James Nelson

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

James Nelson is a scholar working on Education, Media Technology and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, James Nelson has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Education, 16 papers in Media Technology and 11 papers in Architecture. Recurrent topics in James Nelson's work include Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (13 papers), Experimental Learning in Engineering (12 papers) and Religious Education and Schools (11 papers). James Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (13 papers), Experimental Learning in Engineering (12 papers) and Religious Education and Schools (11 papers). James Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Nigeria. James Nelson's co-authors include Patricia A. Reuter‐Lorenz, Jonas Persson, Marlene Behrmann, John Jonides, Cindy Lustig, Ching-Yune C. Sylvester, David C. Plaut, Edward E. Smith, Kathryn M. Welsh and Robert C. Welsh and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NeuroImage and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

James Nelson

61 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. Using conceptual depth criteria: addressing the challenge of reaching saturation in qualitative research
    2016 397 citations James Nelson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Nelson United States 17 842 264 185 147 145 78 1.8k
Aaron Smith United States 19 651 0.8× 289 1.1× 210 1.1× 124 0.8× 209 1.4× 65 1.8k
Tim Williams United Kingdom 23 683 0.8× 203 0.8× 189 1.0× 67 0.5× 299 2.1× 74 1.6k
Steven Schwartz United States 27 531 0.6× 267 1.0× 286 1.5× 355 2.4× 358 2.5× 120 2.6k
Elizabeth Carter United States 27 934 1.1× 400 1.5× 188 1.0× 149 1.0× 77 0.5× 106 2.6k
Vinaya Manchaiah United States 28 1.8k 2.2× 423 1.6× 106 0.6× 134 0.9× 127 0.9× 243 3.2k
Richard A. Charter United States 24 237 0.3× 146 0.6× 215 1.2× 69 0.5× 243 1.7× 114 1.9k
Örjan Dahlström Sweden 27 815 1.0× 332 1.3× 291 1.6× 51 0.3× 237 1.6× 121 3.0k
Claudia Repetto Italy 21 398 0.5× 295 1.1× 398 2.2× 88 0.6× 107 0.7× 68 1.7k
Farshid Faraji United States 11 516 0.6× 168 0.6× 359 1.9× 116 0.8× 213 1.5× 19 1.5k
Umit Yapanel United States 15 397 0.5× 666 2.5× 182 1.0× 285 1.9× 172 1.2× 25 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by James Nelson

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Nelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Nelson

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nelson, James, et al.. (2025). The Case for Shared Religious Education. Religions. 16(3). 335–335.
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Nelson, James, et al.. (2024). Institutional Review Panel for Cybersecurity Research and Education. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education).
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Vanderhaegen, Frédéric, James Nelson, Marion Wolff, & Régis Mollard. (2021). From Human-Systems Integration to Human-Systems Inclusion for use-centred inclusive manufacturing control systems. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 54(1). 249–254. 3 indexed citations
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Nelson, James & Yue Yang. (2021). World Religions in Religious Education in Northern Ireland: A Policy Implementation Analysis using Strategic Action Field Theory. Religion & Education. 49(1). 61–81. 2 indexed citations
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Qureshi, Zaina P., et al.. (2021). Incremental Healthcare Utilization and Cost Burden of Comorbid Insomnia in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 83(4). 1679–1690. 7 indexed citations
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Nelson, James, et al.. (2020). Latechstep: Louisiana Tech University's Stem Talent Expansion Program. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 12.1004.1–12.1004.10.
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Gmeindl, Leon, James Nelson, Timothy D. Wiggin, & Patricia A. Reuter‐Lorenz. (2011). Configural representations in spatial working memory: modulation by perceptual segregation and voluntary attention. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 73(7). 2130–2142. 16 indexed citations
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Polk, Thad A., et al.. (2009). The development of abstract letter representations for reading: Evidence for the role of context. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 26(1). 70–90. 15 indexed citations
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Nelson, James. (2008). Religious segregation and teacher education in Northern Ireland. Research Papers in Education. 25(1). 1–20. 8 indexed citations
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Persson, Jonas, Cindy Lustig, James Nelson, & Patricia A. Reuter‐Lorenz. (2007). Age Differences in Deactivation: A Link to Cognitive Control?. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 19(6). 1021–1032. 255 indexed citations
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Nelson, James, et al.. (2004). Studying Religion in a Divided Society. Academic exchange quarterly. 8(2). 96–100. 4 indexed citations
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Persson, Jonas, Ching-Yune C. Sylvester, James Nelson, et al.. (2004). Selection requirements during verb generation: differential recruitment in older and younger adults. NeuroImage. 23(4). 1382–1390. 110 indexed citations
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Nelson, James, et al.. (2003). Structural analysis : using classical and matrix methods. John Wiley & Sons eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Barnes, Lisa L., James Nelson, & Patricia A. Reuter‐Lorenz. (2001). Chapter 30 Object-based attention and object working memory: overlapping processes revealed by selective interference effects in humans. Progress in brain research. 134. 471–481. 25 indexed citations
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Behrmann, Marlene, et al.. (1998). Visual complexity in letter-by-letter reading: Pure alexia is not pure. Neuropsychologia. 36(11). 1115–1132. 121 indexed citations
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Nelson, James, et al.. (1994). Computer Buying Guide for Engineering Students. 6(4). 12.
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Nelson, James, et al.. (1993). A Case for Using Computers in Structural Engineering Education. 5(3). 12–14.
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Durrance, Joan C. & James Nelson. (1987). Educational Information Centers Invest in People.. 26(4). 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, James. (1985). An essay on the government of children. Garland eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Nelson, James. (1958). Wisdom : conversations with the elder wise men of our day. 3 indexed citations

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