David Sharek

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

David Sharek is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Sharek has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Sharek's work include Flow Experience in Various Fields (5 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (4 papers) and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (2 papers). David Sharek is often cited by papers focused on Flow Experience in Various Fields (5 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (4 papers) and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (2 papers). David Sharek collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. David Sharek's co-authors include Eric Wiebe, Tara S. Behrend, Adam W. Meade, Lori Foster Thompson and Michael S. Wogalter and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Behavior Research Methods and Simulation & Gaming.

In The Last Decade

David Sharek

10 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

The viability of crowdsourcing for survey research

2011 798 citations Tara S. Behrend, David Sharek et al. Behavior Research Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Sharek United States	8	422	219	178	157	146	10	1.2k
Judith Olson United States	8	347 0.8×	270 1.2×	181 1.0×	70 0.4×	95 0.7×	14	999
Kristina N. Bauer United States	13	183 0.4×	294 1.3×	208 1.2×	110 0.7×	113 0.8×	25	1.2k
Ana‐Maria Cazan Romania	22	297 0.7×	328 1.5×	254 1.4×	52 0.3×	81 0.6×	66	1.3k
Petri Nokelainen Finland	21	260 0.6×	292 1.3×	99 0.6×	229 1.5×	181 1.2×	109	1.6k
Johannes Breuer Germany	23	1.0k 2.4×	348 1.6×	177 1.0×	72 0.5×	119 0.8×	60	1.7k
Ana‐Paula Correia United States	16	810 1.9×	223 1.0×	225 1.3×	261 1.7×	115 0.8×	59	2.1k
Andreas Frey Germany	17	311 0.7×	247 1.1×	195 1.1×	74 0.5×	159 1.1×	91	1.4k
Kathleen Cook United States	10	214 0.5×	277 1.3×	137 0.8×	115 0.7×	126 0.9×	37	1.4k
Heather L. O'Brien Canada	16	668 1.6×	158 0.7×	48 0.3×	116 0.7×	123 0.8×	40	1.7k
Justin A. DeSimone United States	13	402 1.0×	329 1.5×	247 1.4×	58 0.4×	118 0.8×	32	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by David Sharek

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Sharek

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Sharek

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Sharek, David & Eric Wiebe. (2015). Investigating Real-time Predictors of Engagement. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations. 7(1). 20–37. 9 indexed citations

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Wiebe, Eric, et al.. (2014). Measuring engagement in video game-based environments: Investigation of the User Engagement Scale. Computers in Human Behavior. 32. 123–132. 199 indexed citations

3.

Sharek, David & Eric Wiebe. (2014). Measuring Video Game Engagement Through the Cognitive and Affective Dimensions. Simulation & Gaming. 45(4-5). 569–592. 54 indexed citations

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Behrend, Tara S., et al.. (2012). The effects of avatar appearance on interviewer ratings in virtual employment interviews. Computers in Human Behavior. 28(6). 2128–2133. 31 indexed citations

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Sharek, David & Eric Wiebe. (2012). Embedding Secondary Tasks in Video Games to Measure Real-Time Cognitive Load: An Approach to Developing Adaptive Video Games. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 56(1). 2147–2151. 3 indexed citations

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Sharek, David. (2011). A Useable, Online NASA-TLX Tool. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 55(1). 1375–1379. 29 indexed citations

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Sharek, David & Eric Wiebe. (2011). Using Flow Theory to Design Video Games as Experimental Stimuli. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 55(1). 1520–1524. 8 indexed citations

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Behrend, Tara S., David Sharek, Adam W. Meade, & Eric Wiebe. (2011). The viability of crowdsourcing for survey research. Behavior Research Methods. 43(3). 800–813. 798 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sharek, David. (2010). The Influence of Flow in the Measure of Engagement. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries). 3 indexed citations

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Sharek, David, et al.. (2008). Failure to Recognize Fake Internet Popup Warning Messages. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 52(6). 557–560. 19 indexed citations

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