Bruce Sterling

1.1k total citations
35 papers, 494 citations indexed

About

Bruce Sterling is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Sterling has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 494 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Social Psychology, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bruce Sterling's work include Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (3 papers), Space Exploration and Technology (2 papers) and Aerospace and Aviation Technology (2 papers). Bruce Sterling is often cited by papers focused on Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (3 papers), Space Exploration and Technology (2 papers) and Aerospace and Aviation Technology (2 papers). Bruce Sterling collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Bruce Sterling's co-authors include William Gibson, Samuel L. Gaertner, Vernor Vinge, Erkki Huhtamo, Siegfried Zielinski, Aaron Marcus, Lana Swartz, Rudy Rucker, Bill Maurer and Donald A. Norman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Communications of the ACM and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Sterling

27 papers receiving 377 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce Sterling United States 10 170 124 64 41 41 35 494
Anders Albrechtslund Denmark 10 340 2.0× 102 0.8× 42 0.7× 122 3.0× 25 0.6× 27 588
Jason Nolan Canada 6 265 1.6× 63 0.5× 49 0.8× 70 1.7× 17 0.4× 12 497
William Hart-Davidson United States 13 171 1.0× 117 0.9× 79 1.2× 127 3.1× 18 0.4× 55 521
Stephen Cave United Kingdom 14 250 1.5× 41 0.3× 61 1.0× 34 0.8× 12 0.3× 19 925
Malcolm Brown United States 10 102 0.6× 36 0.3× 170 2.7× 12 0.3× 27 0.7× 55 748
Hans Christian Arnseth Norway 15 154 0.9× 99 0.8× 152 2.4× 72 1.8× 6 0.1× 39 898
Terrell Ward Bynum United States 14 205 1.2× 24 0.2× 92 1.4× 37 0.9× 63 1.5× 36 634
Elizabeth Buie United Kingdom 15 85 0.5× 266 2.1× 105 1.6× 17 0.4× 68 1.7× 36 435
Andrew Schrock United States 10 305 1.8× 57 0.5× 47 0.7× 212 5.2× 7 0.2× 18 575
Thomas Apperley Australia 13 507 3.0× 77 0.6× 44 0.7× 36 0.9× 10 0.2× 36 750

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Sterling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Sterling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Sterling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce Sterling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce Sterling based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bruce Sterling. Bruce Sterling is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sterling, Bruce. (2017). Paid. The MIT Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce, et al.. (2015). Dead Media Project: An Interview with Bruce Sterling. Ctheory.
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Sterling, Bruce. (2013). Futility and resistance. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 18(4). 767–768. 2 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce, et al.. (2012). I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts. University of Minnesota Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce, et al.. (2010). Technology, Crisis, and Interaction Design: A Conversation with Bruce Sterling, Donald Norman, and Derrick de Kerckhove. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 2(2). 128–135. 1 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce, et al.. (2007). Workload and Stress of Crews Operating Future Manned Vehicles. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 3 indexed citations
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Zielinski, Siegfried, et al.. (2007). The Book of Imaginary Media: Excavating the Dream of the Ultimate Communication Medium. 23 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce, et al.. (2006). Examination of Human Factors in Networked Sensors in Live and Virtual Environments. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce, et al.. (2005). Blobjects & beyond : the new fluidity in design. 5 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce, et al.. (2003). L'approche des médias variables : La permanence par le changement = The Variable Media Approach : Permanence Through Change. 6 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce. (2001). When our environments become really smart. McGraw-Hill, Inc. eBooks. 251–275. 1 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce. (2000). A Few Excerpts from: The DEAD MEDIA Project: A Modest Proposal and a Public Appeal.
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Sterling, Bruce. (1997). The digital revolution in retrospect. Communications of the ACM. 40(2). 79–79. 7 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce. (1994). We're all in this together, aren't we?. 5–10. 1 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce. (1993). BOOK NOTE THE HACKER CRACKDOWN: LAW AND DISORDER ON THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER. 2 indexed citations
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Marcus, Aaron, Donald A. Norman, Rudy Rucker, Bruce Sterling, & Vernor Vinge. (1992). Sci-fi at CHI. 435–437. 11 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce. (1992). The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 116 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce & William Gibson. (1990). The Difference Engine. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 63 indexed citations
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Sterling, Bruce. (1980). The Artificial Kid. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Jünger, Ernst, et al.. (1957). The Glass Bees. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations

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