Marc Prensky

22.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
43 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Marc Prensky is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Prensky has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 7 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Marc Prensky's work include Educational Games and Gamification (8 papers), Digital Games and Media (5 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (3 papers). Marc Prensky is often cited by papers focused on Educational Games and Gamification (8 papers), Digital Games and Media (5 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (3 papers). Marc Prensky collaborates with scholars based in Spain and United States. Marc Prensky's co-authors include James Paul Gee, Christopher Moore, Víctor González Calatayud, Stephen Downes, Keri Facer and David Ley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, British Journal of Educational Technology and Educational leadership.

In The Last Decade

Marc Prensky

38 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Part 1 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2001 2003 2009 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marc Prensky Spain 19 5.3k 4.7k 3.2k 2.9k 1.7k 43 12.7k
Neil Selwyn United Kingdom 60 6.0k 1.1× 4.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.4× 3.2k 1.1× 2.3k 1.4× 285 13.9k
Mark Warschauer United States 57 5.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 3.2k 1.0× 2.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 250 13.2k
Paul Duguid United States 21 7.0k 1.3× 3.1k 0.7× 4.6k 1.4× 1.6k 0.6× 2.3k 1.4× 59 20.9k
Khe Foon Hew Hong Kong 50 7.0k 1.3× 1.8k 0.4× 3.4k 1.1× 2.4k 0.8× 3.3k 2.0× 178 12.0k
Martín Valcke Belgium 56 7.7k 1.4× 1.8k 0.4× 3.7k 1.2× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 395 12.2k
Yrjö Engeström Finland 54 7.5k 1.4× 3.9k 0.8× 4.0k 1.3× 898 0.3× 892 0.5× 151 17.5k
Roy Pea United States 51 5.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.3× 5.6k 1.7× 1.8k 0.6× 3.8k 2.2× 176 12.4k
David H. Jonassen United States 60 12.5k 2.3× 1.6k 0.3× 8.9k 2.8× 2.5k 0.9× 3.3k 2.0× 239 20.7k
David W. Johnson United States 70 14.7k 2.7× 3.6k 0.8× 10.0k 3.2× 2.0k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 268 26.1k
Roger T. Johnson United States 67 13.4k 2.5× 3.2k 0.7× 9.3k 2.9× 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 248 23.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Prensky

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All Works

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Prensky, Marc. (2014). New Issues, new answers. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 54(5). 64–64.
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Prensky, Marc. (2014). New issues, new answers: VUCA : Variability, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 54(2). 64.
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Prensky, Marc. (2014). The world needs a new curriculum: it's time to lose the "proxies", and go beyond "21st century skills" -and get all students in the world to the real core of education. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 54(4). 3–14. 6 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2013). Our Brains Extended. Educational leadership. 70(6). 22–27. 15 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2012). New issues, new answers: What isn't technology good at?: Empathy, for one thing!. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 52(5). 64–64. 1 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2012). New issues, new answers: Teaching the right stuff: Not yesterday's stuff-but tomorrow's. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 52(3). 64–64.
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Prensky, Marc. (2011). New issues, new answers: A huge leap ahead for the classroom. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 51(6). 63–64. 1 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2010). H. Sapiens digitale: dagli immigrati digitali e nativi digitali alla saggezza digitale. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2009). H. Sapiens Digital: From Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom. NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University). 5(3). 1. 395 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prensky, Marc. (2009). New issues, New answers: Let's be "digital multipliers": eliminating the digital divide is something educators can do. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 49(1). 64–65. 1 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2008). Turning On the Lights.. Educational leadership. 65(6). 40–45. 44 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2008). Students as designers and creators of educational computer games: Who else?. British Journal of Educational Technology. 39(6). 1004–1019. 107 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2007). New issues, new answers: Changing paradigms. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 47(4). 64–64. 2 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2006). Listen to the Natives.. Educational leadership. 63(4). 8–13. 291 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc & James Paul Gee. (2006). "Don't bother me Mom, I'm learning!" : how computer and video games are preparing your kids for 21st century success and how you can help!. 181 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2005). In Digital Games for Education, Complexity Matters. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 45(4). 22–28. 6 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2003). Digital game-based learning. Computers in entertainment. 1(1). 21–21. 1862 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prensky, Marc. (2001). Do They Really Think Differently. 9(6). 67 indexed citations
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Prensky, Marc. (2001). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Part 2: Do They Really Think Differently?. On the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures. 9(6). 1–6. 2405 indexed citations breakdown →

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