Ian Bogost

5.1k citations
38 papers · 2.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 16
Topics
Digital Games and Media (24 papers)Artificial Intelligence in Games (6 papers)Educational Games and Gamification (4 papers)
Journals
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaComputerFirst Monday
Partner nations
United States

In The Last Decade

Ian Bogost

32 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Persuasive Games200720262013201920072012100200300400500

Peers

Ian Bogost
Comparison fields: 5 of 120
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.2k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 411
  • Literature and Literary Theory 323
  • Artificial Intelligence 276
  • Human-Computer Interaction 268
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Countries citing papers authored by Ian Bogost

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Bogost

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Bogost

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

All Works

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Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
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Reviewing Games of Empire: Global Capitalism and Video Games
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Pretty Hate Machines: A Review of Gameplay Mode .
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What is an Art History of Games
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Platform Studies: Frequently Questioned Answers
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Videogames and the future of education
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The phenomenology of videogames
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Persuasive Gamesbreakdown →
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Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism
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About Ian Bogost

Ian Bogost is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory, having authored 38 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Digital Games and Media (24 papers), Artificial Intelligence in Games (6 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human-Computer Interaction (268 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (411 citations) and Literature and Literary Theory (323 citations). Ian Bogost has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Tom Jenkins, Nick Montfort, Michael Mateas, Mike Treanor, Yasmin B. Kafai, Michael Nitsche, Josie Murray, William Huber, David C. Thomas and Margaret Robertson. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computer and First Monday.

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