Edward F. Melcer

1.0k total citations
54 papers, 458 citations indexed

About

Edward F. Melcer is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward F. Melcer has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 458 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Edward F. Melcer's work include Educational Games and Gamification (27 papers), Digital Games and Media (13 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (10 papers). Edward F. Melcer is often cited by papers focused on Educational Games and Gamification (27 papers), Digital Games and Media (13 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (10 papers). Edward F. Melcer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Edward F. Melcer's co-authors include Katherine Isbister, Elena Márquez Segura, Elizabeth F. Churchill, Anne Bowser, Oliver L. Haimson, Magy Seif El‐Nasr, Max Kreminski, Noah Wardrip–Fruin, Alessandro Canossa and Zhengxing Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Surgeons and Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction.

In The Last Decade

Edward F. Melcer

46 papers receiving 444 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edward F. Melcer United States 12 164 160 142 70 63 54 458
Maximilian Altmeyer Germany 14 174 1.1× 228 1.4× 172 1.2× 41 0.6× 32 0.5× 50 446
Ανδρέας Οικονόμου Greece 9 109 0.7× 157 1.0× 75 0.5× 45 0.6× 53 0.8× 37 482
Tim Marsh Australia 11 151 0.9× 151 0.9× 122 0.9× 39 0.6× 31 0.5× 39 458
Rina R. Wehbe Canada 11 186 1.1× 380 2.4× 309 2.2× 73 1.0× 69 1.1× 32 667
Pascal Lessel Germany 13 173 1.1× 154 1.0× 203 1.4× 35 0.5× 35 0.6× 42 436
Jim Bizzocchi Canada 9 97 0.6× 159 1.0× 180 1.3× 42 0.6× 69 1.1× 30 385
Dhaval Parmar United States 11 168 1.0× 92 0.6× 42 0.3× 56 0.8× 53 0.8× 31 368
Giovanni Maria Troiano United States 12 205 1.3× 100 0.6× 71 0.5× 87 1.2× 38 0.6× 28 410
Aki Järvinen Finland 10 99 0.6× 189 1.2× 251 1.8× 29 0.4× 91 1.4× 16 444
Sheng-Chin Yu Taiwan 2 94 0.6× 348 2.2× 157 1.1× 110 1.6× 36 0.6× 5 499

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward F. Melcer

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All Works

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Hirsch, Linda, Álvaro Toledo, Magy Seif El‐Nasr, et al.. (2025). Translating Social Dilemmas into Gameful Designs for Wildfire Resilience. 1–9.
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Liang, Zilu, et al.. (2025). Sleep hygiene games and gamification: where are we and where are we heading?. PubMed. 4. 1607117–1607117. 1 indexed citations
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Wardrip–Fruin, Noah, et al.. (2024). Generating Together: Lessons Learned from Developing an Educational Visual Novel with AI Collaboration. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1–8.
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Mateas, Michael, et al.. (2024). Towards Qualia-Driven Design.
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Troiano, Giovanni Maria, Steven C. Sutherland, Camillia Matuk, et al.. (2024). An Instructor's Lens into the Role of AI in Teaching Experimental Research via Gamification. 98–100.
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Arnow, Katherine, et al.. (2024). Correlation of Performance on the ENTRUST Assessment Platform With Other Variables in Competency-Based Surgical Education. Journal of surgical education. 82(1). 103293–103293. 1 indexed citations
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Hwang, D. & Edward F. Melcer. (2024). Mindfulness Techniques Taught Through Game Mechanics. 300–305.
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Lin, Dana T., Edward F. Melcer, Amber W. Trickey, et al.. (2023). ENTRUST: A Serious Game-Based Virtual Patient Platform to Assess Entrustable Professional Activities in Graduate Medical Education. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 15(2). 228–236. 7 indexed citations
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Melcer, Edward F., Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell, Amber W. Trickey, et al.. (2023). Usability of ENTRUST as an Assessment Tool for Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): A Mixed Methods Analysis. Journal of surgical education. 80(11). 1693–1702. 4 indexed citations
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Liebert, Cara A., Edward F. Melcer, Amber W. Trickey, et al.. (2022). Validity Evidence for ENTRUST as an Assessment of Surgical Decision-Making for the Inguinal Hernia Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA). Journal of surgical education. 79(6). e202–e212. 7 indexed citations
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Melcer, Edward F., et al.. (2022). Exploring Relevance, Meaningfulness, and Perceived Learning in Entertainment Games. 1 indexed citations
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Kreminski, Max, et al.. (2022). Using Self-Determination Theory to Explore Enjoyment of Educational Interactive Narrative Games: A Case Study of Academical. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 10 indexed citations
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Melcer, Edward F., et al.. (2020). "I'll Be Back": A Taxonomy of Death and Rebirth in Platformer Video Games. 1–13. 10 indexed citations
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Compton, Kate, Edward F. Melcer, & Michael Mateas. (2017). Generominos: Ideation Cards for Interactive Generativity. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment. 13(2). 49–53. 5 indexed citations
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Melcer, Edward F. & Katherine Isbister. (2016). Bridging the Physical Learning Divides: A Design Framework for Embodied Learning Games and Simulations. 6 indexed citations
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Melcer, Edward F., et al.. (2015). Games Research Today: Analyzing the Academic Landscape 2000-2014.. Foundations of Digital Games. 35 indexed citations
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Haimson, Oliver L., Anne Bowser, Edward F. Melcer, & Elizabeth F. Churchill. (2015). Online Inspiration and Exploration for Identity Reinvention. 3809–3818. 46 indexed citations

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