Ken Masters

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ken Masters is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Health Informatics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Masters has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 18 papers in General Health Professions and 16 papers in Health Informatics. Recurrent topics in Ken Masters's work include Innovations in Medical Education (20 papers), Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (16 papers) and Social Media in Health Education (15 papers). Ken Masters is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (20 papers), Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (16 papers) and Social Media in Health Education (15 papers). Ken Masters collaborates with scholars based in Oman, United States and Canada. Ken Masters's co-authors include Rachel Ellaway, Rebecca J. Hogue, David Topps, Douglas Archibald, Trevor Gibbs, Anne Herrmann‐Werner, John Sandars, Poh Sun Goh, Peter de Jong and Martin Pusic and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers & Education and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Ken Masters

65 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

AMEE Guide 32: e-Learning in medical education Part 1: Learning, teaching and assessment

2008 442 citations Rachel Ellaway, Ken Masters Medical Teacher profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Masters Oman	20	666	592	439	429	319	71	2.1k
Christy Boscardin United States	29	1.3k 1.9×	591 1.0×	228 0.5×	611 1.4×	338 1.1×	138	2.8k
Margaret Bearman Australia	37	1.1k 1.7×	1.3k 2.3×	200 0.5×	645 1.5×	168 0.5×	172	3.8k
Uno Fors Sweden	34	1.1k 1.6×	782 1.3×	52 0.1×	334 0.8×	194 0.6×	139	3.2k
Siobhán O’Connor United Kingdom	25	515 0.8×	298 0.5×	251 0.6×	1.0k 2.4×	100 0.3×	91	2.7k
Rachel Ellaway Canada	32	2.1k 3.2×	848 1.4×	55 0.1×	1.0k 2.4×	373 1.2×	172	3.7k
Rola Ajjawi Australia	37	1.8k 2.7×	2.1k 3.5×	158 0.4×	908 2.1×	275 0.9×	141	4.9k
Samy A. Azer Saudi Arabia	32	959 1.4×	789 1.3×	37 0.1×	442 1.0×	139 0.4×	91	2.8k
Jorge G. Ruiz United States	18	1.1k 1.7×	660 1.1×	25 0.1×	557 1.3×	374 1.2×	93	2.7k
Marc M. Triola United States	22	1.2k 1.7×	277 0.5×	99 0.2×	458 1.1×	291 0.9×	54	2.3k
Michael J. Mintzer United States	12	921 1.4×	575 1.0×	21 0.0×	381 0.9×	326 1.0×	38	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ken Masters

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Masters

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Masters, Ken, et al.. (2025). When and how to disclose AI use in academic publishing: AMEE Guide No.192. Medical Teacher. 48(4). 542–553. 1 indexed citations

AlZaabi, Adhari & Ken Masters. (2025). Assessing medical students’ readiness for artificial intelligence after pre-clinical training. BMC Medical Education. 25(1). 824–824. 1 indexed citations

Mehta, Neil, et al.. (2025). Addressing educational overload with generative AI through dual coding and cognitive load theories. Medical Teacher. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

Masters, Ken, et al.. (2024). Automatic Generation of Medical Case-Based Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs): A Review of Methodologies, Applications, Evaluation, and Future Directions. Big Data and Cognitive Computing. 8(10). 139–139. 7 indexed citations

Pillow, M. Tyson, et al.. (2024). Reflections From the Pandemic: Is Connectivism the Panacea for Clinicians?. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e53344–e53344. 2 indexed citations

Masters, Ken, et al.. (2023). Generation of Medical Case-Based Multiple-Choice Questions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 12–22. 4 indexed citations

Masters, Ken, et al.. (2020). Surgeons’ Interactions With and Attitudes Toward E-Patients: Questionnaire Study in Germany and Oman. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(3). e14646–e14646. 8 indexed citations

Sandars, John, Mary Dankbaar, Peter de Jong, et al.. (2020). Twelve tips for rapidly migrating to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. MedEdPublish. 9. 82–82. 160 indexed citations

Masters, Ken. (2020). Artificial Intelligence developments in medical education: a conceptual and practical framework. MedEdPublish. 9(1). 239–239. 16 indexed citations

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Hays, Richard & Ken Masters. (2020). Publishing ethics in medical education: guidance for authors and reviewers in a changing world. MedEdPublish. 9. 48–48. 4 indexed citations

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Herrmann‐Werner, Anne, Hermann Weber, Teresa Loda, et al.. (2019). “But Dr Google said…” – Training medical students how to communicate with E-patients. Medical Teacher. 41(12). 1434–1440. 19 indexed citations

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Masters, Ken. (2019). Edgar Dale's Pyramid of Learning in medical education: Further expansion of the myth. Medical Education. 54(1). 22–32. 29 indexed citations

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Masters, Ken. (2015). Homo Nodus: Preparing For The Next Stage Of The Internet Of Things In Medical Education. 5(1). 2 indexed citations

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Masters, Ken. (2015). Social Networking Addiction among Health Sciences Students in Oman. Sultan Qaboos University medical journal. 15(3). e357–363. 47 indexed citations

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Masters, Ken. (2014). Health professionals as mobile content creators: Teaching medical students to develop mHealth applications. Medical Teacher. 36(10). 883–889. 15 indexed citations

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Masters, Ken. (2014). Nipping an education myth in the bud: Poh’s brain activity during lectures. Medical Teacher. 36(8). 732–735. 2 indexed citations

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Masters, Ken. (2008). M-learning: how much of what has been diffused? A systematic literature review. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. 2008(1). 5790–5795. 2 indexed citations

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Ellaway, Rachel & Ken Masters. (2008). AMEE Guide 32: e-Learning in medical education Part 1: Learning, teaching and assessment. Medical Teacher. 30(5). 455–473. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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Masters, Ken. (2005). Flawed evidence : a case study of misquoting and inaccurate referencing : research article. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science. 71(3). 282–288. 3 indexed citations

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Masters, Ken, et al.. (2005). Information technology and information literacy for first year health sciences students in South Africa: matching early and professional needs. Medical Teacher. 27(7). 595–598. 14 indexed citations

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