Ian Bogost

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Ian Bogost is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Bogost has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ian Bogost's work include Digital Games and Media (24 papers), Artificial Intelligence in Games (6 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (4 papers). Ian Bogost is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (24 papers), Artificial Intelligence in Games (6 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (4 papers). Ian Bogost collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ian Bogost's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computer and First Monday.

In The Last Decade

Ian Bogost

32 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Persuasive Games 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2012 100 200 300 400 500

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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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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 1
2
Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
58
3
Reviewing Games of Empire: Global Capitalism and Video Games
2
4 0
5
Pretty Hate Machines: A Review of Gameplay Mode .
4
6 0
7 3
8 56
9
What is an Art History of Games
1
10 7
11 6
12
Platform Studies: Frequently Questioned Answers
76
13
Videogames and the future of education
3
14
The phenomenology of videogames
3
15
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599
16 7
17 32
18
Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism
188
19 9
20 9

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