David Lopatto

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

David Lopatto is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lopatto has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Education, 15 papers in Safety Research and 10 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Lopatto's work include Career Development and Diversity (15 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (6 papers) and Biomedical and Engineering Education (6 papers). David Lopatto is often cited by papers focused on Career Development and Diversity (15 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (6 papers) and Biomedical and Engineering Education (6 papers). David Lopatto collaborates with scholars based in United States and Bulgaria. David Lopatto's co-authors include Sally G. Hoskins, Leslie M. Stevens, David Dunbar, Kimberly Boyd, Yi Lu, Brandy S. Russell, Christine W. Miller, Rory Waterman, Justin K. Pagano and Paul Lewis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The FASEB Journal and PLoS Biology.

In The Last Decade

David Lopatto

38 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Undergraduate Research Experiences Support Science Career Decisions and Active Learning

2007 710 citations David Lopatto CBE—Life Sciences Education profile →
Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First Findings

2004 683 citations David Lopatto PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Lopatto United States	15	1.2k	1.2k	323	292	262	39	2.2k
Anne‐Barrie Hunter United States	8	1.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	286 0.9×	467 1.6×	252 1.0×	13	2.5k
Erin L. Dolan United States	24	1.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	468 1.4×	679 2.3×	367 1.4×	63	3.0k
David I. Hanauer United States	22	628 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	272 0.8×	251 0.9×	439 1.7×	67	2.5k
Janet Branchaw United States	16	765 0.7×	715 0.6×	225 0.7×	511 1.8×	130 0.5×	27	1.6k
Paul R. Hernandez United States	18	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	182 0.6×	733 2.5×	242 0.9×	48	2.3k
Timothy J. Weston United States	11	559 0.5×	735 0.6×	215 0.7×	166 0.6×	183 0.7×	17	1.3k
Kevin Eagan United States	9	496 0.4×	588 0.5×	177 0.5×	232 0.8×	126 0.5×	15	1.2k
Pratibha Varma‐Nelson United States	11	408 0.3×	998 0.9×	240 0.7×	128 0.4×	334 1.3×	21	1.5k
M. Kevin Eagan United States	18	778 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	82 0.3×	515 1.8×	150 0.6×	27	2.0k
Sarah Miller United States	10	223 0.2×	895 0.8×	140 0.4×	261 0.9×	229 0.9×	14	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David Lopatto

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Lopatto

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Lopatto

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

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Murray, Michael, Elizabeth Emery, B Johnson, et al.. (2024). Breaking barriers: female and Hispanic undergraduate students experience gains in self-confidence and tolerance for obstacles during a sustainability-centered internship program in the USA. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 15(3). 561–574. 1 indexed citations

Lopatto, David. (2023). Quantitative Methods in the Assessment of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Inquiry. 7(2). 5–12.

Croonquist, Paula, Raffaella Diotti, Anthony D. Aragon, et al.. (2023). The Genomics Education Partnership: First Findings on Genomics Research in Community Colleges. PubMed. 6(3). 17–28. 5 indexed citations

Hofstede, Hannah M. ter, et al.. (2021). Undergraduate Research Abroad: Shared Themes in Student Learning from Two Models of Course-Embedded Undergraduate Research in Field Biology Study Abroad Courses. 5(1). 39–52. 1 indexed citations

Sargent, Luke, Yating Liu, Wilson Leung, et al.. (2020). G-OnRamp: Generating genome browsers to facilitate undergraduate-driven collaborative genome annotation. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(6). e1007863–e1007863. 3 indexed citations

Goodman, Anya, Melanie Van Stry, David Lopatto, Wilson Leung, & Laura K Reed. (2020). Growing and Sustaining a Nationwide CURE: Genomics Education Partnership Enhances Research Opportunities for Students and Faculty at Diverse Institutions. The FASEB Journal. 34(S1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations

Lopatto, David, et al.. (2019). One-Year Research Experience for Associate’s Degree Students Impacts Graduation, STEM Retention, and Transfer Patterns. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 18(2). ar25–ar25. 23 indexed citations

Keiler, Kenneth C., et al.. (2017). Teaching broader impacts of science with undergraduate research. PLoS Biology. 15(3). e2001318–e2001318. 6 indexed citations

Emberts, Zachary, et al.. (2017). Broadening the voice of science: Promoting scientific communication in the undergraduate classroom. Ecology and Evolution. 7(23). 10124–10130. 27 indexed citations

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Staub, Nancy L., et al.. (2016). Scaling Up: Adapting a Phage-Hunting Course to Increase Participation of First-Year Students in Research. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 15(2). ar13–ar13. 38 indexed citations

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Weinman, Jerod, David Jensen, & David Lopatto. (2015). Teaching Computing as Science in a Research Experience. 24–29. 3 indexed citations

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Dunbar, David, et al.. (2012). Using Pamphlets To Teach Biochemistry: A Service-Learning Project. Journal of Chemical Education. 90(2). 210–214. 16 indexed citations

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Clark, Ira E., et al.. (2009). “Deconstructing” Scientific Research: A Practical and Scalable Pedagogical Tool to Provide Evidence-Based Science Instruction. PLoS Biology. 7(12). e1000264–e1000264. 25 indexed citations

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Lopatto, David. (2008). Exploring the benefits of undergraduate research experiences: The SURE survey.. 13 indexed citations

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Russell, Brandy S., et al.. (2007). Linking Student Interests to Science Curricula. Science. 318(5858). 1872–1873. 58 indexed citations

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Lopatto, David. (2007). Undergraduate Research Experiences Support Science Career Decisions and Active Learning. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 6(4). 297–306. 710 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lopatto, David. (2004). Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First Findings. PubMed. 3(4). 270–277. 683 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lopatto, David, et al.. (1998). Cautiousness, Stereotypy, and Variability in Older and Younger Adults. The Psychological Record. 48(4). 571–589. 7 indexed citations

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Lopatto, David, et al.. (1995). Preschool Children's Comprehension of the Word “Handicapped”. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 81(3). 747–750. 4 indexed citations

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Lewis, Paul, et al.. (1988). Sensitivity of Pigeons to an Omission Contingency. 8(1). 43–47. 1 indexed citations

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