David P. Maloney

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 837 citations indexed

About

David P. Maloney is a scholar working on Education, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, David P. Maloney has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 837 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Education, 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in David P. Maloney's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (16 papers), Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies (5 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (3 papers). David P. Maloney is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (16 papers), Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies (5 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (3 papers). David P. Maloney collaborates with scholars based in United States. David P. Maloney's co-authors include Alan Van Heuvelen, Curtis Hieggelke, Thomas O'Kuma, Robert S. Siegler, Mark Masters, Ronald J. Duchovic, N. Sanjay Rebello, Chandralekha Singh, Mel Sabella and Takashi Okuma and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physics, Journal of Research in Science Teaching and Science Education.

In The Last Decade

David P. Maloney

26 papers receiving 714 citations

Hit Papers

Surveying students’ conceptual knowledge of electricity a... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Surveying students’ conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism
    2001 472 citations David P. Maloney, Thomas O'Kuma et al. American Journal of Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David P. Maloney United States 12 709 317 170 148 101 27 837
Fred Goldberg United States 15 823 1.2× 374 1.2× 132 0.8× 77 0.5× 188 1.9× 46 971
Jeffery M. Saul United States 6 706 1.0× 348 1.1× 235 1.4× 59 0.4× 45 0.4× 7 828
Paula V. Engelhardt United States 15 573 0.8× 235 0.7× 157 0.9× 56 0.4× 77 0.8× 89 723
Thomas O'Kuma United States 3 425 0.6× 172 0.5× 143 0.8× 100 0.7× 50 0.5× 5 512
Curtis Hieggelke United States 4 434 0.6× 176 0.6× 144 0.8× 100 0.7× 50 0.5× 5 518
David Rosengrant United States 12 648 0.9× 282 0.9× 159 0.9× 47 0.3× 148 1.5× 30 829
David Shipstone United Kingdom 6 397 0.6× 206 0.6× 80 0.5× 53 0.4× 47 0.5× 10 469
Saalih Allie South Africa 14 475 0.7× 169 0.5× 159 0.9× 54 0.4× 56 0.6× 29 619
David T. Brookes United States 12 517 0.7× 243 0.8× 141 0.8× 35 0.2× 114 1.1× 37 664
William J. Leonard United States 9 850 1.2× 311 1.0× 327 1.9× 33 0.2× 62 0.6× 27 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David P. Maloney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David P. Maloney

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Maloney, David P.. (2015). Teaching Critical Thinking: Sense-Making, Explanations, Language, and Habits. The Physics Teacher. 53(7). 409–411. 5 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (2011). An Overview of Physics Education Research on Problem Solving. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 2(2). 1–33. 31 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P., et al.. (2011). Newtonian Tasks Inspired by Physics Education Research: Ntipers. Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne). 4 indexed citations
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O'Kuma, Thomas, David P. Maloney, & Curtis Hieggelke. (2004). Ranking Task Exercises in Physics. Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne). 35 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P., Thomas O'Kuma, Curtis Hieggelke, & Alan Van Heuvelen. (2001). Surveying students’ conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism. American Journal of Physics. 69(S1). S12–S23. 472 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heuvelen, Alan Van & David P. Maloney. (1999). Playing Physics Jeopardy. American Journal of Physics. 67(3). 252–256. 35 indexed citations
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Duchovic, Ronald J., et al.. (1998). Teaching Science To the Nonmajor--An Interdisciplinary Approach.. The journal of college science teaching. 27(4). 3 indexed citations
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Duchovic, Ronald J., et al.. (1998). Teaching Science to the Non-Science Major: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne). 27. 7 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P., et al.. (1996). Weathering as a Topic in an Interdisciplinary Science Course for General Education. Journal of Geoscience Education. 44(5). 535–538.
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Maloney, David P., et al.. (1992). An exploratory, classroom‐based investigation of students' difficulties with subscripts in chemical formulas. Science Education. 76(1). 65–78. 13 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P., et al.. (1991). Effect of written text on usage of newton's third law. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 28(2). 123–139. 16 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (1990). Forces as interactions. The Physics Teacher. 28(6). 386–390. 16 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (1989). A Cognitive Theory of Science. Contemporary Psychology. 34(12). 1130–1131. 1 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (1985). Rule‐governed physics: Some novice predictions. European Journal of Science Education. 7(3). 295–306. 4 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (1985). Charged poles?. Physics Education. 20(6). 310–316. 24 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (1985). Rule‐governed approaches to physics: Conservation of mechanical energy. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 22(3). 261–278. 8 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (1984). Rule-governed approaches to physics - Newton's third law. Physics Education. 19(1). 37–42. 70 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (1983). Proportional reasoning and rule‐governed behavior with the balance beam. Science Education. 67(2). 245–254. 2 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (1982). Fill-In Problems.. The journal of college science teaching. 12(2). 1 indexed citations
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Maloney, David P.. (1981). Comparative reasoning abilities of college students. American Journal of Physics. 49(8). 784–786. 15 indexed citations

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