Cassel, Michael A. Posner, Peter Clarke and Benedict du Boulay and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Modelling & Software and British Journal of Educational Technology.

In The Last Decade

Christo Dichev

52 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Gamification in Education: A Systematic Mapping Study

2015 1.1k citations Darina Dicheva, Christo Dichev et al. Educational Technology & Society profile →
Gamifying education: what is known, what is believed and what remains uncertain: a critical review

2017 775 citations Christo Dichev, Darina Dicheva profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christo Dichev United States	15	1.6k	878	616	505	402	58	2.4k
Darina Dicheva United States	19	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	656 1.1×	634 1.3×	429 1.1×	93	2.8k
Luis de‐Marcos Spain	18	1.7k 1.0×	966 1.1×	655 1.1×	648 1.3×	659 1.6×	97	2.8k
Karl M. Kapp United States	8	1.6k 1.0×	648 0.7×	805 1.3×	585 1.2×	654 1.6×	22	2.6k
Kristian Kiili Finland	24	2.1k 1.3×	659 0.8×	607 1.0×	411 0.8×	596 1.5×	76	2.9k
Adrián Domínguez‐Díaz Spain	5	1.4k 0.8×	640 0.7×	398 0.6×	277 0.5×	490 1.2×	17	1.8k
Seiji Isotani Brazil	28	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	701 1.1×	744 1.5×	690 1.7×	258	3.3k
Sylvester Arnab United Kingdom	20	1.3k 0.8×	588 0.7×	473 0.8×	339 0.7×	463 1.2×	107	2.2k
Jodi Asbell‐Clarke United States	10	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	404 0.7×	322 0.6×	312 0.8×	30	2.2k
Leonard A. Annetta United States	22	1.5k 0.9×	452 0.5×	994 1.6×	320 0.6×	531 1.3×	60	2.6k
Zhonggen Yu China	33	825 0.5×	729 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	901 1.8×	392 1.0×	137	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Christo Dichev

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christo Dichev

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christo Dichev

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Dicheva, Darina, et al.. (2023). A Multi-Case Empirical Study on the Impact of Virtual Currency on Student Engagement and Motivation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 462–476. 1 indexed citations

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Dicheva, Darina, Keith Irwin, Christo Dichev, Lillian Cassel, & Rita İsmailova. (2022). How to Gamify Computer Science Courses?. 1188–1188.

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Dicheva, Darina, et al.. (2021). A Study of Using Virtual Currency in a Discrete Mathematics Course. 19. 567–576. 4 indexed citations

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Dicheva, Darina, et al.. (2021). Exploring the Effect of Virtual Currency on Learners Engagement. 19. 83–87. 3 indexed citations

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Dicheva, Darina, et al.. (2020). Gamifying Computer Science Courses with OneUp Learning. 1391–1391.

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Dicheva, Darina, Keith Irwin, & Christo Dichev. (2018). Motivational Factors in Educational Gamification. 408–410. 9 indexed citations

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Dicheva, Darina, Keith Irwin, & Christo Dichev. (2018). OneUp: Supporting Practical and Experimental Gamification of Learning. International Journal of Serious Games. 5(3). 5–21. 29 indexed citations

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Dicheva, Darina, et al.. (2018). Using Gamification Strategies to Motivate and Engage Students in Computer Science Courses. 1071–1071. 2 indexed citations

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Dichev, Christo & Darina Dicheva. (2017). Towards Data Science Literacy. Procedia Computer Science. 108. 2151–2160. 43 indexed citations

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Dicheva, Darina, Christo Dichev, Gennady Agre, & Galia Angelova. (2015). Gamification in Education: A Systematic Mapping Study. Educational Technology & Society. 18(3). 75–88. 1055 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dicheva, Darina & Christo Dichev. (2015). Gamification in Education: Where Are We in 2015?. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2015(1). 1445–1454. 30 indexed citations

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Dicheva, Darina & Christo Dichev. (2010). Finding Resources and Collaborators within Digital Collections. 631–638. 3 indexed citations

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Dichev, Christo, et al.. (2007). Identity: How To Name It, How To Find It. 5 indexed citations

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Dichev, Christo & Darina Dicheva. (2006). View-Based Semantic Search and Browsing. 919–925. 6 indexed citations

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Dicheva, Darina, et al.. (2005). Editing and Exploring Topic Map-based E-Learning Repositories.. 139–144. 1 indexed citations

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Dicheva, Darina & Christo Dichev. (2004). A Framework for Concept-Based Digital Course Libraries. The Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 15(4). 347–364. 17 indexed citations

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Dichev, Christo. (1997). Contexts as communicating theories. AI Communications. 10(3). 185–200.

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Dichev, Christo. (1995). A framework for knowledge structuring. 55–64. 1 indexed citations

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Dichev, Christo & Benedict du Boulay. (1988). A Data Tracing System for Prolog Novices.. 1507(1). 329–336. 2 indexed citations

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Dichev, Christo, et al.. (1985). An implementation of the expert system DIGS for diagnostics. Computing and Informatics / Computers and Artificial Intelligence. 4(6). 495–502. 1 indexed citations

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