John Leach

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

John Leach is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, John Leach has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Education, 27 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 8 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in John Leach's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (37 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (17 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (11 papers). John Leach is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (37 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (17 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (11 papers). John Leach collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. John Leach's co-authors include Philip Scott, Hilary Asoko, Eduardo Fleury Mortimer, Phil Scott, R. Driver, Colin Wood‐Robinson, Jenny M. Lewis, Jim Ryder, Rosalind Driver and Robin Millar and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Educational Researcher and Journal of Research in Science Teaching.

In The Last Decade

John Leach

61 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Constructing Scientific Knowledge in the Classroom 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Leach United Kingdom 31 3.3k 2.1k 584 319 261 62 4.1k
Charles Anderson United States 34 3.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 867 1.5× 322 1.0× 407 1.6× 145 4.9k
James H. Shea United States 5 4.9k 1.5× 2.6k 1.2× 720 1.2× 1.2k 3.8× 339 1.3× 28 6.1k
Reinders Duit Germany 28 3.3k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 487 0.8× 171 0.5× 255 1.0× 60 4.0k
Michael R. Matthews Australia 27 2.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 360 0.6× 217 0.7× 272 1.0× 97 3.1k
Richard A. Duschl United States 29 6.7k 2.0× 4.4k 2.1× 710 1.2× 797 2.5× 464 1.8× 74 8.1k
John K. Gilbert United Kingdom 37 5.1k 1.5× 2.7k 1.3× 785 1.3× 399 1.3× 331 1.3× 86 6.5k
Rodger W. Bybee United States 29 3.7k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 493 0.8× 799 2.5× 402 1.5× 130 4.9k
Peter W. Hewson United States 24 6.4k 2.0× 3.5k 1.7× 888 1.5× 762 2.4× 426 1.6× 53 7.4k
Sandra K. Abell United States 29 5.2k 1.6× 2.4k 1.1× 713 1.2× 950 3.0× 727 2.8× 80 6.1k
Grady Venville Australia 25 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 291 0.5× 185 0.6× 189 0.7× 86 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Leach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Leach

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

All Works

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Millar, Robin, John Leach, Jonathan Osborne, & Mary Ratcliffe. (2006). Improving Subject Teaching: Lessons from Research in Science Education. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 27 indexed citations
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Ratcliffe, Mary, et al.. (2005). Evidence‐based practice in science education: the researcher–user interface. Research Papers in Education. 20(2). 169–186. 42 indexed citations
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Leach, John, et al.. (2004). The design and evaluation of a teaching–learning sequence addressing the solubility concept with Turkish secondary school students. International Journal of Science Education. 26(5). 635–652. 31 indexed citations
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Leach, John & Phil Scott. (2003). Learning science in the classroom: Drawing on individual and social perspectives. Science Education. 12(1). 5 indexed citations
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Leach, John. (2003). Understanding science lessons: Five years of science teaching. Science Education. 87(5). 761–763. 1 indexed citations
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Ratcliffe, Mary, et al.. (2002). The nature of science education research. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Leach, John. (2002). Teachers' views on the future of the secondary science curriculum. School science review. 83(304). 43–50. 6 indexed citations
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Millar, Robin, John Leach, Jonathan Osborne, et al.. (2002). Towards Evidence-Based Practice in Science Education. Research Portal (King's College London). 84(307). 19–20. 8 indexed citations
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Millar, Robin, John Leach, Jonathan Osborne, & Mary Ratcliffe. (2000). Evidence-based Practice in Science Education: A New Research Network. Research Portal (King's College London). 12–13. 1 indexed citations
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Leach, John, Robin Millar, Jim Ryder, & Marie‐Geneviève Séré. (2000). Epistemological understanding in science learning: the consistency of representations across contexts. Learning and Instruction. 10(6). 497–527. 101 indexed citations
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Lewis, Jenny M., John Leach, & Colin Wood‐Robinson. (2000). Chromosomes: the missing link — young people's understanding of mitosis, meiosis, and fertilisation. Journal of Biological Education. 34(4). 189–199. 97 indexed citations
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Lewis, Jenny M., John Leach, & Colin Wood‐Robinson. (2000). What's in a cell? — young people's understanding of the genetic relationship between cells, within an individual. Journal of Biological Education. 34(3). 129–132. 84 indexed citations
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Leach, John & Phil Scott. (2000). The concept of learning demand as a tool for designing teaching sequences. 11 indexed citations
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Leach, John, et al.. (1999). Practical work in science education: Recent research studies. Studies in Science Education. 33(1). 168–168. 61 indexed citations
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Leach, John. (1998). So What Do They Really Think Practical Work Is All About? Past-16 Science Students' Views about Experimental Enquiry.. 1 indexed citations
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Leach, John. (1997). An ASE policy on science education research. Education in science. 24–25. 2 indexed citations
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Leach, John & Philip Scott. (1995). The demands of learning science concepts: issues of theory and practice. School science review. 76(277). 47–51. 37 indexed citations
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Driver, R., Hilary Asoko, John Leach, Philip Scott, & Eduardo Fleury Mortimer. (1994). Constructing Scientific Knowledge in the Classroom. Educational Researcher. 23(7). 5–12. 1131 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leach, John. (1978). A journal kept by John Leach, during his confinement by the British, Boston gaol, in 1775. 12 indexed citations

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