Richard L. Light

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Richard L. Light is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard L. Light has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 17 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and 12 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard L. Light's work include Physical Education and Pedagogy (17 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (15 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (12 papers). Richard L. Light is often cited by papers focused on Physical Education and Pedagogy (17 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (15 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (12 papers). Richard L. Light collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and United States. Richard L. Light's co-authors include Paul G. Smith, Stephen Harvey, David B. Pillemer, Alain Mouchet, J. David Singer, John B. Willett, John A. Centra, Xu Ming, Melanie Lang and John R. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly and The Journal of Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Richard L. Light

43 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Accumulating Evidence: Procedures for Resolving Contradic... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Accumulating Evidence: Procedures for Resolving Contradictions among Different Research Studies
    1971 350 citations Richard L. Light et al. Harvard Educational Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard L. Light Australia 17 517 393 371 313 250 45 1.5k
José Devís‐Devís Spain 27 249 0.5× 506 1.3× 567 1.5× 719 2.3× 391 1.6× 174 2.0k
Gustavo González‐Calvo Spain 19 196 0.4× 573 1.5× 361 1.0× 340 1.1× 507 2.0× 111 1.4k
Gaëtan F. Losier Canada 15 398 0.8× 112 0.3× 1.1k 3.0× 333 1.1× 125 0.5× 20 1.6k
Mary Jo Kane United States 25 664 1.3× 264 0.7× 446 1.2× 997 3.2× 283 1.1× 47 2.3k
Orfelio Gerardo León Spain 10 158 0.3× 67 0.2× 630 1.7× 222 0.7× 471 1.9× 37 2.0k
Henning Plessner Germany 21 567 1.1× 72 0.2× 466 1.3× 411 1.3× 68 0.3× 53 1.7k
Andrew Parker United Kingdom 20 175 0.3× 204 0.5× 309 0.8× 753 2.4× 195 0.8× 81 1.6k
John Hockey United Kingdom 24 179 0.3× 78 0.2× 425 1.1× 615 2.0× 378 1.5× 49 1.6k
David Hortigüela Alcalá Spain 20 329 0.6× 694 1.8× 535 1.4× 310 1.0× 691 2.8× 181 1.7k
Katrien Fransen Belgium 28 1.2k 2.3× 128 0.3× 1.4k 3.8× 359 1.1× 56 0.2× 59 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard L. Light

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Richard L. Light's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Richard L. Light with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Richard L. Light more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Richard L. Light

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Richard L. Light. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Richard L. Light. The network helps show where Richard L. Light may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard L. Light

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Light, Richard L. & C. Clarke. (2021). Understanding the complexity of learning through movement. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 26(3). 268–278. 11 indexed citations
2.
Light, Richard L., et al.. (2018). Developing ‘good buggers’: global implications of the influence of culture on New Zealand club rugby coaches’ beliefs and practice. Sport in Society. 21(8). 1223–1235. 5 indexed citations
3.
Jarrett, Kendall & Richard L. Light. (2017). In-service teachers’ experiences of using game based approaches to teach games: Implications for physical education teacher educators. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 2 indexed citations
4.
Light, Richard L.. (2016). Positive Pedagogy for Sport Coaching: Athlete-centred coaching for individual sports. 5 indexed citations
5.
Light, Richard L. & Stephen Harvey. (2015). Positive Pedagogy for sport coaching. Sport Education and Society. 22(2). 271–287. 89 indexed citations
6.
Light, Richard L.. (2014). Mushin and learning in and beyond budo. 14(3). 42–48. 3 indexed citations
7.
8.
Light, Richard L. & John R. Evans. (2011). Dispositions of elite-level Australian rugby coaches towards game sense: characteristics of their coaching habitus. Sport Education and Society. 18(3). 407–423. 42 indexed citations
9.
Light, Richard L.. (2005). Implementing Understanding Approaches to Teaching Games and Sport in Asia. 2(1). 1 indexed citations
10.
Light, Richard L.. (2004). Coaches' experiences of Game Sense: opportunities and challenges. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 9(2). 115–131. 100 indexed citations
11.
Light, Richard L.. (2003). The joy of learning: emotion and learning in games through TGfU.. 36(1). 93–108. 50 indexed citations
12.
Centra, John A., Richard L. Light, J. David Singer, & John B. Willett. (1991). By Design: Planning Research on Higher Education.. The Journal of Higher Education. 62(3). 359–359. 146 indexed citations
13.
Light, Richard L., et al.. (1989). Contemporary World Issues: An Interactive Approach to Reading and Writing. TESOL Quarterly. 23(4). 682–682.
14.
Light, Richard L.. (1979). Children's Linguistic Attitudes: A Study and Some Implications.. Language Arts. 56(2). 1 indexed citations
15.
Light, Richard L.. (1978). Development of Children's Attitudes toward Speakers of Standard and Non-Standard English.. Child study journal. 8(4). 5 indexed citations
16.
Light, Richard L., et al.. (1974). Preliminary Error Analysis: Russians Using English.. 4 indexed citations
17.
Light, Richard L.. (1971). Some Observations Concerning Black Children's Conversations.. 21(4). 2 indexed citations
18.
Light, Richard L. & P. Christopher Smith. (1969). Social Allocation Models of Intelligence: A Methodological Inquiry. Harvard Educational Review. 39(3). 484–510. 22 indexed citations
19.
Light, Richard L.. (1969). On Language Arts and Minority-Group Children.. 1 indexed citations
20.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by José Devís‐Devís Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gustavo González‐Calvo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gaëtan F. Losier Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mary Jo Kane Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Orfelio Gerardo León Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Henning Plessner Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Andrew Parker Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by John Hockey Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David Hortigüela Alcalá Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Katrien Fransen
Rankless by CCL
2026