Erling Björgvinsson

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 772 citations indexed

About

Erling Björgvinsson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Erling Björgvinsson has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 772 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 3 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Erling Björgvinsson's work include Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (4 papers), Design Education and Practice (2 papers) and Participatory Visual Research Methods (2 papers). Erling Björgvinsson is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (4 papers), Design Education and Practice (2 papers) and Participatory Visual Research Methods (2 papers). Erling Björgvinsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden. Erling Björgvinsson's co-authors include Per-Anders Hillgren, Pelle Ehn and Eva Brandt and has published in prestigious journals such as CoDesign, Lund University Publications (Lund University) and Participatory Design Conference.

In The Last Decade

Erling Björgvinsson

10 papers receiving 709 citations

Hit Papers

Participatory design and "democratizing innovation" 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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. Participatory design and "democratizing innovation"
    2010 443 citations Erling Björgvinsson, Pelle Ehn et al. profile →

Peers

Erling Björgvinsson
Tone Bratteteig Norway
Nicolai Brodersen Hansen Denmark
Hrönn Brynjarsdóttir United States
Lisa P. Nathan Canada
Liesbeth Huybrechts Belgium
Marianne Kinnula Finland
Yoko Akama Australia
Gro Bjerknes Australia
Andrea Botero Finland
Cameron Tonkinwise United States
Tone Bratteteig Norway
Erling Björgvinsson
Citations per year, relative to Erling Björgvinsson Erling Björgvinsson (= 1×) peers Tone Bratteteig

Countries citing papers authored by Erling Björgvinsson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erling Björgvinsson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erling Björgvinsson

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Björgvinsson, Erling, et al.. (2018). Amendments and frames: The Women Making History movement and Malmö migration history. 9(2). 265–287. 1 indexed citations
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Björgvinsson, Erling, et al.. (2017). Hospitalisation and Spatial Vagueness: Patients’ sense of plasticity in a care environment. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 33–48.
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Björgvinsson, Erling, et al.. (2014). How the lion learned to moonwalk and other stories on how to design for classical music experiences. Malmö University Publications (Malmö University). 1 indexed citations
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Björgvinsson, Erling, Pelle Ehn, & Per-Anders Hillgren. (2012). Agonistic participatory design: working with marginalised social movements. CoDesign. 8(2-3). 127–144. 272 indexed citations
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Björgvinsson, Erling, et al.. (2011). Mediating memory: Strategies of interaction in public art and memorials. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 3(1). 3–22. 1 indexed citations
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Björgvinsson, Erling, Pelle Ehn, & Per-Anders Hillgren. (2010). Participatory design and "democratizing innovation". 41–50. 443 indexed citations breakdown →
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Björgvinsson, Erling. (2008). Open-ended participatory design as prototypical practice. CoDesign. 4(2). 85–99. 25 indexed citations
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Björgvinsson, Erling. (2005). Indigenous Design: healthcare professional using self-produced video in articulating and developing work practices. Nordic design research conference. 1 indexed citations
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Björgvinsson, Erling & Per-Anders Hillgren. (2004). On the spot experiments within healthcare. 1. 93–93. 16 indexed citations
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Hillgren, Per-Anders & Erling Björgvinsson. (2002). Readymade design at an Intensive Care Unit. Participatory Design Conference. 7. 221–225. 5 indexed citations
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Brandt, Eva, et al.. (2002). PDA's, barcodes and video-films for continuous learning at an intensive care unit. 293–294. 7 indexed citations

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