Dan Dixon

11.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
9 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Dan Dixon is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Dixon has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Dan Dixon's work include Educational Games and Gamification (7 papers), Digital Games and Media (6 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (3 papers). Dan Dixon is often cited by papers focused on Educational Games and Gamification (7 papers), Digital Games and Media (6 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (3 papers). Dan Dixon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Denmark. Dan Dixon's co-authors include Lennart E. Nacke, Sebastian Deterding, Rilla Khaled, Miguel Sicart, Kenton O’Hara, Staffan Björk, Saad Liaquat Kiani, Paul Eggleston and Jon Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen) and UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol).

In The Last Decade

Dan Dixon

9 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

From game design elements to gamefulness

2011 4.3k citations Sebastian Deterding, Dan Dixon et al. profile →
Gamification. using game-design elements in non-gaming contexts

2011 1.4k citations Sebastian Deterding, Miguel Sicart et al. profile →
From Game Design Elements to Gamefulness: Defining “Gamification”

2011 540 citations Sebastian Deterding, Dan Dixon et al. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dan Dixon United Kingdom	6	4.4k	2.1k	1.5k	1.3k	898	9	6.7k
Rilla Khaled Canada	18	3.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	877 1.0×	46	5.9k
Jonna Koivisto Finland	21	4.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	743 0.8×	30	7.2k
Sebastian Deterding United Kingdom	23	6.0k 1.4×	3.2k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	87	9.7k
Kurt Squire United States	39	4.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	861 0.7×	2.6k 2.9×	86	7.7k
Sara de Freitas United Kingdom	33	2.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	903 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	129	4.8k
Thomas Hainey United Kingdom	19	3.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	512 0.4×	977 1.1×	65	4.5k
Elizabeth Boyle United Kingdom	21	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	892 0.6×	517 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	69	5.6k
Lennart E. Nacke Canada	44	7.4k 1.7×	4.3k 2.1×	2.0k 1.4×	3.2k 2.5×	1.2k 1.4×	226	13.0k
Sasha A. Barab United States	44	4.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	690 0.5×	4.3k 4.8×	102	8.8k
Jan L. Plass United States	40	3.9k 0.9×	701 0.3×	748 0.5×	723 0.6×	2.3k 2.5×	106	7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Dan Dixon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan Dixon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Dixon

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All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Dixon, Dan, et al.. (2014). Du game design au gamefulness : définir la gamification. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 29 indexed citations

2.

Deterding, Sebastian, et al.. (2013). Designing gamification. 3263–3266. 115 indexed citations

3.

Dixon, Dan, et al.. (2013). Experiences with AR plots: design issues and recommendations for augmented reality based mobile games. 2(1). 5 indexed citations

4.

Dixon, Dan, Jon Rogers, & Paul Eggleston. (2012). BETWEEN WORLDS REPORT FOR NESTA ON MIT/PUNCHDRUNK THEATRE SLEEP NO MORE DIGITAL R&D PROJECT. 1 indexed citations

5.

Deterding, Sebastian, Dan Dixon, Rilla Khaled, & Lennart E. Nacke. (2011). From Game Design Elements to Gamefulness: Defining “Gamification”. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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Deterding, Sebastian, Miguel Sicart, Lennart E. Nacke, Kenton O’Hara, & Dan Dixon. (2011). Gamification. using game-design elements in non-gaming contexts. 2425–2428. 1405 indexed citations breakdown →

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Deterding, Sebastian, Dan Dixon, Rilla Khaled, & Lennart E. Nacke. (2011). From game design elements to gamefulness. 9–15. 4340 indexed citations breakdown →

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Deterding, Sebastian, Dan Dixon, Rilla Khaled, & Lennart E. Nacke. (2011). From game design elements to gamefulness. 232 indexed citations

9.

Dixon, Dan. (2009). Nietzsche contra Caillois: Beyond play and games. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 5 indexed citations

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