Margaret Donaldson

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Margaret Donaldson is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Margaret Donaldson has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Education, 6 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Margaret Donaldson's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (4 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (2 papers). Margaret Donaldson is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (4 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (2 papers). Margaret Donaldson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and South Africa. Margaret Donaldson's co-authors include George W Balfour, Martin Hughes, Nathan Kogan, Robert B. Grieve, Heather Strang, Chris Pratt, Peter Lloyd, Alfredo Guera Miralles, Robin N. Campbell and Brian Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Cognition, The American Journal of Psychology and British Journal of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Margaret Donaldson

20 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Children's Minds 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Children's Minds
    1978 1.2k citations Margaret Donaldson Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Margaret Donaldson United Kingdom 12 930 806 268 257 255 23 1.9k
Rose R. Olver United States 9 765 0.8× 512 0.6× 82 0.3× 214 0.8× 382 1.5× 12 1.7k
Ruth Garner United States 26 2.3k 2.4× 1.5k 1.9× 218 0.8× 164 0.6× 685 2.7× 61 3.1k
Paul Light United Kingdom 25 805 0.9× 655 0.8× 98 0.4× 115 0.4× 151 0.6× 58 1.5k
Jerry S. Carlson United States 24 628 0.7× 484 0.6× 70 0.3× 220 0.9× 547 2.1× 68 1.7k
Ralph E. Reynolds United States 24 1.6k 1.7× 923 1.1× 368 1.4× 109 0.4× 1.1k 4.5× 54 2.8k
Anne‐Nelly Perret‐Clermont Switzerland 21 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 180 0.7× 70 0.3× 227 0.9× 142 2.2k
Roger H. Bruning United States 16 846 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 272 1.0× 43 0.2× 428 1.7× 41 1.8k
David Moshman United States 20 1.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 66 0.2× 106 0.4× 273 1.1× 67 2.3k
Nancy L. Stein United States 27 1.4k 1.5× 738 0.9× 316 1.2× 76 0.3× 574 2.3× 75 2.7k
Robert B. Ruddell United States 11 1.4k 1.5× 1.2k 1.5× 255 1.0× 170 0.7× 195 0.8× 25 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Margaret Donaldson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margaret Donaldson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Donaldson, Margaret. (2013). A Study of Children's Thinking. 6 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret. (1992). Human Minds: An Exploration. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 88 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret, Robert B. Grieve, & Martin Hughes. (1990). Understanding children: Essays in honour of Margaret Donaldson.. Blackwell eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret. (1990). Los orígenes de la inferencia. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 95–104. 3 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret. (1985). Мыслительная деятельность детей.
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Donaldson, Margaret. (1983). Justifying conservation: Comment on Nellson et al.. Cognition. 15(1-3). 293–295. 4 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret, et al.. (1982). Wie Kinder denken. 5 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret. (1982). Conservation: What is the question?. British Journal of Psychology. 73(2). 199–207. 33 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret & Alfredo Guera Miralles. (1979). La mente de los niños. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 178. 112902–112902. 7 indexed citations
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Hughes, Martin & Margaret Donaldson. (1979). The Use of Hiding Games for Studying the Coordination of Viewpoints. Educational Review. 31(2). 133–140. 61 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret. (1978). Children's Minds. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1246 indexed citations breakdown →
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Donaldson, Margaret. (1977). L'erreur et la prise de conscience de l'erreur. Bulletin de psychologie. 30(327). 181–186.
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Lloyd, Peter & Margaret Donaldson. (1976). On a method of eliciting true/false judgments from young children. Journal of Child Language. 3(3). 411–416. 9 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret, et al.. (1974). Some clues to the nature of semantic development. Journal of Child Language. 1(2). 185–194. 62 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret, et al.. (1974). Conservation accidents. Cognition. 3(4). 341–350. 138 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret & Heather Strang. (1969). Primacy effect in short-term memory in young children. Psychonomic Science. 16(2). 59–60. 23 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret & George W Balfour. (1968). LESS IS MORE: A STUDY OF LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION IN CHILDREN. British Journal of Psychology. 59(4). 461–471. 144 indexed citations
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Kogan, Nathan & Margaret Donaldson. (1966). A Study of Children's Thinking. The American Journal of Psychology. 79(2). 342–342. 26 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Margaret. (1959). POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE INFORMATION IN MATCHING PROBLEMS. British Journal of Psychology. 50(3). 253–262. 21 indexed citations

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