David Kushner

765 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 473 citations indexed

About

David Kushner is a scholar working on Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kushner has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 473 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Information Systems, 2 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Kushner's work include Digital Games and Media (2 papers), Information and Cyber Security (1 paper) and Copyright and Intellectual Property (1 paper). David Kushner is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (2 papers), Information and Cyber Security (1 paper) and Copyright and Intellectual Property (1 paper). David Kushner collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Japan. David Kushner's co-authors include and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Spectrum.

In The Last Decade

David Kushner

16 papers receiving 440 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.

The real story of stuxnet

2013 390 citations David Kushner IEEE Spectrum profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Kushner Spain	7	217	213	126	120	111	17	473
John Buford United States	11	160 0.7×	438 2.1×	145 1.2×	216 1.8×	51 0.5×	81	674
M. Merabti United Kingdom	12	138 0.6×	284 1.3×	145 1.2×	105 0.9×	47 0.4×	58	533
S. Raj Rajagopalan United States	13	152 0.7×	297 1.4×	194 1.5×	262 2.2×	121 1.1×	26	645
Joseph G. Tront United States	16	60 0.3×	448 2.1×	161 1.3×	165 1.4×	199 1.8×	87	763
Gabi Dreo Rodosek Germany	11	42 0.2×	330 1.5×	149 1.2×	132 1.1×	94 0.8×	82	462
Lee Garber United States	11	33 0.2×	314 1.5×	220 1.7×	94 0.8×	98 0.9×	49	532
Michael Atighetchi United States	15	43 0.2×	338 1.6×	231 1.8×	166 1.4×	125 1.1×	50	523
David Fernández Spain	14	45 0.2×	489 2.3×	139 1.1×	134 1.1×	108 1.0×	65	689

Countries citing papers authored by David Kushner

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Kushner

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Kushner, David. (2014). Virtual reality's moment. IEEE Spectrum. 51(1). 34–37. 15 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2013). The real story of stuxnet. IEEE Spectrum. 50(3). 48–53. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kushner, David. (2012). Sultans of solder [Hands On]. IEEE Spectrum. 49(5). 26–27. 4 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2012). Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto. 2 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2011). The autism defense. IEEE Spectrum. 48(7). 32–37. 6 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2009). Texas Instruments vs. the calculator hackers. IEEE Spectrum. 46(12). 14–14. 1 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2008). Machinima's Movie Moguls. IEEE Spectrum. 45(7). 36–41. 2 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2008). Winner: Software - Make Your Very Own Virtual World With Olive. IEEE Spectrum. 45(1). 45–47. 7 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2006). The Firefox Kid. IEEE Spectrum. 43(11). 26–31. 2 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2006). The Insomniacs. IEEE Spectrum. 43(12). 24–29.

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Kushner, David. (2006). Location, location, location [location-based games]. IEEE Spectrum. 43(1). 62–67. 3 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2005). Engineering EverQuest: online gaming demands heavyweight data centers. IEEE Spectrum. 42(7). 34–39. 15 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2004). Big brother at work [workplace surveillance]. IEEE Spectrum. 41(12). 57–58. 1 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2004). Careers: Let Us Entertain You. IEEE Spectrum. 41(2). 58–60. 1 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2003). It's a mod, mod world [computer games, copyrighted material modification]. IEEE Spectrum. 40(2). 56–57. 2 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2003). Digital decoys [fake MP3 song files to deter music pirating]. IEEE Spectrum. 40(5). 27–27. 11 indexed citations

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Kushner, David. (2002). The wizardry of Id [video games]. IEEE Spectrum. 39(8). 42–47. 11 indexed citations

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