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 David Weintrop, Uri Wilensky, Michael Horn, Kemi Jona, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti, Laura Trouille, Richard I. Morimoto, Sandy D. Westerheide, Tiara L.A. Kawahara and Dan Garza 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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kai Orton	911	680	462	223	195	6	1.7k
Lena Tibell	46 0.1×	554 0.8×	286 0.6×	67 0.3×	528 2.7×	66	1.8k
Masanori Yamada	360 0.4×	135 0.2×	375 0.8×	28 0.1×	419 2.1×	104	1.4k
Shyam Diwakar	75 0.1×	298 0.4×	67 0.1×	33 0.1×	259 1.3×	119	1.4k
Chia-Yu Wang	72 0.1×	251 0.4×	258 0.6×	31 0.1×	433 2.2×	59	1.1k
Juan Cruz-Benito	340 0.4×	97 0.1×	47 0.1×	53 0.2×	139 0.7×	62	816
Tomáš Helikar	29 0.0×	972 1.4×	66 0.1×	39 0.2×	137 0.7×	72	1.5k
Shuqiang Zhang	33 0.0×	247 0.4×	170 0.4×	50 0.2×	403 2.1×	92	1.7k
Alireza Ahadi	671 0.7×	283 0.4×	171 0.4×	5 0.0×	95 0.5×	34	1.2k
Ya-Ting Yang	29 0.0×	369 0.5×	102 0.2×	53 0.2×	210 1.1×	21	1.4k
Michael L. Bernard	15 0.0×	681 1.0×	63 0.1×	198 0.9×	46 0.2×	88	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Orton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Orton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kai Orton. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kai Orton. The network helps show where Kai Orton may publish in the future.

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.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

Orton, Kai, David Weintrop, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti, et al.. (2016). Bringing Computational Thinking Into High School Mathematics and Science Classrooms. 705–712. 28 indexed citations

Brady, Corey, et al.. (2016). All Roads Lead to Computing: Making, Participatory Simulations, and Social Computing as Pathways to Computer Science. IEEE Transactions on Education. 60(1). 59–66. 47 indexed citations

Weintrop, David, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti, Michael Horn, et al.. (2015). Defining Computational Thinking for Mathematics and Science Classrooms. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 25(1). 127–147. 971 indexed citations breakdown →

Brehme, Marc, Cindy Voisine, Thomas Rolland, et al.. (2014). A Chaperome Subnetwork Safeguards Proteostasis in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease. Cell Reports. 9(3). 1135–1150. 418 indexed citations

Westerheide, Sandy D., Tiara L.A. Kawahara, Kai Orton, & Richard I. Morimoto. (2006). Triptolide, an Inhibitor of the Human Heat Shock Response That Enhances Stress-induced Cell Death. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(14). 9616–9622. 195 indexed citations

Westerheide, Sandy D., Tiara L.A. Kawahara, Kai Orton, & Richard I. Morimoto. (2006). Triptolide, an inhibitor of the human heat shock response that enhances stress-induced cell death. VOLUME 281 (2006) PAGES 9616-9622. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(30). 21575–21575. 1 indexed citations

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