Peggy McNeal

505 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 293 citations indexed

About

Peggy McNeal is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Automotive Engineering and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Peggy McNeal has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 293 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 5 papers in Automotive Engineering and 5 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Peggy McNeal's work include Geography Education and Pedagogy (7 papers), Spatial Cognition and Navigation (5 papers) and Science Education and Pedagogy (4 papers). Peggy McNeal is often cited by papers focused on Geography Education and Pedagogy (7 papers), Spatial Cognition and Navigation (5 papers) and Science Education and Pedagogy (4 papers). Peggy McNeal collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Peggy McNeal's co-authors include Heather L. Petcovic, Nicole LaDue, Katherine Ryker, Kristen St. John, Patricia Reeves, Thomas F. Shipley, Melanie M. Cooper, Kinnari Atit, David H. Uttal and Doug Lombardi and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, International Journal of Science Education and Hydrogeology Journal.

In The Last Decade

Peggy McNeal

14 papers receiving 282 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 Curious Construct of Active Learning

2021 202 citations Doug Lombardi, Thomas F. Shipley et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peggy McNeal United States	7	185	75	35	34	31	15	293
Katrien J. van der Hoeven Kraft United States	11	288 1.6×	109 1.5×	25 0.7×	25 0.7×	117 3.8×	15	458
Stephen J. Farenga United States	10	235 1.3×	118 1.6×	37 1.1×	22 0.6×	7 0.2×	30	385
Engin Karahan Türkiye	9	190 1.0×	49 0.7×	33 0.9×	42 1.2×	6 0.2×	39	285
Gökhan Özdemir Türkiye	6	227 1.2×	125 1.7×	6 0.2×	15 0.4×	12 0.4×	21	300
Louisa Tomas Australia	13	474 2.6×	126 1.7×	126 3.6×	44 1.3×	18 0.6×	27	586
Lori Andersen United States	6	168 0.9×	48 0.6×	10 0.3×	17 0.5×	6 0.2×	10	303
D. Craig Schroeder United States	4	201 1.1×	64 0.9×	18 0.5×	14 0.4×	5 0.2×	5	342
Miranda J. Brady Canada	7	111 0.6×	63 0.8×	8 0.2×	58 1.7×	10 0.3×	28	270
Brooke A. Whitworth United States	11	308 1.7×	84 1.1×	6 0.2×	20 0.6×	17 0.5×	46	380
Paulo Sérgio Bretones Brazil	4	197 1.1×	73 1.0×	5 0.1×	14 0.4×	6 0.2×	30	267

Countries citing papers authored by Peggy McNeal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peggy McNeal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peggy McNeal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peggy McNeal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peggy McNeal 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 Peggy McNeal. Peggy McNeal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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15 of 15 papers shown

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McNeal, Peggy, et al.. (2024). Spatial thinking skills used by hydrogeology practitioners and students while completing a hydrogeology task. Hydrogeology Journal. 32(8). 1979–1991.

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Ryker, Katherine, et al.. (2024). The geoscience education research (GER) community of practice: a brief history and implications from a needs assessment survey. Journal of Geoscience Education. 73(2). 91–105. 1 indexed citations

3.

McNeal, Peggy, et al.. (2023). Using drawing as a tool for investigating undergraduate conceptions of Earth scientists. Journal of Geoscience Education. 72(2). 185–198. 2 indexed citations

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LaDue, Nicole, Peggy McNeal, Katherine Ryker, Kristen St. John, & Katrien J. van der Hoeven Kraft. (2021). Using an engagement lens to model active learning in the geosciences. Journal of Geoscience Education. 70(2). 144–160. 11 indexed citations

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McNeal, Peggy, et al.. (2021). How Undergraduate Students Learn Atmospheric Science: Characterizing the Current Body of Research. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 103(2). E389–E401. 3 indexed citations

6.

Lombardi, Doug, Thomas F. Shipley, Janelle M. Bailey, et al.. (2021). The Curious Construct of Active Learning. 22(1). 8–43. 202 indexed citations breakdown →

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McNeal, Peggy & Heather L. Petcovic. (2020). Spatial thinking and fluid Earth science education research. Journal of Geoscience Education. 68(4). 289–301. 6 indexed citations

8.

Petcovic, Heather L., et al.. (2019). “How did you learn to map?” A model for describing influential learning experiences in geologic mapping. Journal of Geoscience Education. 68(3). 220–236. 9 indexed citations

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McNeal, Peggy, et al.. (2019). Seeing Weather Through Chaos: A Case Study of Disembedding Skills in Undergraduate Meteorology Students. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 100(6). 997–1010. 2 indexed citations

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McNeal, Peggy & Heather L. Petcovic. (2019). Practical Research: Sound Practices in Climate Change Education. Science Scope. 42(6). 104–107. 5 indexed citations

11.

McNeal, Peggy, et al.. (2019). Identifying Significant Cognitive Factors for Practicing and Learning Meteorology. 1–26. 9 indexed citations

12.

Petcovic, Heather L., et al.. (2018). “HOW DID YOU LEARN TO MAKE GEOLOGIC MAPS?” THE IMPACT OF EMBODIMENT, COMMUNITY, AND INSTRUCTION. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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McNeal, Peggy, et al.. (2018). Investigating the foundations of spatial thinking in meteorology. Journal of Geoscience Education. 66(3). 246–257. 6 indexed citations

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McNeal, Peggy, et al.. (2017). Sunrise, Sunset: Using Personal Observations to Understand Changing Sun Patterns from an Earth Perspective. Science Scope. 40(7). 78–85. 3 indexed citations

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McNeal, Peggy, Heather L. Petcovic, & Patricia Reeves. (2017). What is motivating middle-school science teachers to teach climate change?. International Journal of Science Education. 39(8). 1069–1088. 33 indexed citations

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