Debra Howcroft

1.5k total citations
41 papers, 801 citations indexed

About

Debra Howcroft is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Computer Science Applications and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Debra Howcroft has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 801 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Computer Science Applications and 8 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Debra Howcroft's work include Information Systems Theories and Implementation (13 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (9 papers) and Digital Platforms and Economics (6 papers). Debra Howcroft is often cited by papers focused on Information Systems Theories and Implementation (13 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (9 papers) and Digital Platforms and Economics (6 papers). Debra Howcroft collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Debra Howcroft's co-authors include Brian Fitzgerald, Ben Light, Melanie Wilson, M. Wilson, Birgitta Bergvall‐Kåreborn, Jill Rubery, Helen Richardson, John A. Carroll, Phil Taylor and Bob S. Carter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of the Association for Information Systems and European Journal of Information Systems.

In The Last Decade

Debra Howcroft

41 papers receiving 662 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Debra Howcroft United Kingdom 15 340 248 147 144 118 41 801
Helena Karsten Finland 15 327 1.0× 170 0.7× 176 1.2× 92 0.6× 92 0.8× 34 825
Nathalie Mitev United Kingdom 16 265 0.8× 197 0.8× 119 0.8× 100 0.7× 51 0.4× 58 843
Peta Darke Australia 8 182 0.5× 261 1.1× 168 1.1× 165 1.1× 56 0.5× 15 787
Evgeny Káganer Spain 11 297 0.9× 163 0.7× 275 1.9× 102 0.7× 42 0.4× 21 852
Neil C. Ramiller United States 15 487 1.4× 349 1.4× 376 2.6× 123 0.9× 207 1.8× 35 1.2k
Angelo Failla United Kingdom 5 315 0.9× 246 1.0× 164 1.1× 71 0.5× 65 0.6× 9 671
Leiser Silva United States 16 391 1.1× 263 1.1× 190 1.3× 171 1.2× 86 0.7× 34 936
Stella Pachidi United Kingdom 9 296 0.9× 242 1.0× 144 1.0× 123 0.9× 53 0.4× 17 960
Helana Scheepers Australia 15 250 0.7× 171 0.7× 82 0.6× 80 0.6× 30 0.3× 71 775
Rivard Canada 4 457 1.3× 388 1.6× 222 1.5× 110 0.8× 63 0.5× 6 1.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Howcroft, Debra & Phil Taylor. (2023). Experiences of working time intensification and extensification: examining the influence of logics of production in IT work. Cambridge Journal of Economics. 48(1). 69–88. 3 indexed citations
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Taylor, Philip, Dora Scholarios, & Debra Howcroft. (2021). Covid-19 and Working from Home Survey : Preliminary Findings. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 3 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra, et al.. (2020). What COVID-19 tells us about the value of human labour. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 3 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Jill Rubery. (2019). ‘Bias in, Bias out’: gender equality and the future of work debate. Labour & Industry a journal of the social and economic relations of work. 29(2). 213–227. 44 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Jill Rubery. (2018). Gender Equality Prospects and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 63–74. 8 indexed citations
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Bergvall‐Kåreborn, Birgitta & Debra Howcroft. (2013). The Apple business model: Crowdsourcing mobile applications. Accounting Forum. 37(4). 280–289. 29 indexed citations
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Bergvall‐Kåreborn, Birgitta & Debra Howcroft. (2011). Mobile Applications Development on Apple and Google Platforms. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 29. 22 indexed citations
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Bergvall‐Kåreborn, Birgitta, et al.. (2010). Outsourcing Creative Work: a Study of Mobile Application Development. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 23. 9 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Ben Light. (2010). The Social Shaping of Packaged Software Selection. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 11(3). 122–148. 32 indexed citations
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Taylor, Philip, et al.. (2010). Occupational ill-health and absence management under a lean regime in the UK civil service. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 2 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra, et al.. (2009). Employees' perceptions of the impact of lean organization in HM Revenue and Customs. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(13). 6254–6254. 1 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Ben Light. (2006). Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection. Information Systems Journal. 16(3). 215–235. 60 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Ben Light. (2002). A Study of User Involvement in Packaged Software Selection. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 7. 17 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & Melanie Wilson. (2002). Paradoxes of participatory practices: the Janus role of the systems developer. Information and Organization. 13(1). 1–24. 95 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra, Helen Richardson, & Melanie Wilson. (2001). Now You See it... Now You Don't Myths of the Dot.Com Market.. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 98–108. 1 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra. (2001). After the Goldrush: Deconstructing the Myths of the dot.com Market. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 16(4). 195–204. 50 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & John A. Carroll. (2000). A Proposed Methodology for Web Development. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 290–297. 29 indexed citations
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Wilson, Melanie & Debra Howcroft. (2000). Power, Politics and Persuasion: a social shaping perspective on IS evaluation. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 4 indexed citations
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Howcroft, Debra & M. Wilson. (1999). Paradoxes of Participatory Design: the end-user perspective. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 5 indexed citations
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Fitzgerald, Brian & Debra Howcroft. (1998). Competing dichotomies in IS research and possible strategies for resolution. International Conference on Information Systems. 155–164. 41 indexed citations

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