Paul Ayres

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Paul Ayres is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Ayres has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 44 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 25 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Paul Ayres's work include Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (53 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (26 papers) and Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (13 papers). Paul Ayres is often cited by papers focused on Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (53 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (26 papers) and Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (13 papers). Paul Ayres collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Netherlands and Chile. Paul Ayres's co-authors include John Sweller, Fred Paas, Paul Chandler, Slava Kalyuga, Nadine Marcus, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer, Juan C. Castro-Alonso, Kristin Fraser, Tamara van Gog and Endah Retnowati and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Educational Psychology, Computers in Human Behavior and Computers & Education.

In The Last Decade

Paul Ayres

68 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

The Expertise Reversal Effect

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Ayres Australia	35	2.8k	2.3k	1.6k	820	634	70	4.8k
Roland Brünken Germany	29	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	513 0.6×	728 1.1×	81	3.7k
Huib K. Tabbers Netherlands	19	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	960 0.6×	635 0.8×	487 0.8×	38	3.6k
Wolfgang Schnotz Germany	31	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	445 0.5×	354 0.6×	104	4.1k
Peter Gerjets Germany	42	2.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	719 0.9×	570 0.9×	162	5.1k
Katharina Scheiter Germany	45	3.3k 1.2×	2.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	853 1.0×	574 0.9×	197	6.3k
Slava Kalyuga Australia	36	4.8k 1.7×	4.1k 1.7×	2.6k 1.7×	1.7k 2.1×	647 1.0×	115	7.5k
Juhani E. Tuovinen Australia	16	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	896 0.6×	634 0.8×	395 0.6×	33	3.1k
Mitchell J. Nathan United States	32	1.2k 0.4×	2.6k 1.1×	2.7k 1.7×	721 0.9×	528 0.8×	127	5.5k
Remy M. J. P. Rikers Netherlands	40	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	453 0.6×	541 0.9×	112	5.3k
Jan L. Plass United States	40	2.8k 1.0×	3.9k 1.7×	2.3k 1.5×	956 1.2×	873 1.4×	106	7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Ayres

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Ayres

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All Works

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Ayres, Paul, et al.. (2025). Some do's and don'ts of Educational Videos. Learning and Instruction. 96. 102077–102077. 2 indexed citations

Ayres, Paul, et al.. (2024). The Worked-Example Effect and a Mastery Approach Goal Orientation. Education Sciences. 14(6). 597–597. 1 indexed citations

Castro-Alonso, Juan C., et al.. (2024). Research Avenues Supporting Embodied Cognition in Learning and Instruction. Educational Psychology Review. 36(1). 18 indexed citations

Marcus, Nadine, et al.. (2024). Comparing Real and Imitative Practice with No Practice during Observational Learning of Hand Motor Skills from Animations. Education Sciences. 14(9). 949–949. 1 indexed citations

Bahari, Akbar, et al.. (2023). Improving Computer-Assisted Language Learning Through the Lens of Cognitive Load. Educational Psychology Review. 35(2). 27 indexed citations

Ayres, Paul, Joy Yeonjoo Lee, Fred Paas, & Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer. (2021). The Validity of Physiological Measures to Identify Differences in Intrinsic Cognitive Load. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 702538–702538. 111 indexed citations

Ayres, Paul, et al.. (2019). Investigating how errors should be flagged and worked examples structured when providing feedback to novice learners of mathematics. Educational Psychology. 41(2). 153–171. 9 indexed citations

Marcus, Nadine, et al.. (2019). Using mimicking gestures to improve observational learning from instructional videos. Educational Psychology. 40(5). 550–569. 21 indexed citations

Castro-Alonso, Juan C., Paul Ayres, & Fred Paas. (2016). Comparing apples and oranges? A critical look at research on learning from statics versus animations. Computers & Education. 102. 234–243. 45 indexed citations

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Wong, Mona, Juan C. Castro-Alonso, Paul Ayres, & Fred Paas. (2015). Gender Effects When Learning Manipulative Tasks from Instructional Animations and Static Presentations.. Educational Technology & Society. 18(4). 37–52. 34 indexed citations

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Fraser, Kristin, Paul Ayres, & John Sweller. (2015). Cognitive Load Theory for the Design of Medical Simulations. Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 10(5). 295–307. 188 indexed citations

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Ayres, Paul, et al.. (2014). Using a general problem-solving strategy to promote transfer.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 20(3). 215–231. 19 indexed citations

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Marcus, Nadine, et al.. (2013). Should hand actions be observed when learning hand motor skills from instructional animations?. Computers in Human Behavior. 29(6). 2172–2178. 55 indexed citations

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Ayres, Paul, et al.. (2009). Getting In: Australian University Decision-making Processes When Gifted Learners Apply for Early Admission. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 18(2). 43. 2 indexed citations

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Ayres, Paul, et al.. (2008). Investigating the influence of transitory information and motivation during instructional animations. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 54(10). 68–75. 6 indexed citations

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Rogers, Karen B., et al.. (2007). The State of Early Tertiary Admission in Australia: 2000 to Present. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 16(2). 15. 2 indexed citations

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Ayres, Paul. (2006). Impact of reducing intrinsic cognitive load on learning in a mathematical domain. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 20(3). 287–298. 124 indexed citations

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Ayres, Paul, et al.. (2005). Translating words into equations: a cognitive load theory approach. Educational Psychology. 25(1). 75–97. 32 indexed citations

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Ayres, Paul. (2005). The Scaling of HSC English: Myths and Facts. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 10. 1 indexed citations

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Ayres, Paul. (2001). Systematic Mathematical Errors and Cognitive Load. Contemporary Educational Psychology. 26(2). 227–248. 66 indexed citations

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