Ming Lai

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 811 citations indexed

About

Ming Lai is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Computer Science Applications and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Lai has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 811 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 11 papers in Computer Science Applications and 7 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Ming Lai's work include Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (10 papers), Teaching and Learning Programming (9 papers) and Online Learning and Analytics (5 papers). Ming Lai is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (10 papers), Teaching and Learning Programming (9 papers) and Online Learning and Analytics (5 papers). Ming Lai collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United Kingdom. Ming Lai's co-authors include Siu Cheung Kong, Ming Ming Chiu, Daner Sun, Nancy Law, Cher Ping Lim, Peter Rudge, David H. Miller, Paul S. Tofts, Mark A. Horsfield and Robert C. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Computers & Education and British Journal of Educational Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ming Lai

21 papers receiving 772 citations

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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.

A study of primary school students' interest, collaboration attitude, and programming empowerment in computational thinking education

2018 201 citations Siu Cheung Kong, Ming Lai et al. Computers & Education profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming Lai Hong Kong	13	384	266	217	113	106	25	811
Hye Jeong Kim South Korea	16	168 0.4×	153 0.6×	368 1.7×	17 0.2×	229 2.2×	49	899
Adrian R. Hill United Kingdom	13	150 0.4×	94 0.4×	219 1.0×	273 2.4×	70 0.7×	37	958
Yawen Yu Taiwan	14	49 0.1×	111 0.4×	64 0.3×	26 0.2×	18 0.2×	42	577
Frank Nguyen United States	8	68 0.2×	190 0.7×	253 1.2×	12 0.1×	67 0.6×	22	797
Pilar Pazos United States	15	41 0.1×	94 0.4×	249 1.1×	41 0.4×	54 0.5×	55	668
Grant Cooper Australia	11	258 0.7×	137 0.5×	206 0.9×	59 0.5×	136 1.3×	31	1.0k
Jingyan Lu Hong Kong	16	117 0.3×	345 1.3×	496 2.3×	9 0.1×	105 1.0×	38	906
Jiangjie Chen China	14	25 0.1×	53 0.2×	55 0.3×	4 0.0×	76 0.7×	64	530
Chun‐Wang Wei Taiwan	14	181 0.5×	228 0.9×	423 1.9×	3 0.0×	191 1.8×	38	878

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Kong, Siu Cheung, et al.. (2025). A latent profile analysis of teachers’ knowledge about and perceived usefulness of computational thinking and how teacher profiles relate to student achievement. Computers & Education. 232. 105281–105281.

Li, Lulu, et al.. (2025). The Diversity Pattern of Two Endangered Dung Beetles in China Under the Influence of Climate Change. Diversity. 17(10). 696–696.

Lai, Ming, et al.. (2025). A General Perspective on the Factors Influencing the Low Preferences of Gen Z College Students towards the Filipino Language. Forum for Linguistic Studies.

Kong, Siu Cheung, et al.. (2024). Co-development of senior primary students’ computational thinking concepts and practices: Implications for teaching and learning. Education and Information Technologies. 30(3). 2859–2886. 3 indexed citations

Kong, Siu Cheung, Ming Lai, & Yugen Li. (2022). Scaling up a teacher development programme for sustainable computational thinking education: TPACK surveys, concept tests and primary school visits. Computers & Education. 194. 104707–104707. 26 indexed citations

Kong, Siu Cheung & Ming Lai. (2022). Effects of a teacher development program on teachers' knowledge and collaborative engagement, and students' achievement in computational thinking concepts. British Journal of Educational Technology. 54(2). 489–512. 25 indexed citations

Lim, Ming K., et al.. (2021). Circular economy to ensure production operational sustainability: A green-lean approach. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 30. 130–144. 71 indexed citations

Kong, Siu Cheung & Ming Lai. (2021). Computational identity and programming empowerment of students in computational thinking development. British Journal of Educational Technology. 53(3). 668–686. 16 indexed citations

Kong, Siu Cheung & Ming Lai. (2021). A proposed computational thinking teacher development framework for K-12 guided by the TPACK model. Journal of Computers in Education. 9(3). 379–402. 24 indexed citations

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Gao, Yang, et al.. (2020). Construction of the quality management system for comprehensive observation of natural resources. 资源科学. 42(10). 1944–1952. 1 indexed citations

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Kong, Siu Cheung, Ming Lai, & Daner Sun. (2020). Teacher development in computational thinking: Design and learning outcomes of programming concepts, practices and pedagogy. Computers & Education. 151. 103872–103872. 126 indexed citations

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Kong, Siu Cheung, Yiqing Wang, & Ming Lai. (2019). Development and Validation of an Instrument for Measuring Digital Empowerment of Primary School Students. 172–177. 12 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming. (2016). Labor Strike and Negative-Sum Game. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming, Cher Ping Lim, & Lixun Wang. (2016). Potential of digital teaching portfolios for establishing a professional learning community in higher education. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 14 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming & Nancy Law. (2012). Questioning and the quality of knowledge constructed in a CSCL context: a study on two grade-levels of students. Instructional Science. 41(3). 597–620. 14 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming & Nancy Law. (2011). Questioning and the quality of knowledge ideas in a CSCL context: A study on two age-groups of students. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. 1 indexed citations

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Law, Nwy, et al.. (2008). Understanding knowledge building from multiple perspectives. 4 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming, Longzhuang Li, & Yonghuai Liu. (2005). A Three-Step Approach to Detect and Remove Grid Lines in Well-Logging Digitization.. 167–170. 1 indexed citations

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Trinidad, Sue, et al.. (2003). Building the Self-directed Learner: Improving Teaching Practice in Education for Teacher Librarianship in Hong Kong. 1 indexed citations

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Horsfield, Mark A., Ming Lai, Gareth J. Barker, et al.. (1996). Apparent diffusion coefficients in benign and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis by nuclear magnetic resonance. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 36(3). 393–400. 151 indexed citations

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