William Wiersma

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

William Wiersma is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, William Wiersma has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Education, 2 papers in Social Psychology and 2 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in William Wiersma's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (6 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (3 papers) and Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (2 papers). William Wiersma is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (6 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (3 papers) and Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (2 papers). William Wiersma collaborates with scholars based in United States. William Wiersma's co-authors include Stephen G. Jurs, Dennis E. Hinkle, Klaus G. Witz, Herbert J. Klausmeier, Chester W. Harris, William L. Goodwin, James R. Craig, Stephen M. Roberts, David J. Hartmann and James H. Price and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Educational Psychology and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

William Wiersma

31 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Applied Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 1979 2026 1994 2010 1990 1979 1980 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Applied Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
    1990 2.2k citations Klaus G. Witz, Dennis E. Hinkle et al. Journal of Educational Statistics profile →
  2. Applied statistics for the behavioral sciences
    1979 1.5k citations Dennis E. Hinkle, William Wiersma et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  3. Research Methods in Education: An Introduction
    1980 795 citations William Wiersma, Stephen G. Jurs Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Wiersma United States 9 1.1k 474 401 395 393 37 4.9k
Stephen G. Jurs United States 14 1.0k 1.0× 502 1.1× 433 1.1× 514 1.3× 429 1.1× 30 5.2k
Dennis E. Hinkle United States 14 512 0.5× 326 0.7× 319 0.8× 388 1.0× 343 0.9× 34 4.1k
Shlomo S. Sawilowsky United States 25 472 0.4× 299 0.6× 309 0.8× 463 1.2× 421 1.1× 105 4.5k
Kenneth D. Hopkins United States 19 1.1k 1.0× 748 1.6× 438 1.1× 447 1.1× 551 1.4× 84 4.2k
P. R. Freeman United Kingdom 18 343 0.3× 390 0.8× 463 1.2× 845 2.1× 532 1.4× 52 6.0k
Carl J. Huberty United States 27 767 0.7× 680 1.4× 356 0.9× 635 1.6× 595 1.5× 79 5.4k
Jürgen Bortz Germany 19 658 0.6× 363 0.8× 738 1.8× 572 1.4× 749 1.9× 25 4.6k
Leonard A. Marascuilo United States 21 1.5k 1.4× 575 1.2× 632 1.6× 311 0.8× 408 1.0× 64 4.9k
David Andrich Australia 36 1.3k 1.2× 673 1.4× 630 1.6× 937 2.4× 901 2.3× 100 7.3k
Neil J. Salkind United States 21 804 0.8× 464 1.0× 464 1.2× 384 1.0× 487 1.2× 52 3.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Wiersma

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wiersma, William. (2009). Evaluation Theory, Models, & Applications. Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation. 6(11). 109–111. 1 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William. (2008). Evaluation Theory, Models, & Applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(11). 109–111. 113 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (2002). School Faculty as a High-Performing Learning Community: Normative Data from 132 Schools.. 3 indexed citations
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Hartmann, David J., et al.. (1999). A survey of gambling behaviors in Michigan, 1999. University of Calgary.
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (1999). The Constructivist Teaching Inventory: A New Instrument for Assessing Constructivist Teaching Practices in the Elementary Grades.. European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. 43(4). 405–413. 7 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William. (1991). Research methods in education : an introduction / William Wiersma. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 1991(1991). 1–99. 1 indexed citations
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Witz, Klaus G., Dennis E. Hinkle, William Wiersma, & Stephen G. Jurs. (1990). Applied Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Journal of Educational Statistics. 15(1). 84–84. 2160 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (1988). Work Satisfaction of Education Professors. Journal of Teacher Education. 39(3). 45–50. 17 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (1986). Using Profile Aixalysis for Student Teacher Evaluation. Journal of Teacher Education. 37(3). 41–45. 1 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (1985). Observation as an Approach to Measuring Teacher Competency. Action in Teacher Education. 7(1-2). 59–68. 1 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William & Stephen G. Jurs. (1985). Educational measurement and testing. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 117 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (1984). Empirical measurement of teacher performance. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (1980). A concern for competent, effective teachers. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Wiersma, William & Stephen G. Jurs. (1976). Evaluation of instruction in individually guided education. Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. eBooks.
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Wiersma, William. (1976). Evaluating Instructional Effectiveness. Journal of Teacher Education. 27(3). 238–241. 1 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (1967). The Effects of Language Laboratory Type Upon Foreign Language Achievement Scores*. Modern Language Journal. 51(6). 349–351.
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Klausmeier, Herbert J. & William Wiersma. (1967). Concept Attainment as a Function of Figural-Verbal Stimulus Material and an Ordered-Random Stimulus Display. Psychological Reports. 21(2). 357–363. 2 indexed citations
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Goodwin, William L., et al.. (1965). A Study of the Elementary-School Teaching Team. The Elementary School Journal. 66(1). 28–34. 2 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (1963). Efficiency of initial learning and transfer by individuals, pairs, and quads.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 54(3). 160–164. 23 indexed citations
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Wiersma, William, et al.. (1963). Correlation of Foreign Language Speaking Competency and Grades in Ten Midwestern Liberal Arts Colleges*. Modern Language Journal. 47(8). 353–355. 1 indexed citations

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