Gerald C. Kane

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
74 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Gerald C. Kane is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Computer Science Applications. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald C. Kane has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Communication, 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Computer Science Applications. Recurrent topics in Gerald C. Kane's work include Knowledge Management and Sharing (32 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (16 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (14 papers). Gerald C. Kane is often cited by papers focused on Knowledge Management and Sharing (32 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (16 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (14 papers). Gerald C. Kane collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Gerald C. Kane's co-authors include Maryam Alavi, Ann Majchrzak, Giuseppe Labianca, Sam Ransbotham, Stephen P. Borgatti, Bijan Azad, Samer Faraj, Anh Nguyen Phillips, Jonathan Copulsky and David Kiron and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Management Science and Organization Science.

In The Last Decade

Gerald C. Kane

74 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

The Contradictory Influence of Social Media Affordances on Online Communal Knowledge Sharing

2013 626 citations Samer Faraj, Gerald C. Kane et al. profile →
What’s Different about Social Media Networks? A Framework and Research Agenda1

2014 619 citations Gerald C. Kane, Maryam Alavi et al. MIS Quarterly profile →
How digital leadership is(n't) different

2019 119 citations Gerald C. Kane, Anh Nguyen Phillips et al. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald C. Kane United States	30	1.9k	1.8k	802	735	515	74	4.2k
Brian S. Butler United States	30	2.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	960 1.2×	694 0.9×	803 1.6×	118	5.1k
Manju Ahuja United States	26	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	829 1.0×	548 0.7×	293 0.6×	69	3.8k
Paul M. Leonardi United States	26	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	436 0.5×	691 0.9×	329 0.6×	73	4.0k
Paul M. Leonardi United States	22	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	630 0.8×	482 0.7×	280 0.5×	54	3.6k
Likoebe M. Maruping United States	28	1.0k 0.5×	976 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	589 0.8×	491 1.0×	65	3.8k
Gabriele Piccoli United States	27	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	523 0.7×	445 0.9×	103	4.9k
Ines Mergel United States	35	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	309 0.4×	634 0.9×	286 0.6×	101	5.1k
Alton Y.K. Chua Singapore	34	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	785 1.0×	484 0.7×	316 0.6×	156	4.4k
Saonee Sarker United States	33	1.2k 0.6×	828 0.5×	905 1.1×	832 1.1×	230 0.4×	100	4.0k
Janet Fulk United States	29	2.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	875 1.2×	223 0.4×	64	5.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Morse, Lily, et al.. (2021). Do the Ends Justify the Means? Variation in the Distributive and Procedural Fairness of Machine Learning Algorithms. Journal of Business Ethics. 181(4). 1083–1095. 43 indexed citations

Kane, Gerald C., et al.. (2019). How digital leadership is(n't) different. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 60(3). 34–39. 119 indexed citations breakdown →

Young, Amber, et al.. (2018). Theorizing Human and Bot Co-production Effects on Information Quality. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 5 indexed citations

Kane, Gerald C.. (2016). Crowd-based capitalism? Empowering entrepreneurs in the sharing economy. MIT Sloan management review. 57(3). 3–3. 11 indexed citations

Kane, Gerald C.. (2016). The dark side of the digital revolution. MIT Sloan management review. 57(3). 4–4. 8 indexed citations

Kane, Gerald C., et al.. (2015). Is your business ready for a digital future. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 56(4). 37–44. 124 indexed citations

Kane, Gerald C.. (2015). Why social engagement may be more important than marketing. MIT Sloan management review. 57(1). 2–2. 2 indexed citations

Kane, Gerald C.. (2015). How digital transformation is making health care safer, faster and cheaper. MIT Sloan management review. 57(1). 4–4. 14 indexed citations

Kane, Gerald C.. (2015). Enterprise Social Media: Current Capabilities and Future Possibilities. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 14(1). 3. 107 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C.. (2014). Leveraging the extended enterprise: : MITREs handshake tool builds virtual collaboration. MIT Sloan management review. 56(1). 5. 6 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C., et al.. (2014). Finding the value in social business. MIT Sloan management review. 55(3). 81–88. 27 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C.. (2014). The American Red Cross: : Adding digital volunteers to its ranks. MIT Sloan management review. 55(4). 1–6. 16 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C.. (2014). How Facebook and Twitter are reimagining the future of customer service. MIT Sloan management review. 55(4). 1–6. 11 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C., Sam Ransbotham, & Andrew C. Boynton. (2012). Is High Performance Contagious among Knowledge Workers. International Conference on Information Systems. 6 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C. & Sam Ransbotham. (2012). CODIFICATION AND COLLABORATION : INFORMATION QUALITY IN SOCIAL MEDIA. International Conference on Information Systems. 12 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C. & Stephen P. Borgatti. (2011). Centrality-is proficiency alignment and workgroup performance. MIS Quarterly. 35(4). 1063–1078. 30 indexed citations

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Johnson, Steven L., et al.. (2010). New directions in online community research. International Conference on Information Systems. 173. 2 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C.. (2007). IS PROFICIENCY IN SOCIAL NETWORKS. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 138(11). 104–8. 3 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C. & Maryam Alavi. (2005). Information Technology and Organizational Learning: An Investigation of Exploitation and Exploration Processes.. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 6 indexed citations

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Kane, Gerald C. & Maryam Alavi. (2005). CASTING THE NET: A MULTIMODAL NETWORK PERSPECTIVE ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 13 indexed citations

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