David Hesmondhalgh

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

David Hesmondhalgh is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Music. According to data from OpenAlex, David Hesmondhalgh has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Urban Studies, 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 23 papers in Music. Recurrent topics in David Hesmondhalgh's work include Cultural Industries and Urban Development (34 papers), Music History and Culture (21 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (7 papers). David Hesmondhalgh is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Industries and Urban Development (34 papers), Music History and Culture (21 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (7 papers). David Hesmondhalgh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. David Hesmondhalgh's co-authors include Sarah Baker, Andy C. Pratt, Georgina Born, Mark Banks, Leslie M. Meier, Melissa Nisbett, Anamik Saha, Jessica Evans, David Lee and Kate Oakley and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, New Media & Society and Information Communication & Society.

In The Last Decade

David Hesmondhalgh

62 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Cultural industries and cultural policy 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2010 50 100 150 200 250
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. Cultural industries and cultural policy
    2005 292 citations David Hesmondhalgh et al. International Journal of Cultural Policy profile →
  2. Creative Labour: Media Work in Three Cultural Industries
    2010 283 citations David Hesmondhalgh et al. profile →

Peers

David Hesmondhalgh
Keith Negus United Kingdom
Simon Frith United Kingdom
Tom Huhn United States
Stuart Cunningham Australia
Robert R. Faulkner United States
Nichòlas Garnham United Kingdom
Mark Banks United Kingdom
Timothy J. Dowd United States
N. Anand United Kingdom
Terry Flew Australia
Keith Negus United Kingdom
David Hesmondhalgh
Citations per year, relative to David Hesmondhalgh David Hesmondhalgh (= 1×) peers Keith Negus

Countries citing papers authored by David Hesmondhalgh

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Hesmondhalgh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Hesmondhalgh

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2025). Subjectivity, culture and the datafication of music. Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 31(6). 1886–1900.
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Hesmondhalgh, David, et al.. (2024). From P2P to the cloud: music, platformization, and infrastructural change in China. Chinese Journal of Communication. 18(3). 279–295. 1 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David, et al.. (2023). The changing shape of the Indian recorded music industry in the age of platformisation. Contemporary South Asia. 31(2). 291–310. 3 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David, et al.. (2023). Digital Platforms and Infrastructure in the Realm of Culture. Media and Communication. 11(2). 16 indexed citations
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Baym, Nancy K., et al.. (2021). Making Sense of Metrics in the Music Industries. International journal of communication. 15. 24. 4 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2021). Streaming’s Effects on Music Culture: Old Anxieties and New Simplifications. Cultural Sociology. 16(1). 3–24. 28 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David & Amanda D. Lotz. (2020). Video Screen Interfaces as New Sites of Media Circulation Power. International journal of communication. 14. 24. 22 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2019). The Cultural Industries. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 72 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2016). Capitalism and the media: moral economy, well-being and capabilities. Media Culture & Society. 39(2). 202–218. 55 indexed citations
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Saha, Anamik & David Hesmondhalgh. (2013). ‘Race and Ethnicity in Cultural Production’ Special issue of Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture.. 1 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2010). Towards a Critical Understanding of Music, Emotion and Self-Identity. merz | medien + erziehung. 54(1). 18–22. 1 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2009). Voicing the Popular: On the Subjects of Popular Music by Richard Middleton. Journal of Popular Music Studies. 21(3). 316–320. 1 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2008). My Media Studies. Television & New Media. 10(1). 86–87. 1 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2007). The cultural industries : Second edition. 9 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2007). Audiences and everyday aesthetics. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 10(4). 507–527. 26 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2007). Musique, émotion et individualisation. Réseaux. n° 141-142(2). 203–230. 1 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2005). Subcultures, Scenes or Tribes? None of the Above. Journal of Youth Studies. 8(1). 21–40. 176 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David. (2005). Media and cultural policy as public policy. International Journal of Cultural Policy. 11(1). 95–109. 59 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David & Keith Negus. (2002). Popular music studies. 39 indexed citations
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Born, Georgina & David Hesmondhalgh. (2000). Western music and its others : difference, representation, and appropriation in music. University of California Press eBooks. 202 indexed citations

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