Louis Major

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 947 citations indexed

About

Louis Major is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Louis Major has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 947 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Education, 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 12 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Louis Major's work include Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (12 papers), Education and Technology Integration (7 papers) and Teaching and Learning Programming (6 papers). Louis Major is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (12 papers), Education and Technology Integration (7 papers) and Teaching and Learning Programming (6 papers). Louis Major collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Cyprus. Louis Major's co-authors include Sara Hennessy, Björn Haßler, Neil Mercer, Steven Watson, Gill Althia Francis, Rupert Wegerif, Theocharis Kyriacou, Paul Warwick, Victoria Cook and O. Pearl Brereton and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, British Journal of Educational Technology and Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.

In The Last Decade

Louis Major

32 papers receiving 879 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.

Tablet use in schools: a critical review of the evidence for learning outcomes

2015 237 citations Louis Major, Sara Hennessy et al. profile →
The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Dialogic Education

2019 158 citations Neil Mercer, Louis Major et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Louis Major United Kingdom	13	546	313	264	182	121	37	947
Ru-Chu Shih Taiwan	15	670 1.2×	236 0.8×	261 1.0×	98 0.5×	176 1.5×	43	1.1k
Hans Christian Arnseth Norway	15	375 0.7×	352 1.1×	152 0.6×	179 1.0×	154 1.3×	39	898
Yunjo An United States	16	502 0.9×	315 1.0×	185 0.7×	131 0.7×	97 0.8×	39	827
Yan Dong China	15	603 1.1×	169 0.5×	231 0.9×	119 0.7×	112 0.9×	42	1.0k
Ünal Çakıroğlu Türkiye	16	633 1.2×	385 1.2×	233 0.9×	329 1.8×	105 0.9×	96	1.2k
Kevin Oliver United States	18	625 1.1×	400 1.3×	197 0.7×	355 2.0×	130 1.1×	58	1.1k
Wajeeh Daher Israel	19	712 1.3×	273 0.9×	325 1.2×	222 1.2×	119 1.0×	115	1.1k
Glenn Smith United States	17	589 1.1×	319 1.0×	113 0.4×	204 1.1×	82 0.7×	48	892
Shiang‐Kwei Wang United States	13	517 0.9×	207 0.7×	217 0.8×	95 0.5×	135 1.1×	39	800
Glenda A. Gunter United States	16	389 0.7×	425 1.4×	202 0.8×	166 0.9×	226 1.9×	54	847

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Fields of papers citing papers by Louis Major

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Louis Major

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cukurova, Mutlu, et al.. (2025). BJET editorial 2026: The changing landscape of EdTech and AI scholarship. British Journal of Educational Technology. 57(1). 5–8.

Mavrikis, Manolis, Cathy Lewin, Mutlu Cukurova, et al.. (2025). BJET Editorial Spring 2025: Reporting on AIED research and ethical considerations. British Journal of Educational Technology. 56(3). 1118–1121. 1 indexed citations

Watson, Steven, et al.. (2024). A transdisciplinary study of a novice mathematics teacher’s instructional decision-making. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. 28(6). 1397–1422.

Knight, Simon, Olga Viberg, Manolis Mavrikis, et al.. (2024). Emerging technologies and research ethics: Developing editorial policy using a scoping review and reference panel. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0309715–e0309715. 9 indexed citations

Sun, Chen, et al.. (2024). Teacher-AI Collaboration in Content Recommendation for Digital Personalised Learning among Pre-primary Learners in Kenya. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 346–350. 2 indexed citations

Wegerif, Rupert & Louis Major. (2023). The Theory of Educational Technology. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 17 indexed citations

Major, Louis, Ole Smørdal, Paul Warwick, et al.. (2022). Investigating digital technology’s role in supporting classroom dialogue: integrating enacted affordance into analysis across a complex dataset. International Journal of Research & Method in Education. 46(1). 37–55. 4 indexed citations

Twiner, Alison, Louis Major, & Rupert Wegerif. (2022). School-based Simulated Internships to support dialogic collaboration and authentic links with the world of work: a design-based research study. Irish Educational Studies. 41(1). 51–69. 2 indexed citations

Ahmed, Ayesha, Christine Howe, Louis Major, et al.. (2021). Developing a test of reasoning for preadolescents. International Journal of Research & Method in Education. 45(5). 466–478. 1 indexed citations

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Cukurova, Mutlu, Sara Hennessy, Louis Major, Manolis Mavrikis, & Sara Price. (2021). BJET editorial 2021. British Journal of Educational Technology. 52(1). 5–7. 2 indexed citations

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Warwick, Paul, Victoria Cook, Maria Vrikki, Louis Major, & Ingvill Rasmussen. (2020). Realising ‘dialogic intentions’ when working with a microblogging tool in secondary school classrooms. Learning Culture and Social Interaction. 24. 100376–100376. 13 indexed citations

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Major, Louis, Paul Warwick, Ingvill Rasmussen, Sten Ludvigsen, & Victoria Cook. (2019). Correction to: Classroom dialogue and digital technologies: a scoping review. Education and Information Technologies. 25(6). 5893–5894. 3 indexed citations

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Ludvigsen, Sten, et al.. (2019). Learning as Gap-Closing in and Across Subjects: Digitalised Dialogues Across the Curriculum. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 31–48. 1 indexed citations

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Major, Louis, Paul Warwick, Ingvill Rasmussen, Sten Ludvigsen, & Victoria Cook. (2018). Classroom dialogue and digital technologies: A scoping review. Education and Information Technologies. 23(5). 1995–2028. 90 indexed citations

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Wegerif, Rupert & Louis Major. (2018). Buber, educational technology, and the expansion of dialogic space. AI & Society. 34(1). 109–119. 32 indexed citations

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Major, Louis & Steven Watson. (2017). Using video to support in-service teacher professional development: the state of the field, limitations and possibilities. Technology Pedagogy and Education. 27(1). 49–68. 84 indexed citations

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Major, Louis, Theocharis Kyriacou, & Pearl Brereton. (2012). Teaching Novices Programming Using a Robot Simulator: Case Study Protocol. Research at York St John (York St John University). 8. 3 indexed citations

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Major, Louis, Theocharis Kyriacou, & Pearl Brereton. (2011). SIMULATED ROBOTIC AGENTS AS TOOLS TO TEACH INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING. Research at York St John (York St John University). 3837–3846. 1 indexed citations

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Major, Louis, Theocharis Kyriacou, & O. Pearl Brereton. (2011). Systematic literature review: teaching novices programming using robots. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 21–30. 18 indexed citations

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Major, Louis, Theocharis Kyriacou, & Pearl Brereton. (2011). Experiences of prospective high school teachers using a programming teaching tool. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 126–131. 8 indexed citations

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