Eric Nickell

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Eric Nickell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Nickell has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Clinical Psychology and 2 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Eric Nickell's work include Digital Games and Media (8 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (2 papers) and Software Engineering Research (2 papers). Eric Nickell is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (8 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (2 papers) and Software Engineering Research (2 papers). Eric Nickell collaborates with scholars based in United States. Eric Nickell's co-authors include Nicolas Ducheneaut, Robert J. Moore, Nicholas Yee, Nick Yee, Yuanyuan Zhang, Dmitri Williams, Li Xiong, James D. Thornton, Lora Oehlberg and Atif M. Memon and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Agricultural Economics, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).

In The Last Decade

Eric Nickell

12 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

From Tree House to Barracks

2006 440 citations Dmitri Williams, Nicolas Ducheneaut et al. Games and Culture profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Nickell United States	10	1.3k	288	281	240	171	12	1.8k
Cédric Courtois Belgium	20	808 0.6×	148 0.5×	324 1.2×	104 0.4×	82 0.5×	70	1.3k
June Ahn United States	21	643 0.5×	164 0.6×	282 1.0×	381 1.6×	71 0.4×	99	1.8k
Les Nelson United States	20	507 0.4×	468 1.6×	108 0.4×	170 0.7×	100 0.6×	41	1.5k
David Huffaker United States	14	698 0.5×	268 0.9×	459 1.6×	132 0.6×	125 0.7×	30	1.4k
Espen Aarseth Denmark	13	1.5k 1.2×	176 0.6×	161 0.6×	456 1.9×	48 0.3×	38	2.0k
Max Sjöblom Finland	12	1.8k 1.4×	109 0.4×	153 0.5×	201 0.8×	73 0.4×	19	2.1k
T. L. Taylor Denmark	11	996 0.8×	150 0.5×	160 0.6×	208 0.9×	55 0.3×	18	1.2k
Asimina Vasalou United Kingdom	19	584 0.5×	394 1.4×	136 0.5×	340 1.4×	236 1.4×	83	1.6k
Rick Wash United States	22	997 0.8×	187 0.6×	372 1.3×	80 0.3×	90 0.5×	53	1.9k
Joan Morris DiMicco United States	17	1.1k 0.8×	279 1.0×	915 3.3×	323 1.3×	283 1.7×	29	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Nickell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eric Nickell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eric Nickell 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 Eric Nickell. Eric Nickell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Nickell, Eric, et al.. (2023). Flake Aware Culprit Finding. 362–373. 4 indexed citations

2.

Memon, Atif M., et al.. (2017). Taming Google-scale continuous testing. 233–242. 145 indexed citations

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Ducheneaut, Nicolas, Robert J. Moore, Lora Oehlberg, James D. Thornton, & Eric Nickell. (2008). Social TV: Designing for Distributed, Sociable Television Viewing. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 24(2). 136–154. 116 indexed citations

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Moore, Robert J., et al.. (2007). Coordinating joint activity in avatar-mediated interaction. 21–30. 29 indexed citations

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Ducheneaut, Nicolas, Robert J. Moore, & Eric Nickell. (2007). Virtual “Third Places”: A Case Study of Sociability in Massively Multiplayer Games. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). 16(1-2). 129–166. 140 indexed citations

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Ducheneaut, Nicolas, Nicholas Yee, Eric Nickell, & Robert J. Moore. (2007). The life and death of online gaming communities. 839–848. 184 indexed citations

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Ducheneaut, Nicolas, Nicholas Yee, Eric Nickell, & Robert J. Moore. (2006). Une solitude collective ? Observations sur le capital social dans un jeu vidéo multi-joueurs : World of Warcraft. 3 indexed citations

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Moore, Robert J., Nicolas Ducheneaut, & Eric Nickell. (2006). Doing Virtually Nothing: Awareness and Accountability in Massively Multiplayer Online Worlds. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). 16(3). 265–305. 87 indexed citations

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Ducheneaut, Nicolas, Nick Yee, Eric Nickell, & Robert J. Moore. (2006). Building an MMO With Mass Appeal. Games and Culture. 1(4). 281–317. 143 indexed citations

10.

Williams, Dmitri, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Li Xiong, et al.. (2006). From Tree House to Barracks. Games and Culture. 1(4). 338–361. 440 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ducheneaut, Nicolas, Nicholas Yee, Eric Nickell, & Robert J. Moore. (2006). "Alone together?". 407–416. 462 indexed citations

12.

Krupnick, Alan, Anil Markandya, & Eric Nickell. (1993). The External Costs of Nuclear Power: Ex Ante Damages and Lay Risks. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 75(5). 1273–1279. 20 indexed citations

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