Edward Castronova

2.4k total citations
53 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Edward Castronova is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward Castronova has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 9 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Edward Castronova's work include Digital Games and Media (15 papers), Economic theories and models (8 papers) and Game Theory and Applications (6 papers). Edward Castronova is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (15 papers), Economic theories and models (8 papers) and Game Theory and Applications (6 papers). Edward Castronova collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Edward Castronova's co-authors include Vili Lehdonvirta, Gert G. Wagner, Paul Hagstrom, Cuihua Shen, Yun Huang, Brian Keegan, Dmitri Williams, Li Xiong, Rabindra Ratan and Joachim R. Frick and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Human Resources.

In The Last Decade

Edward Castronova

49 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edward Castronova United States 17 671 290 151 128 116 53 1.2k
Wafa Hammedi Belgium 21 809 1.2× 83 0.3× 101 0.7× 261 2.0× 47 0.4× 32 1.6k
John Banks Australia 21 727 1.1× 145 0.5× 27 0.2× 52 0.4× 60 0.5× 71 1.6k
Steven Simon United States 21 483 0.7× 28 0.1× 78 0.5× 125 1.0× 57 0.5× 75 1.5k
Terri R. Kurtzberg United States 18 649 1.0× 77 0.3× 34 0.2× 52 0.4× 52 0.4× 47 1.7k
Elizabeth F. Cabrera Spain 11 544 0.8× 68 0.2× 25 0.2× 53 0.4× 26 0.2× 22 2.4k
Rupashree Baral India 21 548 0.8× 87 0.3× 28 0.2× 64 0.5× 57 0.5× 58 1.3k
André Marchand Germany 12 598 0.9× 66 0.2× 36 0.2× 92 0.7× 40 0.3× 25 922
Aphra Kerr Ireland 15 570 0.8× 101 0.3× 57 0.4× 128 1.0× 62 0.5× 51 850
Katia Passerini United States 16 798 1.2× 35 0.1× 49 0.3× 135 1.1× 44 0.4× 73 1.6k
Ana Cristina Vasconcelos United Kingdom 14 300 0.4× 58 0.2× 44 0.3× 39 0.3× 30 0.3× 28 811

Countries citing papers authored by Edward Castronova

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Fields of papers citing papers by Edward Castronova

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward Castronova

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Edward Castronova. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Edward Castronova based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Edward Castronova. Edward Castronova is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Castronova, Edward. (2020). Life Is a Game. Bloomsbury Academic eBooks.
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Castronova, Edward. (2012). The Renaissance of Natural Law: Tolkien, Fantasy, and Video Games. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
3.
Castronova, Edward & Gert G. Wagner. (2011). Virtual Life Satisfaction. Kyklos. 64(3). 313–328. 16 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward, Dmitri Williams, Cuihua Shen, et al.. (2009). As Real as Real? Macroeconomic Behavior in a Large-Scale Virtual World. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2009). Fertility and Virtual Reality. Washington and Lee law review. 66(3). 1085. 1 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward, Dmitri Williams, Cuihua Shen, et al.. (2009). As real as real? Macroeconomic behavior in a large-scale virtual world. New Media & Society. 11(5). 685–707. 96 indexed citations
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Bell, Mark W., Edward Castronova, & Gert G. Wagner. (2009). Virtual Assisted Self Interviewing (VASI): An Expansion of Survey Data Collection Methods to the Virtual Worlds by Means of VDCI. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward & Gert G. Wagner. (2009). Sports Rules As Common Pool Resources: A Better Way to Respond to Doping. Economic Analysis and Policy. 39(3). 341–344. 4 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward, et al.. (2008). Constructing Arden: Life Inside the Machine. IEEE Multimedia. 15(1). 4–8. 5 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward, et al.. (2008). Virtual Worlds as Petri Dishes for the Social and Behavioral Sciences. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2006). Synthetic Worlds. 93 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2006). Synthetic Economies and the Social Question. First Monday. 1 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2006). A cost‐benefit analysis of real‐money trade in the products of synthetic economies. Info. 8(6). 51–68. 1 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2005). Real Products in Imaginary Worlds. Harvard business review. 83(5). 20–21. 24 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2004). The Right to Play. NYLS Law Review. 49(1). 9. 38 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2004). The Price of Bodies: A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthetic World. Kyklos. 57(2). 173–196. 7 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2004). Social Norms and Sexual Activity in U.S. High Schools. The Journal of Human Resources. 39(4). 912–912. 2 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2003). Theory of the Avatar. SSRN Electronic Journal. 52 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (2002). Income Risk and Social Spending: Empirical Estimates. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch. 122(3). 327–349. 1 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward. (1999). Politics, Altruism, and the Definition of Poverty. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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