Melissa L. Aikens

700 total citations
21 papers, 493 citations indexed

About

Melissa L. Aikens is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa L. Aikens has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 493 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Education, 5 papers in Social Psychology and 5 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Melissa L. Aikens's work include Innovative Teaching Methods (5 papers), Career Development and Diversity (5 papers) and Science Education and Pedagogy (5 papers). Melissa L. Aikens is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Teaching Methods (5 papers), Career Development and Diversity (5 papers) and Science Education and Pedagogy (5 papers). Melissa L. Aikens collaborates with scholars based in United States. Melissa L. Aikens's co-authors include Erin L. Dolan, Mara Evans, Lillian T. Eby, Christopher Runyon, Deborah A. Roach, Melissa M. Robertson, Sarah L. Eddy, Mark S. Ashton, Hannah Jordt and Matthew J. Kelty and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Melissa L. Aikens

21 papers receiving 476 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa L. Aikens United States 12 186 171 146 59 55 21 493
Erin E. Shortlidge United States 14 358 1.9× 219 1.3× 53 0.4× 63 1.1× 11 0.2× 27 733
Eleanor Abrams United States 14 480 2.6× 47 0.3× 263 1.8× 24 0.4× 24 0.4× 28 897
Laurel Hartley United States 13 283 1.5× 52 0.3× 81 0.6× 6 0.1× 51 0.9× 22 585
Shirley Malcom United States 10 221 1.2× 213 1.2× 108 0.7× 36 0.6× 14 0.3× 33 525
Emily A. Holt United States 11 216 1.2× 50 0.3× 65 0.4× 21 0.4× 11 0.2× 52 504
Cara Gormally United States 13 827 4.4× 123 0.7× 83 0.6× 39 0.7× 7 0.1× 29 1.1k
Colin Dixon United States 6 89 0.5× 13 0.1× 114 0.8× 30 0.5× 11 0.2× 14 410
Matthew Cunningham United States 7 512 2.8× 57 0.3× 47 0.3× 18 0.3× 10 0.2× 15 682
Lee I. McCann United States 11 228 1.2× 24 0.1× 116 0.8× 22 0.4× 23 0.4× 31 415
Robert Long United States 12 106 0.6× 26 0.2× 19 0.1× 30 0.5× 60 1.1× 117 658

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa L. Aikens

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aikens, Melissa L., et al.. (2024). Learning Assistants and Instructors Provide Social Support That Influences Student Engagement Differently in Undergraduate Active Learning Chemistry Courses. Journal of Chemical Education. 101(8). 2989–3002. 2 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L., et al.. (2024). Examining Motivational Attitudes Toward Statistics and Their Relationship to Performance in Life Science Students. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 34(1). 36–47. 2 indexed citations
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Bauer, Christopher F., et al.. (2024). Exploring the role of disciplinary knowledge in students’ covariational reasoning during graphical interpretation. International Journal of STEM Education. 11(1). 4 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L., et al.. (2023). Identifying Group Work Experiences That Increase Students’ Self-Efficacy for Quantitative Biology Tasks. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 22(2). ar19–ar19. 7 indexed citations
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Coppens, Andrew D., et al.. (2023). The decision is in the details: Justifying decisions about socioscientific issues. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 60(10). 2147–2179. 4 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L., et al.. (2021). The Case for Biocalculus: Improving Student Understanding of the Utility Value of Mathematics to Biology and Affect toward Mathematics. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 20(1). ar5–ar5. 8 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L.. (2020). Meeting the Needs of A Changing Landscape: Advances and Challenges in Undergraduate Biology Education. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 82(5). 60–60. 19 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L., et al.. (2019). Direct Ties to a Faculty Mentor Related to Positive Outcomes for Undergraduate Researchers. BioScience. 69(5). 389–397. 40 indexed citations
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Corwin, Lisa A., et al.. (2019). Community College Instructors’ Perceptions of Constraints and Affordances Related to Teaching Quantitative Biology Skills and Concepts. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 18(4). ar64–ar64. 15 indexed citations
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Theobald, Elli J., Melissa L. Aikens, Sarah L. Eddy, & Hannah Jordt. (2019). Beyond linear regression: A reference for analyzing common data types in discipline based education research. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 15(2). 31 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L., et al.. (2018). Life Science Majors’ Math-Biology Task Values Relate to Student Characteristics and Predict the Likelihood of Taking Quantitative Biology Courses. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 19(2). 20 indexed citations
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Dahlquist, Kam D, Melissa L. Aikens, Joseph Dauer, et al.. (2017). An invitation to modeling: building a community with shared explicit practices. 3 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L., Melissa M. Robertson, Mara Evans, et al.. (2017). Race and Gender Differences in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Structures and Research Outcomes. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 16(2). ar34–ar34. 82 indexed citations
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Runyon, Christopher, et al.. (2017). The Math–Biology Values Instrument: Development of a Tool to Measure Life Science Majors’ Task Values of Using Math in the Context of Biology. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 16(3). ar45–ar45. 22 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L., Lisa A. Corwin, Tessa C. Andrews, et al.. (2016). A Guide for Graduate Students Interested in Postdoctoral Positions in Biology Education Research. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 15(4). es10–es10. 4 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L. & Deborah A. Roach. (2015). Potential impacts of tolerance to herbivory on population dynamics of a monocarpic herb. American Journal of Botany. 102(11). 1901–1911. 3 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L. & Deborah A. Roach. (2014). Population dynamics in central and edge populations of a narrowly endemic plant. Ecology. 95(7). 1850–1860. 19 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L. & Erin L. Dolan. (2014). Teaching quantitative biology: goals, assessments, and resources. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 25(22). 3478–3481. 40 indexed citations
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Aikens, Melissa L., et al.. (2007). The effects of disturbance intensity on temporal and spatial patterns of herb colonization in a southern New England mixed-oak forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 252(1-3). 144–158. 41 indexed citations
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