Steven M. Downing

8.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
79 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Steven M. Downing is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Family Practice and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven M. Downing has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 24 papers in Family Practice and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Steven M. Downing's work include Innovations in Medical Education (43 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (24 papers) and Medical Education and Admissions (15 papers). Steven M. Downing is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (43 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (24 papers) and Medical Education and Admissions (15 papers). Steven M. Downing collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Thailand. Steven M. Downing's co-authors include Thomas M. Haladyna, Rachel Yudkowsky, Michael C. Rodriguez, Ara Tekian, Reena Karani, H. Barrett Fromme, Alan Schwartz, James R. Korndorffer, Georges Bordage and Daniel Szydlo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Surgery and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In The Last Decade

Steven M. Downing

78 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Validity: on the meaningful interpretation of assessment data

2003 1.1k citations Steven M. Downing Medical Education profile →
A Review of Multiple-Choice Item-Writing Guidelines for Classroom Assessment

2002 617 citations Thomas M. Haladyna, Steven M. Downing et al. profile →
Reliability: on the reproducibility of assessment data

2004 529 citations Steven M. Downing Medical Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven M. Downing United States	33	3.0k	1.6k	1.3k	802	770	79	5.6k
David B. Swanson United States	37	3.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	706 0.5×	918 1.1×	569 0.7×	139	4.8k
Arthur S. Elstein United States	36	2.1k 0.7×	2.7k 1.8×	550 0.4×	654 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	116	6.5k
Yoon Soo Park United States	31	1.8k 0.6×	680 0.4×	447 0.3×	441 0.5×	741 1.0×	328	4.5k
Jocelyn Lockyer Canada	42	4.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	812 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	2.3k 3.0×	184	6.8k
Claudio Violato Canada	35	2.2k 0.7×	793 0.5×	641 0.5×	462 0.6×	922 1.2×	158	4.9k
Joan Sargeant Canada	39	3.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	906 1.1×	1.8k 2.4×	109	5.3k
Brian Hodges Canada	50	5.0k 1.7×	2.2k 1.4×	883 0.7×	813 1.0×	2.5k 3.2×	154	7.6k
Georges Bordage United States	40	3.7k 1.2×	2.6k 1.7×	574 0.4×	942 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	124	5.2k
Erik W. Driessen Netherlands	39	4.2k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.7×	1.0k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	155	5.7k
Karen Mann Canada	51	7.2k 2.4×	2.7k 1.8×	2.9k 2.2×	1.4k 1.7×	3.0k 3.9×	135	10.4k

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Downing, Steven M., et al.. (2022). Crime, Punishment, and Video Games. Lexington Books. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Jin Ree & Steven M. Downing. (2019). An Exploratory Perception Analysis of Consensual and Nonconsensual Image Sharing. Journal of international women's studies. 2(2). 23–43. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Jin Ree & Steven M. Downing. (2019). An Exploratory Perception Analysis of Consensual and Nonconsensual Image Sharing. 2(2). 23–43. 3 indexed citations

Downing, Steven M., et al.. (2018). Survival Themed Video Games and Cultural Constructs of Power. 11(18). 1 indexed citations

Downing, Steven M., et al.. (2012). A Rough Aging out: Graffiti Writers and Subcultural Drift. 7(2). 605. 6 indexed citations

Downing, Steven M., et al.. (2011). Media and Prison Sexual Assault: How We Got to the “Don’t Drop the Soap” Culture. 4(2). 6 indexed citations

Downing, Steven M.. (2011). Street justice: a theoretical paradigm. Contemporary Justice Review. 14(2). 125–147. 4 indexed citations

Downing, Steven M.. (2011). Retro Gaming Subculture and the Social Construction of a Piracy Ethic. 5(1). 750. 5 indexed citations

Dyrbye, Liselotte N., Alan Schwartz, Steven M. Downing, et al.. (2011). Efficacy of a Brief Screening Tool to Identify Medical Students in Distress. Academic Medicine. 86(7). 907–914. 76 indexed citations

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Fromme, H. Barrett, Reena Karani, & Steven M. Downing. (2009). Direct Observation in Medical Education: A Review of the Literature and Evidence for Validity. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine A Journal of Translational and Personalized Medicine. 76(4). 365–371. 111 indexed citations

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Corcoran, Julia, Steven M. Downing, Ara Tekian, & Debra A. DaRosa. (2009). Composite Score Validity in Clerkship Grading. Academic Medicine. 84(Supplement). S120–S123. 12 indexed citations

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Yudkowsky, Rachel, et al.. (2008). Simpler Standards for Local Performance Examinations: The Yes/No Angoff and Whole-Test Ebel. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 20(3). 212–217. 15 indexed citations

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Trudel, Judith L., Georges Bordage, & Steven M. Downing. (2008). Reliability and Validity of Key Feature Cases for the Self-Assessment of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Annals of Surgery. 248(2). 252–258. 13 indexed citations

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Carrière, Benoit, Robert Gagnon, Bernard Charlin, Steven M. Downing, & Georges Bordage. (2008). Assessing Clinical Reasoning in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Validity Evidence for a Script Concordance Test. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 53(5). 647–652. 65 indexed citations

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Richards, Melanie L., Judy L. Paukert, Steven M. Downing, & Georges Bordage. (2007). Reliability and Usefulness of Clinical Encounter Cards for a Third-Year Surgical Clerkship. Journal of Surgical Research. 140(1). 139–148. 32 indexed citations

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Yudkowsky, Rachel, et al.. (2006). Prior experiences associated with residents’ scores on a communication and interpersonal skill OSCE. Patient Education and Counseling. 62(3). 368–373. 34 indexed citations

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Sedlack, Robert E., Todd H. Baron, Steven M. Downing, & Alan Schwartz. (2006). Validation of a Colonoscopy Simulation Model for Skills Assessment. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 102(1). 64–74. 57 indexed citations

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McGaghie, William C., et al.. (2004). What is the Impact of Commercial Test Preparation Courses on Medical Examination Performance?. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 16(2). 202–211. 48 indexed citations

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Downing, Steven M. & Thomas M. Haladyna. (2004). Validity threats: overcoming interference with proposed interpretations of assessment data. Medical Education. 38(3). 327–333. 207 indexed citations

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Downing, Steven M.. (2003). Validity: on the meaningful interpretation of assessment data. Medical Education. 37(9). 830–837. 1058 indexed citations breakdown →

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