Fernando van der Vlist

964 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 515 citations indexed

About

Fernando van der Vlist is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Fernando van der Vlist has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 515 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Strategy and Management and 4 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Fernando van der Vlist's work include Digital Platforms and Economics (7 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (6 papers) and Digital Economy and Work Transformation (5 papers). Fernando van der Vlist is often cited by papers focused on Digital Platforms and Economics (7 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (6 papers) and Digital Economy and Work Transformation (5 papers). Fernando van der Vlist collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom. Fernando van der Vlist's co-authors include Anne Helmond, David B. Nieborg, Esther Weltevrede, Carolin Gerlitz, Michael Dieter, Nathaniel Tkacz, Fabian Ferrari, Donya Alinejad, Sandra Ponzanesi and Thomas Poell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, New Media & Society and Social Media + Society.

In The Last Decade

Fernando van der Vlist

24 papers receiving 491 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.

Big AI: Cloud infrastructure dependence and the industrialisation of artificial intelligence

2024 58 citations Fernando van der Vlist, Anne Helmond et al. Big Data & Society profile →

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Lewis C. Chasalow United States

Amelia Acker United States

Richard A. Spinello United States

Nik Rushdi Hassan United States

Alan R. Peslak United States

Cristina Alaimo United Kingdom

Tanya Beaulieu United States

Amber Young United States

Robin Pennington United States

Warut Khern-am-nuai Canada

Lewis C. Chasalow United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Fernando van der Vlist

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fernando van der Vlist

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Fernando van der Vlist. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Fernando van der Vlist. The network helps show where Fernando van der Vlist may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fernando van der Vlist

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Dijck, José van, et al.. (2025). Governing the Digital Society. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 3 indexed citations

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Vlist, Fernando van der, Anne Helmond, Michael Dieter, & Esther Weltevrede. (2024). Super-appification: Conglomeration in the global digital economy. New Media & Society. 27(6). 3314–3337. 8 indexed citations

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Vlist, Fernando van der, et al.. (2024). Challenges as catalysts: how Waymo’s Open Dataset Challenges shape AI development. AI & Society. 40(3). 1667–1683. 3 indexed citations

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Chao, Jason, et al.. (2024). Digital methods for sensory media research: Toolmaking as a critical technical practice. Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 30(1). 236–263. 3 indexed citations

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Vlist, Fernando van der, Anne Helmond, & Fabian Ferrari. (2024). Big AI: Cloud infrastructure dependence and the industrialisation of artificial intelligence. Big Data & Society. 11(1). 58 indexed citations breakdown →

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Poell, Thomas, David B. Nieborg, José van Dijck, et al.. (2023). LOCATING AND THEORIZING PLATFORM POWER. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 5 indexed citations

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Vlist, Fernando van der, Anne Helmond, Michael Dieter, & Esther Weltevrede. (2023). SUPER-APPIFICATION: CONGLOMERATION IN THE MOBILE ECOSYSTEM. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 1 indexed citations

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Vlist, Fernando van der, Anne Helmond, & Fabian Ferrari. (2023). BIG AI: THE CLOUD AS MARKETPLACE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research.

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Vlist, Fernando van der, et al.. (2022). API Governance: The Case of Facebook’s Evolution. Social Media + Society. 8(2). 14 indexed citations

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Vlist, Fernando van der, et al.. (2022). Making the Car “Platform Ready”: How Big Tech Is Driving the Platformization of Automobility. Social Media + Society. 8(2). 9 indexed citations

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Vlist, Fernando van der & Anne Helmond. (2021). How partners mediate platform power: Mapping business and data partnerships in the social media ecosystem. Big Data & Society. 8(1). 52 indexed citations

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Gerlitz, Carolin, Anne Helmond, David B. Nieborg, & Fernando van der Vlist. (2019). Apps and Infrastructures – a Research Agenda. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 13 indexed citations

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Helmond, Anne, David B. Nieborg, & Fernando van der Vlist. (2019). Facebook’s evolution: development of a platform-as-infrastructure. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 3(2). 123–146. 118 indexed citations

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Helmond, Anne & Fernando van der Vlist. (2019). Social Media and Platform Historiography: Challenges and Opportunities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22(1). 6–6. 38 indexed citations

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Dieter, Michael, Carolin Gerlitz, Anne Helmond, et al.. (2019). Multi-Situated App Studies: Methods and Propositions. Social Media + Society. 5(2). 100 indexed citations

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Gerlitz, Carolin, Anne Helmond, Fernando van der Vlist, & Esther Weltevrede. (2019). Regramming the Platform: Infrastructural Relations between Apps and Social Media. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 7(7). 11 indexed citations

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Alinejad, Donya, et al.. (2018). Diaspora and mapping methodologies: tracing transnational digital connections with ‘mattering maps’. Global Networks. 19(1). 21–43. 13 indexed citations

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Helmond, Anne, David B. Nieborg, & Fernando van der Vlist. (2017). The Political Economy of Social Data. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1–5. 10 indexed citations

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Vlist, Fernando van der. (2017). Counter-Mapping Surveillance: A Critical Cartography of Mass Surveillance Technology After Snowden. Surveillance & Society. 15(1). 137–157. 11 indexed citations

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Helmond, Anne, Fernando van der Vlist, Carolin Gerlitz, et al.. (2016). App Studies: Platform Rules and Methodological Challenges. 6. 1 indexed citations

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