John Rack

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

John Rack is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, John Rack has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 10 papers in Education and 4 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in John Rack's work include Reading and Literacy Development (14 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (5 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (4 papers). John Rack is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (14 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (5 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (4 papers). John Rack collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. John Rack's co-authors include Richard K. Olson, Margaret J. Snowling, Barbara Wise, Frances A. Conners, David W. Fulker, Charles Hulme, Maggie Snowling, Joy Stackhouse, Steven Roodenrys and Nelson Cowan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Memory and Language.

In The Last Decade

John Rack

20 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Nonword Reading Deficit in Developmental Dyslexia: A ... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 200 400 600
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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.

  1. The Nonword Reading Deficit in Developmental Dyslexia: A Review
    1992 684 citations John Rack, Margaret J. Snowling et al. Reading Research Quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Rack Sweden 13 1.9k 847 729 655 172 20 2.0k
Benita A. Blachman United States 16 2.0k 1.1× 721 0.9× 1.0k 1.4× 499 0.8× 131 0.8× 29 2.2k
Suzanne M. Adlof United States 18 2.3k 1.2× 621 0.7× 746 1.0× 741 1.1× 90 0.5× 32 2.5k
Jane Erskine Finland 9 2.3k 1.2× 690 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 712 1.1× 143 0.8× 9 2.5k
Dianne L. Lefly United States 9 936 0.5× 380 0.4× 374 0.5× 429 0.7× 94 0.5× 10 1.2k
Rebecca H. Felton United States 15 1.4k 0.7× 581 0.7× 560 0.8× 456 0.7× 63 0.4× 21 1.5k
Charles Hulme United Kingdom 20 1.2k 0.6× 491 0.6× 545 0.7× 415 0.6× 111 0.6× 35 1.5k
Timothy C. Papadopoulos Cyprus 21 1.4k 0.7× 577 0.7× 621 0.9× 513 0.8× 103 0.6× 60 1.6k
Suk‐Man Tsang Hong Kong 13 1.2k 0.6× 622 0.7× 450 0.6× 431 0.7× 44 0.3× 18 1.2k
Anniek Vaessen Netherlands 10 1.3k 0.7× 845 1.0× 800 1.1× 484 0.7× 107 0.6× 15 1.6k
Rebecca S. Betjemann United States 12 1.1k 0.6× 376 0.4× 378 0.5× 396 0.6× 99 0.6× 12 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Rack

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All Works

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Augustsson, Hanna, et al.. (2024). Piloting Systematic Implementation of Educational Technology in Swedish K-12 Schools – Two-Years-In Report. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Wengelin, Åsa, et al.. (2024). What can writing-process data add to the assessment of spelling difficulties?. Reading and Writing. 37(6). 1635–1658. 1 indexed citations
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Rack, John, et al.. (2024). Use of Learning Analytics in K–12 Mathematics Education. Journal of Learning Analytics. 11(3). 174–191. 2 indexed citations
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Masiello, Italo, et al.. (2023). Digital transformation in schools of two southern regions of Sweden through implementation-informed approach: A mixed-methods study protocol. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0296000–e0296000. 2 indexed citations
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Rack, John, et al.. (2023). Exploring transcription processes when children with and without reading and writing difficulties produce written text using speech recognition. L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature. 23. 1–28. 2 indexed citations
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Rack, John, et al.. (2019). Lexikala analyser av muntlig, tangentbordsskriven och dikterad text producerad av barn med stavningssvårigheter. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 8 indexed citations
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Turner, Martin J. & John Rack. (2005). The Study of Dyslexia. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 11 indexed citations
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Rack, John. (1997). Issues in the Assessment of Developmental Dyslexia in Adults: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives. Journal of Research in Reading. 20(1). 66–76. 28 indexed citations
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Olson, Richard K., et al.. (1994). Measurement of word recognition, orthographic, and phonological skills.. 263 indexed citations
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Rack, John, et al.. (1994). The Role of Phonology in Young Children Learning to Read Words: The Direct-Mapping Hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 57(1). 42–71. 144 indexed citations
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Cowan, Nelson, et al.. (1994). Verbal Memory Span in Children: Speech Timing Clues to the Mechanisms Underlying Age and Word Length Effects. Journal of Memory and Language. 33(2). 234–250. 108 indexed citations
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Rack, John, Charles Hulme, & Margaret J. Snowling. (1993). Learning to Read: A Theoretical Synthesis. Advances in child development and behavior. 24. 99–132. 33 indexed citations
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Rack, John & Richard K. Olson. (1993). Phonological Deficits, IQ, and Individual Differences in Reading Disability: Genetic and Environmental Influences. Developmental Review. 13(3). 269–278. 27 indexed citations
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Rack, John, Margaret J. Snowling, & Richard K. Olson. (1992). The Nonword Reading Deficit in Developmental Dyslexia: A Review. Reading Research Quarterly. 27(1). 28–28. 684 indexed citations breakdown →
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Olson, Richard K., Jacquelyn J. Gillis, John Rack, J. C. DeFries, & David W. Fulker. (1991). Confirmatory factor analysis of word recognition and process measures in the Colorado Reading Project. Reading and Writing. 3(3-4). 235–248. 27 indexed citations
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Olson, Richard K., Barbara Wise, Frances A. Conners, & John Rack. (1990). Organization, heritability, and remediation of component word recognition and language skills in disabled readers.. 74 indexed citations
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Olson, Richard K., Barbara Wise, & John Rack. (1989). Dyslexia: Deficits, Genetic Aetiology and Computer-based Remediation. The Irish Journal of Psychology. 10(4). 494–508. 14 indexed citations
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Olson, Richard K., Barbara Wise, Frances A. Conners, John Rack, & David W. Fulker. (1989). Specific Deficits in Component Reading and Language Skills. Journal of Learning Disabilities. 22(6). 339–348. 407 indexed citations
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Snowling, Maggie, Joy Stackhouse, & John Rack. (1986). Phonological dyslexia and dysgraphia—a developmental analysis. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 3(3). 309–339. 134 indexed citations
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Rack, John. (1985). Orthographic and phonetic coding in developmental dyslexia. British Journal of Psychology. 76(3). 325–340. 76 indexed citations

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