Thomas O'Kuma

724 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 512 citations indexed

About

Thomas O'Kuma is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Media Technology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas O'Kuma has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 512 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 2 papers in Media Technology and 2 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Thomas O'Kuma's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (2 papers), Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies (2 papers) and Experimental Learning in Engineering (2 papers). Thomas O'Kuma is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (2 papers), Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies (2 papers) and Experimental Learning in Engineering (2 papers). Thomas O'Kuma collaborates with scholars based in United States. Thomas O'Kuma's co-authors include Curtis Hieggelke, David P. Maloney, Alan Van Heuvelen and William F Waggoner and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physics and Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne).

In The Last Decade

Thomas O'Kuma

5 papers receiving 451 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.

Surveying students’ conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism

2001 472 citations David P. Maloney, Thomas O'Kuma et al. American Journal of Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas O'Kuma United States	3	425	172	143	100	50	5	512
Curtis Hieggelke United States	4	434 1.0×	176 1.0×	144 1.0×	100 1.0×	50 1.0×	5	518
Michael E. Loverude United States	9	488 1.1×	182 1.1×	89 0.6×	133 1.3×	28 0.6×	30	613
David Shipstone United Kingdom	6	397 0.9×	206 1.2×	80 0.6×	53 0.5×	47 0.9×	10	469
David P. Maloney United States	12	709 1.7×	317 1.8×	170 1.2×	148 1.5×	101 2.0×	27	837
Juan R. Burciaga	4	239 0.6×	103 0.6×	72 0.5×	37 0.4×	34 0.7×	4	311
José Manuel Almudí Spain	11	314 0.7×	117 0.7×	80 0.6×	92 0.9×	21 0.4×	21	397
Antti Savinainen Finland	9	496 1.2×	168 1.0×	40 0.3×	41 0.4×	95 1.9×	18	570
Bradley S. Ambrose United States	5	241 0.6×	90 0.5×	62 0.4×	64 0.6×	32 0.6×	9	297
Elizabeth Gire United States	11	270 0.6×	137 0.8×	99 0.7×	35 0.3×	42 0.8×	38	356
Vincent P. Coletta United States	8	342 0.8×	144 0.8×	47 0.3×	27 0.3×	44 0.9×	19	417

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas O'Kuma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas O'Kuma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas O'Kuma

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

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

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O'Kuma, Thomas, David P. Maloney, & Curtis Hieggelke. (2004). Ranking Task Exercises in Physics. Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne). 35 indexed citations

2.

O'Kuma, Thomas, et al.. (2002). Guidelines for Two-Year College Physics Programs.. 2 indexed citations

3.

Maloney, David P., Thomas O'Kuma, Curtis Hieggelke, & Alan Van Heuvelen. (2001). Surveying students’ conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism. American Journal of Physics. 69(S1). S12–S23. 472 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

O'Kuma, Thomas. (2001). American Association of Physics Teachers 2000 Oersted Medalist: John G. King. American Journal of Physics. 69(1). 10–10. 1 indexed citations

5.

O'Kuma, Thomas. (2000). American Association of Physics Teachers 1999 Melba Newell Phillips Award: Howard G. Voss. American Journal of Physics. 68(1). 12–12. 2 indexed citations

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