Meihua Qian

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Meihua Qian is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Meihua Qian has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 7 papers in Education and 6 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Meihua Qian's work include Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (11 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (6 papers) and Education and Technology Integration (4 papers). Meihua Qian is often cited by papers focused on Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (11 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (6 papers) and Education and Technology Integration (4 papers). Meihua Qian collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Meihua Qian's co-authors include Jonathan A. Plucker, Shujuan Wang, James C. Kaufman, Xiangdong Yang, Danielle Herro, Jiliang Shen, Alison Leonard, Baoguo Shi, Chongde Lin and Jeff C. Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Psychology and Marketing and European Spine Journal.

In The Last Decade

Meihua Qian

22 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Game-based Learning and 21st century skills: A review of recent research

2016 644 citations Meihua Qian et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meihua Qian United States	11	637	314	298	247	192	23	1.2k
Chung-Yuan Hsu Taiwan	16	475 0.7×	360 1.1×	264 0.9×	257 1.0×	100 0.5×	24	1.1k
Cyril Brom Czechia	16	463 0.7×	297 0.9×	204 0.7×	204 0.8×	164 0.9×	74	1.1k
André Tricot France	16	474 0.7×	347 1.1×	294 1.0×	159 0.6×	125 0.7×	108	1.1k
Christof van Nimwegen Netherlands	9	854 1.3×	278 0.9×	130 0.4×	214 0.9×	322 1.7×	32	1.2k
Fang‐Ying Yang Taiwan	21	648 1.0×	686 2.2×	449 1.5×	138 0.6×	129 0.7×	33	1.6k
Kai‐Hsin Tai Taiwan	17	355 0.6×	371 1.2×	136 0.5×	184 0.7×	195 1.0×	53	1.0k
Atsusi Hirumi United States	14	704 1.1×	537 1.7×	95 0.3×	269 1.1×	187 1.0×	41	1.2k
Erik D. van der Spek Netherlands	13	1.0k 1.6×	299 1.0×	129 0.4×	232 0.9×	364 1.9×	31	1.5k
Stephen S. Killingsworth United States	7	668 1.0×	258 0.8×	85 0.3×	217 0.9×	209 1.1×	15	866
Yavuz İnal Norway	13	496 0.8×	248 0.8×	87 0.3×	165 0.7×	267 1.4×	51	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meihua Qian

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20 of 20 papers shown

Qian, Meihua, et al.. (2025). Psychometric Network Analysis and Dimensionality Assessment: A Software Review. Education Sciences. 15(5). 555–555. 1 indexed citations

Qian, Meihua, et al.. (2025). Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Creative Teachers and Good Teachers. Education Sciences. 15(4). 443–443.

Qian, Meihua, et al.. (2024). Examining the Dimensionality of the Self-Perceptions of Creativity Scale Using Psychometric Network Analysis: A Tutorial. Creativity Research Journal. 1–14. 2 indexed citations

Qian, Meihua, et al.. (2023). Digital interactive case-based instruction: a useful tool to enhance preservice teacher education. Technology Pedagogy and Education. 32(3). 389–404. 4 indexed citations

Herro, Danielle, et al.. (2021). Teacher educators’ perspectives and practices towards the Technology Education Technology Competencies (TETCs). Technology Pedagogy and Education. 30(5). 623–641. 17 indexed citations

Hall, Anna, et al.. (2021). Promoting Head Start Dual Language Learners’ Social and Emotional Development Through Creative Drama. Early Childhood Education Journal. 50(5). 761–771. 8 indexed citations

Qian, Meihua, Jonathan A. Plucker, & Xiangdong Yang. (2019). Evidence of the Psychometric Integrity of the Creative Personality Scale using Item Response Theory Models. Creativity Research Journal. 31(3). 349–355. 2 indexed citations

Qian, Meihua, et al.. (2019). Illustration of Multilevel Explanatory IRT Model DIF Testing with the Creative Thinking Scale. The Journal of Creative Behavior. 54(4). 1021–1027. 5 indexed citations

Qian, Meihua, Jonathan A. Plucker, & Xiangdong Yang. (2019). Is creativity domain specific or domain general? Evidence from multilevel explanatory item response theory models. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 33. 100571–100571. 48 indexed citations

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Cian, Heidi, Jeff C. Marshall, & Meihua Qian. (2018). Inquiry Classroom Patterns of Student Cognitive Engagement: An Analysis Using Growth Curve Modeling. Journal of Science Teacher Education. 29(4). 326–346. 9 indexed citations

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Farmer, Jennie L., et al.. (2018). Using Children’s Drawings to Examine Student Perspectives of Classroom Climate in a School-within-a-School Elementary School. The Elementary School Journal. 118(3). 384–408. 7 indexed citations

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Gabel, Charles Philip, Antonio Cuesta‐Vargas, Meihua Qian, et al.. (2017). The Oswestry Disability Index, confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 35,263 verifies a one-factor structure but practicality issues remain. European Spine Journal. 26(8). 2007–2013. 17 indexed citations

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Qian, Meihua, et al.. (2016). Game-Based Learning and 21st-Century Skills: A Review of Recent Research.. 129 indexed citations

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Herro, Danielle, et al.. (2016). Increasing Digital Media and Learning in Classrooms Through School–University Partnerships. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education. 33(1). 32–42. 4 indexed citations

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Plucker, Jonathan A., et al.. (2014). Is What You See What You Really Get? Comparison of Scoring Techniques in the Assessment of Real-World Divergent Thinking. Creativity Research Journal. 26(2). 135–143. 59 indexed citations

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Shi, Baoguo, et al.. (2012). The relationship between migration and Chinese children's divergent thinking.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 6(2). 106–111. 13 indexed citations

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Plucker, Jonathan A., Meihua Qian, & Shujuan Wang. (2011). Is Originality in the Eye of the Beholder? Comparison of Scoring Techniques in the Assessment of Divergent Thinking. The Journal of Creative Behavior. 45(1). 1–22. 88 indexed citations

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Qian, Meihua, Jonathan A. Plucker, & Jiliang Shen. (2010). A Model of Chinese Adolescents' Creative Personality. Creativity Research Journal. 22(1). 62–67. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Shujuan, Meihua Qian, & Jianxin Zhang. (2009). Factorial Structure of the Anxiety Control Questionnaire in Chinese Adolescents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 27(4). 334–344. 2 indexed citations

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Plucker, Jonathan A., et al.. (2009). Do experts and novices evaluate movies the same way?. Psychology and Marketing. 26(5). 470–478. 74 indexed citations

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