John S Gero Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
John S Gero's h-index is 81 (431 i10-index, 33,714+ total citations across 1,000+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. John S Gero is affiliated with Drexel University.
John S Gero is a researcher affiliated with Drexel University, specializing in Design Science, Design Cognition, Design Computing. Their work has been cited 33,714 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in China.
John S Gero's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 1,000 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 81
- i10-Index
- 431
- Total Citations
- 33,714
- Citing Countries
- 40
As of October 2026.
John S Gero has an h-index of 81 and 33,714 total citations across 1000 publications, with research cited by institutions in 40 countries.
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Design prototypes: a knowledge representation schema for design
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About John S Gero's research
John S Gero is a researcher in Design Science, Design Cognition and Design Computing at Drexel University. Their work has been cited 33,714 times across 1,000 publications (h-index 81), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Design prototypes: a knowledge representation schema for design” (1990), has accumulated 3,267 citations. Other influential works include “The situated function–behaviour–structure framework” (2004) with 2,029 citations and “Drawings and the design process: A review of protocol studies in design and other disciplines and related research in cognitive psychology” (1998) with 985 citations.
Citations of John S Gero's research come primarily from China, United States and Australia, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
