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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Engineering Education is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Erratum to “The effects of language learning and math mindsets on academic success in an engineering program”	57
Special issue on systematic reviews and meta‐analyses in engineering education: Highlights and future research directions	48
Understanding the relationship between idea contributions and idea enactments in student design teams: A social network analysis approach	47
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Application of concept maps as an assessment tool in engineering education: Systematic literature review	40
Gender, prior knowledge, and the impact of a flipped linear algebra course for engineers over multiple years	39
Operationalizing and monitoring student support in undergraduate engineering education	37
Sense of belonging in engineering and identity centrality among undergraduate students at Hispanic‐Serving Institutions	32
The effects of language learning and math mindsets on academic success in an engineering program	30
Motivational dynamics in basic needs profiles: Toward a person‐centered motivation approach in engineering education	30
A systematic literature review of reciprocity in engineering service‐learning/community engagement	29
Not returning to the “before times”	29
Getting the picture: Developing intrinsic motivation to self‐regulate engineering documentation practices in a high school drone design challenge	26
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How can I help move my manuscript smoothly through the review process?	23
Building bridges to engineering interest: Connections between student perceptions of instructor actions and interest in engineering classes	23
Reasons and root causes: Conventional characterizations of doctoral engineering attrition obscure underlying structural issues	22
Children's engineering identities‐in‐practice: An exploration of child–adult interactions in an out‐of‐school context	22
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The impact of emergency remote learning on students in engineering and computer science in the United States: An analysis of four universities	21
Generative artificial intelligence and engineering education	21
Factors affecting students' sense of inclusion in the undergraduate engineering program at Waipapa Taumata Rau (The University of Auckland)	21
Exploring experiences that foster recognition in engineering across race and gender	20
Investigating engineering undergraduates' agentic and communal career values in writing responses	19
Analysis of student understanding in short‐answer explanations to concept questions using a human‐centered AI approach	19

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Supporting inclusivity in STEM makerspaces through critical theory: A systematic review	18
Examining engineering students' perceptions of learner agency enactment in problem‐ and project‐based learning using Q methodology	18
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Considering leadership in engineering education: A call to action for research and practice	17
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Expanding conceptualizations of engineering persistence: Examining four undergraduate Black men's dual‐degree experiences	17
Engineering climate for marginalized groups: Connections to peer relations and engineering identity	16
The Undergraduate Engineering Mental Health Help‐Seeking Instrument (UE‐MH‐HSI): Development and validity evidence	16
Comprehending multiple identities as minoritized students in engineering: How can diverse developmental networks grow meaning‐making capacity?	16
Belonging in engineering: Exploring the predictive relevance of social interaction and individual factors on undergraduate students' belonging in engineering	16
Reflection types and students' viewing of feedback in a first‐year engineering course using standards‐based grading	15
A funds of knowledge approach to developing engineering students' design problem framing skills	14
A scoping review of engineering education systematic reviews	14
Caring for the future: Empathy in engineering education to empower learning	14
Gender and race/ethnicity differences in the predictors of course grade in a first‐year engineering course and continued enrollment in engineering	13
A hazard identification digital simulation game developed based on the extended authentic learning framework	13
“I felt there was no team to be included in”: Navigating social emotions and masculinities in engineering team projects	13
First‐generation college students' funds of knowledge support the development of an engineering role identity	13
Engineering students' interests in nonprofit and public policy careers: Applying a data‐driven approach to identifying contributing factors	13
Self‐explanation activities in statics: A knowledge‐building activity to promote conceptual change	13
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Reviewing: A skill we can continuously develop	12
Persistence at what cost? How graduate engineering students consider the costs of persistence within attrition considerations	12
Engineers, figuring it out: Collaborative learning in cultural worlds	12
Moving beyond the “international” label: A call for the inclusion of the (in)visible international engineering students	11
Assessing the impact of online collaborative problem solving on a calculus class for first‐year engineering students: A communities of practice lens	11
Mastery, models, messengers, and mixed emotions: Examining the development of engineering self‐efficacy by gender	11
Learning to design for social justice in community‐engaged engineering	11
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Connection and alienation during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The narratives of four engineering students	11
How Latiné engineering students resist White male engineering culture: A multi‐institution analysis of academic engagement	11
Systematic review of spatial abilities and virtual reality: The role of interaction	11
How do ethics and diversity, equity, and inclusion relate in engineering? A systematic review	10
“Being is not knowing”: Cautionary discourse on reflexive sensemaking in engineering education	10
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Engineering culture under stress: A comparative case study of undergraduate mechanical engineering student experiences	10
Learning to prioritize the public good: Does training in classes, workplaces, and professional societies shape engineers' understanding of their public welfare responsibilities?	10
Examining interests and goals as predictors of gender differences in engineers' pursuit of managerial roles	9
Impact ofCOVID‐19 on sense of belonging: Experiences of engineering students, faculty, and staff at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)	9
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Exploring epistemic aspects of engineering for K–12 science and engineering education	9
Lacking time: A case study of student and faculty perceptions of academic workload in the COVID‐19 pandemic	9
Eurocentric epistemologies in engineering: Manifestations in first‐year student design teams and consequences for student learning	9
Leveraging a comprehensive systems thinking framework to analyze engineer complex problem‐solving approaches	8
The fallacy of “there are no candidates”: Institutional pathways of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino doctorate earners	8
Sketching assessment in engineering education: A systematic literature review	8
How did the landscape of student belonging shift during COVID‐19?	8

“They are here to support me”: Community cultural wealth assets and precollege experiences of undergraduate Black men in engineering	8
Are MOOCs a new way of learning in engineering education in light of the literature? A systematic review and bibliometric analysis	8
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The role of undergraduate assistants in a university makerspace	7
Systematic literature review of the factors influencing development of engineering education researchers	7
An exploration of engineering instructors' pedagogical adaptations early in the COVID‐19 pandemic	7
Expanding possibilities for generative AI in qualitative analysis: Fostering student feedback literacy through the application of a feedback quality rubric	7
Elements of engineering culture affecting undergraduate students' mental health and their help‐seeking attitudes	7
Exploring fundamental engineering course instructors' test usage beliefs and behaviors: A multicase study	7
Am I smart enough to be an engineer? How undergraduate engineering students articulate their identities	7
Sources contributing to engineering students' academic well‐being: An exploration using the Q methodology	7
Civil engineering students as avoidant actors: Using culturally relevant problem‐solving to increase critical action attitudes	7
Surviving, thriving, departing, and the hidden competencies of engineering graduate school	7
The climate is changing. Engineering education needs to change as well	6
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Undergraduate students' espoused beliefs about different approaches to engineering design decisions	6
Engineering students' attitudes and perceived norms toward disability and accommodations	6
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“Sick and tired of being sick and tired”	6
(Mis)alignments between postdoctoral and supervisors' perceptions of mentorship competencies in engineering and computer science	6
Person‐centered analyses in quantitative studies about broadening participation for Black engineering and computer science students	5
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On the importance of (white) humility: Epistemological decentering as a positional orientation toward research	5
Engineering ableism: The exclusion and devaluation of engineering students and professionals with physical disabilities and chronic and mental illness	5
Investigating students' motivational goals and self‐efficacy and task beliefs in relationship to course attendance and prior knowledge in an undergraduate statics course	5
Beyond buildings: Designing and maintaining classroom laboratory spaces for physical accessibility	5
My purple pen	5
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The New Normal	5
Photovoice: Visualizing the engineering identity experiences of sophomore students	5
Beliefs in engineering education research: A systematic scoping review for studying beliefs beyond the most popular constructs	5
The effectiveness of physical and virtual manipulatives on learning and motivation in structural engineering	5
Exploring scenario‐based assessment of students' global engineering competency: Building evidence of validity of a China‐based situational judgment test	4
An engineer, for what? On the different invitations a university extends to its students to acquire a professional identity	4
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“The lab isn't life”: Black engineering graduate students reprioritize values at the intersection of two pandemics	4
Exploring how personal and program characteristics inform the experiences of engineering students abroad	4
Fifty‐three years of the Journal of Engineering Education: A bibliometric overview	4
Exploring applications of complexity theory in engineering education research: A systematic literature review	4
Using eye gaze to reveal cognitive processes and strategies of engineering students when solving spatial rotation and mental cutting tasks	4
What about your friends: A critical qualitative inquiry of the experiences of Black and Latiné women in computing	4
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Characterizing engineering outreach educators' talk moves: An exploratory framework	4
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What engineering employers want: An analysis of technical and professional skills in engineering job advertisements	3
Erratum to “A Multimodal Exploration of Engineering Students' Emotions and Electrodermal Activity in Design Activities”	3
The role of learner trust in generative artificially intelligent learning environments	3
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Crafting the self: The interplay of agency, entrepreneurial mindset, and narrative identity	3
Special report: The research topics addressed and research methods applied in the Journal of Engineering Education (1993–2022)	3
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Arrebatos and institutionalized barriers encountered by low‐income Latino/a/x engineering students at Hispanic‐Serving Institutions (HSIs) and emerging HSIs	3
How do undergraduate engineering students conceptualize product design? An analysis of two third‐year design courses	3
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Barriers instructors experience in adopting active learning: Instrument development	3