Cindy Hmelo-Silver Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Cindy Hmelo-Silver's h-index is 72 (215 i10-index, 40,339+ total citations across 497+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Cindy Hmelo-Silver is affiliated with Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology.
Cindy Hmelo-Silver is a researcher affiliated with Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology, specializing in learning sciences, complex systems understanding, cscl. Their work has been cited 40,339 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Cindy Hmelo-Silver's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 497 indexed publications. Of these, 4 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 72
- i10-Index
- 215
- Total Citations
- 40,339
- Citing Countries
- 5
As of October 2026.
Cindy Hmelo-Silver has an h-index of 72 and 40,339 total citations across 497 publications, with research cited by institutions in 5 countries.
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Problem-based learning: What and how do students learn?
200411,268
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About Cindy Hmelo-Silver's research
Cindy Hmelo-Silver is a researcher in learning sciences, complex systems understanding and cscl at Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology. Their work has been cited 40,339 times across 497 publications (h-index 72), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Problem-based learning: What and how do students learn?” (2004), has accumulated 11,268 citations. Other influential works include “Scaffolding and achievement in problem-based and inquiry learning: A response to Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006)” (2007) with 4,928 citations and “Goals and strategies of a problem-based learning facilitator” (2006) with 1,656 citations.
Citations of Cindy Hmelo-Silver's research come primarily from United States, Germany and Japan, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
