Nigel Skinner

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 740 citations indexed

About

Nigel Skinner is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Skinner has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 740 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Education, 6 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nigel Skinner's work include Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (4 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (3 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 papers). Nigel Skinner is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (4 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (3 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 papers). Nigel Skinner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Türkiye and United States. Nigel Skinner's co-authors include Nasser Mansour, Saouma BouJaoude, Helen Haste, Ayşe Savran Gencer, Perry J. den Brok, M.W. van Eijck, Peter F. W. Preece, Keith Postlethwaite, Mehmet Sercan Uztosun and Gillian Sales and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Toxicology and Journal of Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Skinner

19 papers receiving 696 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.

Global Patterns in Students’ Views of Science and Interest in Science

2014 573 citations M.W. van Eijck, Helen Haste et al. Research in Science Education profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel Skinner United Kingdom	10	204	131	99	80	71	19	740
Kathleen O’Connor United States	14	398 2.0×	375 2.9×	158 1.6×	74 0.9×	56 0.8×	39	1.1k
Petra Lietz Australia	15	381 1.9×	118 0.9×	80 0.8×	114 1.4×	105 1.5×	54	764
W. Paul Vogt United States	10	279 1.4×	240 1.8×	123 1.2×	42 0.5×	65 0.9×	31	891
Javier Gil Flores Spain	19	578 2.8×	109 0.8×	133 1.3×	73 0.9×	160 2.3×	112	1.0k
Maria João Fonseca Portugal	8	343 1.7×	81 0.6×	99 1.0×	112 1.4×	30 0.4×	18	757
Samia Khan Canada	15	539 2.6×	123 0.9×	60 0.6×	275 3.4×	25 0.4×	59	1.0k
James McCullough United States	13	498 2.4×	63 0.5×	190 1.9×	67 0.8×	20 0.3×	27	1.4k
Annie Franco United States	6	61 0.3×	257 2.0×	115 1.2×	59 0.7×	82 1.2×	7	1.1k
Richard Maisel United States	11	116 0.6×	210 1.6×	107 1.1×	43 0.5×	135 1.9×	20	853
David Bernard Guralnik United States	6	119 0.6×	160 1.2×	145 1.5×	62 0.8×	96 1.4×	15	1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nigel Skinner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nigel Skinner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nigel Skinner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nigel Skinner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nigel Skinner. Nigel Skinner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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19 of 19 papers shown

Zucchelli, P., et al.. (2020). Highly Versatile Cloud-Based Automation Solution for the Remote Design and Execution of Experiment Protocols during the COVID-19 Pandemic. SLAS TECHNOLOGY. 26(2). 127–139. 10 indexed citations

Skinner, Nigel. (2020). Teaching biology in schools: global research, issues and trends. Studies in Science Education. 56(1). 153–156. 7 indexed citations

Uztosun, Mehmet Sercan, et al.. (2017). An action research study into the role of student negotiation in enhancing perceived student engagement during English speaking classes at university level in Turkey. Educational Action Research. 26(1). 106–126. 8 indexed citations

Mansour, Nasser, et al.. (2016). Investigating and Promoting Trainee Science Teachers’ Conceptual Change of the Nature of Science with Digital Dialogue Games ‘InterLoc’. Research in Science Education. 46(5). 667–684. 12 indexed citations

Powell, J.R., Mark R. Bennett, Katie Evans, et al.. (2015). 3D-DIP-Chip: a microarray-based method to measure genomic DNA damage. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 7975–7975. 30 indexed citations

Boone, Matthew, Rollin D. Hotchkiss, Edward K. Kasper, et al.. (2014). Sampling Local Fungal Diversity in an Undergraduate Laboratory using DNA Barcoding. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science. 68. 1 indexed citations

Uztosun, Mehmet Sercan, et al.. (2014). An action research study designed to implement student negotiation to improve speaking classroom practice in Turkey. Educational Action Research. 22(4). 488–504. 9 indexed citations

Eijck, M.W. van, Helen Haste, Perry J. den Brok, et al.. (2014). Global Patterns in Students’ Views of Science and Interest in Science. Research in Science Education. 45(4). 581–603. 573 indexed citations breakdown →

Powell, James, Mark K. Bennett, Raymond Waters, Nigel Skinner, & Simon H. Reed. (2013). Functional Genome-wide Analysis: a Technical Review, Its Developments and Its Relevance to Cancer Research. PubMed. 7(2). 157–166. 3 indexed citations

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Härtung, Thomas, Erwin van Vliet, Joanna Jaworska, et al.. (2012). Food for Thought … Systems Toxicology. 12 indexed citations

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Scott, Daniel J., Alison S. Devonshire, Maaike E. Schutte, et al.. (2011). Inter- and intra-laboratory study to determine the reproducibility of toxicogenomics datasets. Toxicology. 290(1). 50–58. 7 indexed citations

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Skinner, Nigel. (2010). Developing a curriculum for initial teacher education using a situated learning perspective. Teacher Development. 14(3). 279–293. 8 indexed citations

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Seddon, Kathy, Nigel Skinner, & Keith Postlethwaite. (2007). Creating a model to examine motivation for sustained engagement in online communities. Education and Information Technologies. 13(1). 17–34. 15 indexed citations

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Preece, Peter F. W., et al.. (2004). RESEARCH REPORT. International Journal of Science Education. 26(7). 805–820. 7 indexed citations

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Skinner, Nigel & Peter F. W. Preece. (2003). The use of information and communications technology to support the teaching of science in primary schools. International Journal of Science Education. 25(2). 205–219. 11 indexed citations

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Preece, Peter F. W., et al.. (1999). The gender gap and discriminating power in the National Curriculum Key Stage three science assessments in England and Wales. International Journal of Science Education. 21(9). 979–987. 6 indexed citations

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Preece, Peter F. W. & Nigel Skinner. (1999). The National Assessment in Science at Key Stage 3 in England and Wales and its Impact on Teaching and Learning. Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice. 6(1). 11–25. 9 indexed citations

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Skinner, Nigel. (1995). The timing of life: recent developments in our understanding of the genetic basis of circadian rhythms. Journal of Biological Education. 29(3). 175–178. 1 indexed citations

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Sales, Gillian & Nigel Skinner. (1979). The effect of ambient temperature on body temperature and on ultrasonic behaviour in litters of albino laboratory mice deprived of their mothers. Journal of Zoology. 187(2). 265–281. 11 indexed citations

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