James W. Cortada

2.4k total citations
144 papers, 989 citations indexed

About

James W. Cortada is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Cortada has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 989 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Computer Science Applications, 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in History. Recurrent topics in James W. Cortada's work include History of Computing Technologies (46 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (8 papers) and Cybernetics and Technology in Society (7 papers). James W. Cortada is often cited by papers focused on History of Computing Technologies (46 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (8 papers) and Cybernetics and Technology in Society (7 papers). James W. Cortada collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Slovakia. James W. Cortada's co-authors include Alfred D. Chandler, Michael French, Colin Burke, John Woods, Richard Coopey, William Aspray, Paul E. Ceruzzi, Elinor Randall, Philip S. Foner and José Luis Martí and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Technometrics and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

James W. Cortada

114 papers receiving 696 citations

Peers

James W. Cortada
Janet Abbate United States
Albro Martin United States
Yellowlees Douglas United States
Jonathan Liebenau United Kingdom
Jochen Runde United Kingdom
Leonhard Dobusch Germany
Julie E. Cohen United States
Patrice Flichy France
Philip Faulkner United Kingdom
Stuart Macdonald United Kingdom
Janet Abbate United States
James W. Cortada
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cortada, James W.. (2023). Inside IBM. Columbia University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Aspray, William & James W. Cortada. (2022). Authenticity. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (2019). Longevity and corporate ecosystems: how did IBM exist for over a century?. Entreprises et histoire. n° 94(1). 104–127. 2 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (2015). "Doing History" in the Olden Days, 1970s-1990s. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 37(2). 84–88.
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Cortada, James W.. (2013). How New Technologies Spread: Lessons from Computing Technologies. Technology and Culture. 54(2). 229–261. 13 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (2012). The Digital Flood: The Diffusion of Information Technology Across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. OUP Catalogue. 2 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (2004). A new age for historians too: a comment. Accounting Business & Financial History. 14(3). 235–236. 1 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (2004). The Digital Hand. Oxford University Press eBooks. 52 indexed citations
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Chandler, Alfred D. & James W. Cortada. (2000). A Nation Transformed by Information: How It Has Shaped the United States from Colonial Times to the Present. Oxford University Press eBooks. 67 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W. & John Woods. (1999). Knowledge management yearbook. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (1998). Five ways to be a terrible book reviewer. Journal of Scholarly Publishing. 30(1). 34–37. 7 indexed citations
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Ceruzzi, Paul E. & James W. Cortada. (1994). Before the Computer: IBM, NCR, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created, 1865-1956.. Journal of American History. 80(4). 1487–1487. 5 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (1993). Implementing quality in a sales organization. Quality progress. 26(9). 67–70. 3 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (1987). Historical dictionary of data processing. Greenwood Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (1985). Managing DP Hardware: Capacity Planning, Cost Justification, Availability, and Energy Management (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983).. Int. CMG Conference. 813–815. 6 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (1984). Strategic Data Processing: Considerations for Management (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1984), book abstract.. Int. CMG Conference. 783–785. 67 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (1983). Managing DP Hardware: Capacity Planning, Cost Justification, Availability and Energy Management. Prentice Hall PTR eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Cortada, James W.. (1980). EDP Cost and Charges: Finance, Budgets and Cost Control in Data Processing. Prentice Hall PTR eBooks.
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Cortada, James W.. (1978). España y Estados Unidos ante la cuestión mexicana : 1855-1868. Historia Mexicana. 27(3). 387–426. 2 indexed citations
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Fitzsimons, M, et al.. (1975). ROP volume 37 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. The Review of Politics. 37(1). f1–f4. 1 indexed citations

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