Tom Crick

11.9k citations

125 papers · 2.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

Computer Science Applications top 0.2%
- Teaching and Learning Programming
- Online Learning and Analytics
Education top 1%
- Online and Blended Learning
- Higher Education Learning Practices

Papers in ⓘ

Computer Science Applications 43
- Teaching and Learning Programming 33
- Online Learning and Analytics 14
Human Factors and Ergonomics 5
- Innovative Education and Learning Practices 5

Co-authors: Cathryn Knight (24 shared papers)Richard Watermeyer (15 shared papers)Janet Goodall (5 shared papers)Sue Sentance (5 shared papers)James H. Davenport (21 shared papers)Neil C. C. Brown (2 shared papers)Simon Humphreys (2 shared papers)Tom Prickett (23 shared papers)
Journals: PLoS ONE (4 papers)Higher Education (3 papers)Journal of Computers in Education (2 papers)Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences (1 paper)The International Journal for Academic Development (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Australia

In The Last Decade

Tom Crick

116 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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AI Agents and Agentic Systems: A Multi-Expert Analysis 2025 · 21 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Journal of Computer Information Systems
2020 Higher Education

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Co-authors

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1	COVID-19 and digital disruption in UK universities: afflictions and affordances of emergency online migration Higher Education ·Richard Watermeyer, Tom Crick, Cathryn Knight, Janet Goodall Hit paper breakdown →	2020	554
2	Restart ACM Transactions on Computing Education ·Neil C. C. Brown, Sue Sentance, Tom Crick, Simon Humphreys	2014	183
3	Software sustainability: Research and practice from a software architecture viewpoint Journal of Systems and Software ·Colin C. Venters, Rafael Capilla, Stefanie Betz, Birgit Penzenstadler, Tom Crick, Stephen Crouch, Elisa Yumi Nakagawa, Christoph Becker, Carlos Carrillo	2017	109
4	The Impact of COVID-19 and “Emergency Remote Teaching” on the UK Computer Science Education Community Explore Bristol Research ·Tom Crick, Cathryn Knight, Richard Watermeyer, Janet Goodall	2020	90
5	‘Pandemia’: a reckoning of UK universities’ corporate response to COVID-19 and its academic fallout British Journal of Sociology of Education ·Richard Watermeyer, Kalpana Shankar, Tom Crick, Cathryn Knight, Fiona McGaughey, Joanne Hardman, Venkata Ratnadeep Suri, Roger Yat‐Nork Chung, Dean Phelan	2021	83
6	Ten Hot Topics around Scholarly Publishing Publications ·Jonathan Tennant, Harry Crane, Tom Crick, Jacinto Dávila, Asura Enkhbayar, Jo Havemann, Bianca Kramer, Ryan A. Martin, Paola Masuzzo, Andy Nobes, Curt Rice, Bárbara Rivera-López, Tony Ross‐Hellauer, Susanne Sattler, Paul D. Thacker, Marc Vanholsbeeck	2019	73
7	‘This can’t be the new norm’: academics’ perspectives on the COVID-19 crisis for the Australian university sector Higher Education Research & Development ·Fiona McGaughey, Richard Watermeyer, Kalpana Shankar, Venkata Ratnadeep Suri, Cathryn Knight, Tom Crick, Joanne Hardman, Dean Phelan, Roger Yat‐Nork Chung	2021	72
8	Bringing computer science back into schools Research Portal (King's College London) ·Neil C. C. Brown, Michael Kölling, Tom Crick, Simon Peyton Jones, Simon Humphreys, Sue Sentance	2013	67
9	On average, a professional rugby union player is more likely than not to sustain a concussion after 25 matches British Journal of Sports Medicine ·James Rafferty, Craig Ranson, Giles Oatley, Mohamed Mostafa, Prabhat Mathema, Tom Crick, Isabel S. Moore	2018	44
10	A university-based model for supporting computer science curriculum reform Journal of Computers in Education ·Faron Moller, Tom Crick	2018	43
11	An Analysis of Introductory Programming Courses at UK Universities Bristol Research (University of Bristol) ·Ellen Murphy, Tom Crick, James H. Davenport	2017	41
12	Computing at school Cronfa (Swansea University) ·Tom Crick, Sue Sentance	2011	39
13	Language Choice in Introductory Programming Courses at Australasian and UK Universities Southern Cross Research Portal (Southern Cross University) ·Norma P. Simon, Raina Mason, Tom Crick, James H. Davenport, Ellen Murphy	2018	38
14	Co-design, evaluation and the Northern Ireland Innovation Lab Public Money & Management ·Anna Whicher, Tom Crick	2019	38
15	Digital disruption in the time of COVID-19: learning technologists’ accounts of institutional barriers to online learning, teaching and assessment in UK universities The International Journal for Academic Development ·Richard Watermeyer, Tom Crick, Cathryn Knight	2021	36
16	Curriculum leadership: a critical contributor to school and system improvement School Leadership and Management ·Alma Harris, Michelle Jones, Tom Crick	2020	34
17	Teaching through a Global Pandemic Open Access Institutional Repository at Robert Gordon University (Robert Gordon University) ·Angela A. Siegel, Mark Zarb, Bedour Alshaigy, Jeremiah Blanchard, Tom Crick, Richard Glassey, John R. Hott, Celine Latulipe, Charles Riedesel, Mali Senapathi, Norma P. Simon, David E. Williams	2021	33
18	Covid-19 and Digital Education: a Catalyst For Change? ITNOW ·Tom Crick	2021	32
19	Primary school staff perspectives of school closures due to COVID-19, experiences of schools reopening and recommendations for the future: A qualitative survey in Wales PLoS ONE ·Emily Marchant, Charlotte Todd, Michaela James, Tom Crick, Russell Dwyer, Sinéad Brophy	2021	30
20	Resilience and Effective Learning in First-Year Undergraduate Computer Science Cronfa (Swansea University) ·Tom Prickett, Julie Walters, Longzhi Yang, Morgan Harvey, Tom Crick	2020	30

About Tom Crick

Tom Crick is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Education, Information Systems and Clinical Psychology, having authored 125 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Teaching and Learning Programming (33 papers), COVID-19 and Mental Health (25 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (16 papers), Online Learning and Analytics (14 papers), Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development (8 papers), Educational Research and Pedagogy (7 papers), Higher Education and Employability (6 papers) and Innovative Education and Learning Practices (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Science Applications (770 citations), Education (781 citations), Information Systems (588 citations), Human Factors and Ergonomics (60 citations) and Clinical Psychology (461 citations). Tom Crick has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Cathryn Knight, Richard Watermeyer, Janet Goodall, Sue Sentance, James H. Davenport, Neil C. C. Brown, Simon Humphreys, Tom Prickett, Faron Moller and Kalpana Shankar. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Higher Education, Journal of Computers in Education, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences and The International Journal for Academic Development.

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