Ewan MacArthur

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ewan MacArthur is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Ewan MacArthur has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Education, 3 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Ewan MacArthur's work include Educational Games and Gamification (3 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (1 paper) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (1 paper). Ewan MacArthur is often cited by papers focused on Educational Games and Gamification (3 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (1 paper) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (1 paper). Ewan MacArthur collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Slovenia and United States. Ewan MacArthur's co-authors include William Nelson, Thomas Connolly, Elizabeth Boyle, Thomas Hainey, James Boyle, Mark Stansfield, Evelyn McLellan, Brian Johnston, Austyn Snowden and Brian G. Lees and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers & Education, BMJ Open and BMC Health Services Research.

In The Last Decade

Ewan MacArthur

10 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

A systematic literature review of empirical evidence on computer games and serious games

2012 1.7k citations Thomas Connolly, Elizabeth Boyle et al. Computers & Education profile →
Accelerated Testing: Statistical Models, Test Plans, and Data Analyses.

1992 1.1k citations Ewan MacArthur, William Nelson Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ewan MacArthur United Kingdom	7	1.3k	573	553	519	512	10	3.0k
Jan Maarten Schraagen Netherlands	27	712 0.5×	418 0.7×	45 0.1×	115 0.2×	100 0.2×	94	3.1k
Justin G. Hollands Canada	17	148 0.1×	223 0.4×	200 0.4×	156 0.3×	176 0.3×	55	2.5k
J. Gregory Trafton United States	37	554 0.4×	245 0.4×	84 0.2×	31 0.1×	69 0.1×	177	4.9k
Andrew Monk United Kingdom	37	514 0.4×	646 1.1×	29 0.1×	66 0.1×	143 0.3×	149	4.5k
Wen‐Chung Wang Hong Kong	34	426 0.3×	279 0.5×	29 0.1×	173 0.3×	639 1.2×	150	4.4k
Cynthia J. Atman United States	28	393 0.3×	443 0.8×	41 0.1×	67 0.1×	22 0.0×	83	4.1k
Francis T. Durso United States	28	516 0.4×	139 0.2×	76 0.1×	90 0.2×	35 0.1×	101	2.5k
Michael D. Byrne United States	27	483 0.4×	307 0.5×	64 0.1×	31 0.1×	50 0.1×	112	3.9k
Eva L. Baker United States	27	1.2k 1.0×	349 0.6×	16 0.0×	31 0.1×	186 0.4×	158	4.1k
Dimiter M. Dimitrov United States	20	429 0.3×	405 0.7×	22 0.0×	42 0.1×	141 0.3×	92	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ewan MacArthur

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Rankin, Jean, et al.. (2016). Prevalence of Anaemia and the Relationship between Haemoglobin Concentration and CD4 Count in HIV Positive Children on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in Lagos, Nigeria. Current Pediatric Research. 20(1). 0. 7 indexed citations

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Snowden, Austyn, Jenny Young, Craig A. White, et al.. (2015). Evaluating holistic needs assessment in outpatient cancer care—a randomised controlled trial: the study protocol. BMJ Open. 5(5). e006840–e006840. 14 indexed citations

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Snowden, Austyn & Ewan MacArthur. (2014). IMatter: validation of the NHS Scotland Employee Engagement Index. BMC Health Services Research. 14(1). 535–535. 2 indexed citations

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Johnston, Brian, et al.. (2013). The role of technology and digital gaming in nurse education. Nursing Standard. 27(28). 35–38. 30 indexed citations

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Boyle, Elizabeth, Peter van Rosmalen, Ewan MacArthur, Thomas Connolly, & Thomas Hainey. (2012). Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) in the Continuing/Higher Education Methods Using Games (CHERMUG) Project. DSpace (Open University in the Netherlands). 63–71. 4 indexed citations

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Connolly, Thomas, Elizabeth Boyle, Ewan MacArthur, Thomas Hainey, & James Boyle. (2012). A systematic literature review of empirical evidence on computer games and serious games. Computers & Education. 59(2). 661–686. 1736 indexed citations breakdown →

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Connolly, Thomas, Ewan MacArthur, Mark Stansfield, & Evelyn McLellan. (2005). A quasi-experimental study of three online learning courses in computing. Computers & Education. 49(2). 345–359. 78 indexed citations

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Lees, Brian G., et al.. (1998). An application of data mining for product design. 1998. 5–5. 9 indexed citations

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MacArthur, Ewan, et al.. (1995). Reliability growth analysis of complex electronic systems. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 3 indexed citations

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MacArthur, Ewan & William Nelson. (1992). Accelerated Testing: Statistical Models, Test Plans, and Data Analyses.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics). 41(1). 224–224. 1115 indexed citations breakdown →

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