F. James Rutherford

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

F. James Rutherford is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Education and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, F. James Rutherford has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3 papers in Education and 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in F. James Rutherford's work include Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (3 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (3 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 papers). F. James Rutherford is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (3 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (3 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 papers). F. James Rutherford collaborates with scholars based in United States. F. James Rutherford's co-authors include Andrew Ahlgren, Gerald Holton and David C. Cassidy and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, Journal of Research in Science Teaching and Science Education.

In The Last Decade

F. James Rutherford

17 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Science for all Americans

1990 1.3k citations F. James Rutherford, Andrew Ahlgren Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
F. James Rutherford United States	7	1.2k	597	321	188	104	21	1.5k
Edmund A. Marek United States	19	1.2k 1.0×	465 0.8×	161 0.5×	251 1.3×	86 0.8×	54	1.5k
Paul DeHart Hurd United States	18	849 0.7×	409 0.7×	289 0.9×	134 0.7×	98 0.9×	60	1.3k
Leopold E. Klopfer United States	18	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.7×	213 0.7×	240 1.3×	83 0.8×	55	1.9k
Gaalen Erickson Canada	16	1.7k 1.4×	752 1.3×	115 0.4×	195 1.0×	147 1.4×	36	2.0k
Michael P. Clough United States	24	1.5k 1.3×	947 1.6×	197 0.6×	341 1.8×	169 1.6×	72	1.9k
Julie Gess‐Newsome United States	20	2.1k 1.7×	777 1.3×	388 1.2×	196 1.0×	270 2.6×	34	2.3k
Joan Solomon United Kingdom	27	1.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.9×	205 0.6×	374 2.0×	219 2.1×	93	2.4k
Keith B. Lucas Australia	16	662 0.5×	363 0.6×	112 0.3×	227 1.2×	131 1.3×	36	1.1k
Roger Osborne New Zealand	14	2.4k 2.0×	1.3k 2.2×	252 0.8×	385 2.0×	93 0.9×	31	2.8k
E. W. Jenkins United Kingdom	22	1.3k 1.1×	653 1.1×	203 0.6×	237 1.3×	301 2.9×	79	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. James Rutherford

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Rutherford, F. James, et al.. (2019). Science Education in Global Perspective: Lessons from Five Countries.

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Rutherford, F. James. (2005). The 2005 Paul F-Brandwein Lecture: Is Our Past Our Future? Thoughts on the Next 50 Years of Science Education Reform in the Light of Judgments on the Past 50 Years. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 14(4). 367–386. 7 indexed citations

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Cassidy, David C., Gerald Holton, & F. James Rutherford. (2002). Understanding Physics: Student Guide. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 9 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James. (2001). Fostering the History of Science in American Science Education. Science & Education. 10(6). 569–580. 24 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James. (1999). The advancement of science in Brazil.. PubMed. 71(4 Pt 2). 855–64. 1 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James. (1997). Fletcher Guard Watson. Physics Today. 50(11). 86–87. 1 indexed citations

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Ahlgren, Andrew & F. James Rutherford. (1993). Where Is Project 2061 Today. Educational leadership. 50(8). 19–22. 8 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James & Andrew Ahlgren. (1990). Science for all Americans. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rutherford, F. James. (1988). STS Perspectives: STS--Here Today and....?.. Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. 8(2).

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Rutherford, F. James. (1987). The Character of Elementary School Science.. Science and Children. 24(4). 8–11. 5 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James. (1987). The Impact of Science on Precollege Education. Knowledge. 9(2). 297–310. 4 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James, et al.. (1985). Science Education in Global Perspective: Lessons from Five Countries. Selected Papers Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Washington, D.C., January 3-8, 1982). AAAS Selected Symposium 100.. 1 indexed citations

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Holton, Gerald, et al.. (1981). Project physics : text. 5 indexed citations

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Holton, Gerald, et al.. (1981). Project Physics Handbook. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James, et al.. (1975). Project physics : resource book. 2 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James. (1971). Preparing teachers for curriculum reform. Science Education. 55(4). 555–568. 2 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James. (1967). Flexibility and Variety in Physics. The Physics Teacher. 5(5). 215–221. 2 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James. (1966). GUIDELINES FOR THE DOCTORATE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, A STATEMENT BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS IN SCIENCE.. 1 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James. (1964). The role of inquiry in science teaching. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 2(2). 80–84. 109 indexed citations

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Rutherford, F. James. (1960). Frank's Philosophy of Science Revisited. Philosophy of Science. 27(2). 183–186. 4 indexed citations

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