David E. Meltzer

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

David E. Meltzer is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, David E. Meltzer has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Education, 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 11 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in David E. Meltzer's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (27 papers), Innovative Teaching Methods (11 papers) and Experimental Learning in Engineering (11 papers). David E. Meltzer is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (27 papers), Innovative Teaching Methods (11 papers) and Experimental Learning in Engineering (11 papers). David E. Meltzer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. David E. Meltzer's co-authors include David Pines, G. A. Cowan, K. Manivannan, Ronald K. Thornton, Valerie K. Otero, Thomas J. Greenbowe, Warren M. Christensen, C. A. Ogilvie, Marianne Huebner and John R. Sabin and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, PLoS ONE and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

David E. Meltzer

53 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

The relationship between mathematics preparation and conceptual learning gains in physics: A possible “hidden variable” in diagnostic pretest scores

2002 484 citations David E. Meltzer American Journal of Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David E. Meltzer United States	21	1.3k	443	267	175	155	57	2.2k
Thomas A. Holme United States	27	1.4k 1.0×	371 0.8×	164 0.6×	271 1.5×	76 0.5×	132	2.3k
Andrew Elby United States	26	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 3.2×	254 1.0×	124 0.7×	83 0.5×	82	2.6k
N. Sanjay Rebello United States	28	1.9k 1.4×	849 1.9×	550 2.1×	57 0.3×	201 1.3×	262	2.7k
David R. Sokoloff United States	13	1.2k 0.9×	445 1.0×	508 1.9×	149 0.9×	201 1.3×	28	1.7k
Katherine K. Perkins United States	32	2.5k 1.9×	1.3k 2.9×	924 3.5×	57 0.3×	175 1.1×	85	3.9k
Dean Zollman United States	21	824 0.6×	306 0.7×	236 0.9×	39 0.2×	147 0.9×	91	1.2k
Constantinos P. Constantinou Cyprus	25	1.1k 0.8×	634 1.4×	118 0.4×	43 0.2×	20 0.1×	83	1.8k
Alan Van Heuvelen United States	16	1.6k 1.2×	647 1.5×	451 1.7×	52 0.3×	238 1.5×	38	2.1k
Paula R. L. Heron United States	22	1.2k 0.9×	452 1.0×	233 0.9×	35 0.2×	262 1.7×	64	1.5k
Bruce Sherwood United States	15	700 0.5×	276 0.6×	268 1.0×	74 0.4×	262 1.7×	64	1.2k

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Meltzer, David E., et al.. (2025). Investigating the impact of problem properties on introductory and advanced student responses to introductory thermodynamics conceptual problems. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 21(1).

Huebner, Marianne, David E. Meltzer, Ásgeir Bjarnason, & Aris Perperoglou. (2023). Comparison of Olympic-Style Weightlifting Performances of Elite Athletes: Scaling Models Account for Body Mass. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 55(12). 2281–2289. 3 indexed citations

Huebner, Marianne, David E. Meltzer, & Aris Perperoglou. (2021). Strength in Numbers Women in Olympic-Style Weightlifting. Significance. 18(2). 20–25. 14 indexed citations

Meltzer, David E.. (2021). How Should Physics Teachers Be Prepared? A Review of Recommendations. The Physics Teacher. 59(7). 530–534. 1 indexed citations

Huebner, Marianne, David E. Meltzer, Wenjuan Ma, & Holly Arrow. (2020). The Masters athlete in Olympic weightlifting: Training, lifestyle, health challenges, and gender differences. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0243652–e0243652. 20 indexed citations

Huebner, Marianne, David E. Meltzer, & Aris Perperoglou. (2019). Age-associated Performance Decline and Sex Differences in Olympic Weightlifting. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 51(11). 2302–2308. 25 indexed citations

Otero, Valerie K. & David E. Meltzer. (2017). The past and future of physics education reform. Physics Today. 70(5). 50–56. 21 indexed citations

Meltzer, David E., Mel Sabella, Charles Henderson, & Chandralekha Singh. (2009). Observations Of General Learning Patterns In An Upper-Level Thermal Physics Course. AIP conference proceedings. 9 indexed citations

Meltzer, David E.. (2007). Analysis Of Shifts In Students’ Reasoning Regarding Electric Field And Potential Concepts. AIP conference proceedings. 883. 177–180. 8 indexed citations

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Heron, Paula R. L. & David E. Meltzer. (2005). The future of physics education research: Intellectual challenges and practical concerns. American Journal of Physics. 73(5). 390–394. 31 indexed citations

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Meltzer, David E.. (2004). The Questions We Ask and Why: Methodological Orientation in Physics Education Research. AIP conference proceedings. 720. 11–14.

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Meltzer, David E.. (2002). Issues Related to Data Analysis and Quantitative Methods in PER. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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Meltzer, David E.. (2001). Student Reasoning Regarding Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics in an Introductory Physics Course. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Manivannan, K. & David E. Meltzer. (2001). Use of In-class Physics Demonstrations in Highly Interactive Format. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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McCullough, Laura & David E. Meltzer. (2001). Differences in Male/Female Response Patterns on Alternative-format Versions of the Force Concept Inventory. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Meltzer, David E.. (1997). Nontraditional approach to algebra-based general physics. AIP conference proceedings. 399. 823–826. 1 indexed citations

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Meltzer, David E.. (1996). Body-mass dependence of age-related deterioration in human muscular function. Journal of Applied Physiology. 80(4). 1149–1155. 9 indexed citations

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Bedell, Kevin S., et al.. (1990). High temperature superconductivity: Proceedings. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 44 indexed citations

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Meltzer, David E., F. J. Pinski, & G. M. Stocks. (1988). Rare-gas impurities in alkali metals: Relation to optical absorption. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 37(11). 6011–6018. 1 indexed citations

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Bedell, Kevin S. & David E. Meltzer. (1984). Low-temperature spin-relaxation time in normal liquid 3He. Physics Letters A. 106(7). 312–317. 9 indexed citations

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