Kai Orton

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kai Orton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computer Science Applications and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Orton has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Computer Science Applications and 2 papers in Architecture. Recurrent topics in Kai Orton's work include Teaching and Learning Programming (3 papers), Experimental Learning in Engineering (2 papers) and Natural Compounds in Disease Treatment (2 papers). Kai Orton is often cited by papers focused on Teaching and Learning Programming (3 papers), Experimental Learning in Engineering (2 papers) and Natural Compounds in Disease Treatment (2 papers). Kai Orton collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kai Orton's co-authors include Uri Wilensky, David Weintrop, Kemi Jona, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti, Michael Horn, Laura Trouille, Richard I. Morimoto, Tiara L.A. Kawahara, Sandy D. Westerheide and James H. Soper and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cell Reports and Journal of Science Education and Technology.

In The Last Decade

Kai Orton

6 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Defining Computational Thinking for Mathematics and Science Classrooms

2015 971 citations David Weintrop, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti et al. Journal of Science Education and Technology profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Orton

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Orton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Orton

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

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6 of 6 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	All Roads Lead to Computing: Making, Participatory Simulations, and Social Computing as Pathways to Computer Science 2016 ·IEEE Transactions on Education ·Corey Brady, Kai Orton, David Weintrop, (unknown), (unknown), Uri Wilensky	47
2	Bringing Computational Thinking Into High School Mathematics and Science Classrooms 2016 ·Kai Orton, David Weintrop, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti, Michael Horn, Kemi Jona, Uri Wilensky	28
3	Defining Computational Thinking for Mathematics and Science Classrooms breakdown → 2015 ·Journal of Science Education and Technology ·David Weintrop, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti, Michael Horn, Kai Orton, Kemi Jona, Laura Trouille, Uri Wilensky	971
4	A Chaperome Subnetwork Safeguards Proteostasis in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease 2014 ·Cell Reports ·Marc Brehme, Cindy Voisine, Thomas Rolland, Shinichiro Wachi, James H. Soper, Yitan Zhu, Kai Orton, Adriana Villella, Dan Garza, Marc Vidal, Hui Ge, Richard I. Morimoto	418
5	Triptolide, an Inhibitor of the Human Heat Shock Response That Enhances Stress-induced Cell Death 2006 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sandy D. Westerheide, Tiara L.A. Kawahara, Kai Orton, Richard I. Morimoto	195
6	Triptolide, an inhibitor of the human heat shock response that enhances stress-induced cell death. VOLUME 281 (2006) PAGES 9616-9622 2006 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sandy D. Westerheide, Tiara L.A. Kawahara, Kai Orton, Richard I. Morimoto	1

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