David B. Nieborg

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

David B. Nieborg is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Nieborg has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Strategy and Management and 12 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in David B. Nieborg's work include Digital Platforms and Economics (22 papers), Digital Games and Media (19 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (12 papers). David B. Nieborg is often cited by papers focused on Digital Platforms and Economics (22 papers), Digital Games and Media (19 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (12 papers). David B. Nieborg collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Netherlands and United States. David B. Nieborg's co-authors include Thomas Poell, José van Dijck, Anne Helmond, Brooke Duffy, Fernando van der Vlist, Shenja van der Graaf, Joost Rietveld, Maxwell Foxman, Tero Karppi and Alexander Ross and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, New Media & Society and International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.

In The Last Decade

David B. Nieborg

44 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The platformization of cultural production: Theorizing th... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 200 400 600
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.

  1. The platformization of cultural production: Theorizing the contingent cultural commodity
    2018 672 citations David B. Nieborg, Thomas Poell New Media & Society profile →
  2. Platformisation
    2019 327 citations Thomas Poell, David B. Nieborg et al. Internet Policy Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David B. Nieborg Canada 19 1.4k 571 378 359 215 50 2.3k
Martijn de Waal Netherlands 12 1.1k 0.8× 518 0.9× 317 0.8× 183 0.5× 106 0.5× 31 2.2k
Anne Helmond Netherlands 13 1.1k 0.8× 549 1.0× 248 0.7× 230 0.6× 74 0.3× 39 1.9k
Adam Arvidsson Italy 24 1.7k 1.2× 724 1.3× 821 2.2× 235 0.7× 309 1.4× 53 3.0k
Philip M. Napoli United States 27 1.5k 1.1× 1.5k 2.7× 225 0.6× 360 1.0× 162 0.8× 113 2.8k
Angèle Christin United States 16 1.3k 1.0× 220 0.4× 286 0.8× 158 0.4× 86 0.4× 41 2.2k
Tarleton Gillespie United States 23 2.0k 1.4× 1.4k 2.5× 420 1.1× 187 0.5× 124 0.6× 51 3.8k
Nathan Jurgenson United States 6 1.1k 0.8× 422 0.7× 479 1.3× 129 0.4× 146 0.7× 14 1.9k
Sylvia M. Chan‐Olmsted United States 30 1.5k 1.1× 734 1.3× 679 1.8× 466 1.3× 98 0.5× 113 2.7k
Jill Perry-Smith United States 14 1.1k 0.8× 861 1.5× 211 0.6× 1.3k 3.6× 121 0.6× 19 4.5k
Christian Sandvig United States 19 1.2k 0.9× 516 0.9× 219 0.6× 156 0.4× 47 0.2× 37 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David B. Nieborg

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kairouz, Sylvia, Magali Dufour, Francine Ferland, et al.. (2025). “Try to Zone Out and Not Think of the World That Was Exploding”: The Experience of Free-to-Play Games and Everyday Life During the Pandemic. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 41(19). 12515–12526.
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Nieborg, David B. & Thomas Poell. (2025). Analyzing institutional platform power: Evolving relations of dependence in the mobile digital advertising ecosystem. New Media & Society. 27(4). 1909–1927.
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Nieborg, David B., et al.. (2025). TikTok’s tools: The politics of platform tools for cultural production. Continuum. 40(2). 252–279. 1 indexed citations
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Poell, Thomas, Arturo Arriagada, Ergin Bulut, et al.. (2025). GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON PLATFORMS AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 1 indexed citations
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Nieborg, David B., Thomas Poell, Robyn Caplan, & José van Dijck. (2024). Introduction to the special issue on Locating and theorising platform power. Internet Policy Review. 13(2). 10 indexed citations
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Nieborg, David B., et al.. (2023). THE POLITICS AND EVOLUTION OF TIKTOK AS PLATFORM TOOL. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research.
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Poell, Thomas, David B. Nieborg, José van Dijck, et al.. (2023). LOCATING AND THEORIZING PLATFORM POWER. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 5 indexed citations
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Poell, Thomas, David B. Nieborg, & Brooke Duffy. (2022). Spaces of Negotiation: Analyzing Platform Power in the News Industry. Digital Journalism. 11(8). 1391–1409. 65 indexed citations
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Poell, Thomas, David B. Nieborg, & José van Dijck. (2022). Plataformización. 2 indexed citations
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Nieborg, David B., et al.. (2022). On super apps and app stores: digital media logics in China’s app economy. Media Culture & Society. 44(8). 1437–1453. 24 indexed citations
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Morris, Jeremy Wade, Robert Prey, & David B. Nieborg. (2021). Engineering culture: logics of optimization in music, games, and apps. Review of Communication. 21(2). 161–175. 16 indexed citations
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Nieborg, David B., et al.. (2020). App Imperialism: The Political Economy of the Canadian App Store. Social Media + Society. 6(2). 24 indexed citations
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Nieborg, David B., Brooke Duffy, & Thomas Poell. (2020). Studying Platforms and Cultural Production: Methods, Institutions, and Practices. Social Media + Society. 6(3). 45 indexed citations
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Nieborg, David B.. (2020). Apps of Empire: Global Capitalism and the App Economy. Games and Culture. 16(3). 305–316. 20 indexed citations
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Duffy, Brooke, Thomas Poell, & David B. Nieborg. (2019). Platform Practices in the Cultural Industries: Creativity, Labor, and Citizenship. Social Media + Society. 5(4). 127 indexed citations
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Gerlitz, Carolin, Anne Helmond, David B. Nieborg, & Fernando van der Vlist. (2019). Apps and Infrastructures – a Research Agenda. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 13 indexed citations
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Helmond, Anne, David B. Nieborg, & Fernando van der Vlist. (2019). Facebook’s evolution: development of a platform-as-infrastructure. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 3(2). 123–146. 118 indexed citations
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Nieborg, David B. & Anne Helmond. (2018). The political economy of Facebook’s platformization in the mobile ecosystem: Facebook Messenger as a platform instance. Media Culture & Society. 41(2). 196–218. 135 indexed citations
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Nieborg, David B.. (2011). The winner takes all: Standardization and console games. 1 indexed citations
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Nieborg, David B.. (2009). Empower yourself, defend freedom! Playing games during times of war. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations

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