Jessica Hammer

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Jessica Hammer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessica Hammer has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 43 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 29 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jessica Hammer's work include Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (34 papers), Digital Games and Media (32 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (23 papers). Jessica Hammer is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (34 papers), Digital Games and Media (32 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (23 papers). Jessica Hammer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Jessica Hammer's co-authors include Joey J. Lee, Joseph Seering, Geoff Kaufman, Alexandra To, Amy Ogan, Phoebe O. Toups Dugas, Saiph Savage, Michal Luria, Sultan A. Alharthi and Erik Harpstead and has published in prestigious journals such as Obesity, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction and interactions.

In The Last Decade

Jessica Hammer

106 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Gamification in Education: What, How, Why Bother? 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 200 400 600
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.

  1. Gamification in Education: What, How, Why Bother?
    2011 734 citations Joey J. Lee, Jessica Hammer Academic exchange quarterly profile →

Peers

Jessica Hammer
Miguel Sicart Denmark
Katie Seaborn Japan
Sylvester Arnab United Kingdom
Judith Good United Kingdom
Joey J. Lee United States
Florian Brühlmann Switzerland
Eric Zimmerman United States
Jan Van Looy Belgium
Leonard A. Annetta United States
Kristian Kiili Finland
Miguel Sicart Denmark
Jessica Hammer
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Countries citing papers authored by Jessica Hammer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jessica Hammer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jessica Hammer

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

All Works

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Hammer, Jessica, et al.. (2024). "More than just a game, it's an app that builds awareness around Mental Health": Mental Health Stigma Reduction Using Games for Change. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 8(CHI PLAY). 1–30. 2 indexed citations
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Hammer, Jessica, et al.. (2024). Children’s Overtrust and Shifting Perspectives of Generative AI. Proceedings.. 905–912. 6 indexed citations
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Kim, Jennifer, et al.. (2022). Data Detectives. 632–632. 3 indexed citations
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Hou, Xinying, Huy A. Nguyen, J. Elizabeth Richey, et al.. (2021). Assessing the Effects of Open Models of Learning and Enjoyment in a Digital Learning Game. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. 32(1). 120–150. 18 indexed citations
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Rodriguês, Maria Andréia Formico, et al.. (2021). A Storytelling Game to Foster Empathy and Connect Emotionally with Breast Cancer Journeys. 1–8. 13 indexed citations
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Wehbe, Rina R., et al.. (2021). Designing a Serious Game (Above Water) for Stigma Reduction Surrounding Mental Health: Semistructured Interview Study With Expert Participants. JMIR Serious Games. 10(2). e21376–e21376. 7 indexed citations
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Dow, Steven P., et al.. (2020). Designing Interactive Scaffolds to Encourage Reflection on Peer Feedback. 1143–1153. 11 indexed citations
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Hammer, Jessica, et al.. (2019). Brick. 1–4. 7 indexed citations
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Seering, Joseph, Michal Luria, Geoff Kaufman, & Jessica Hammer. (2019). Beyond Dyadic Interactions. 1–13. 62 indexed citations
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To, Alexandra, et al.. (2018). Modeling and Designing for Key Elements of Curiosity: Risking Failure, Valuing Questions. 4(2). 13 indexed citations
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Hammer, Jessica & Drew Davidson. (2017). Cultural Alignment and Game-Based Learning.. Educational Technology archive. 57(2). 31–35. 5 indexed citations
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Koedinger, Kenneth R., et al.. (2017). How Do English Language Learners Interact with Different Content Types in MOOC Videos?. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. 28(4). 508–527. 16 indexed citations
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Ogan, Amy, et al.. (2017). Going Global: Understanding English Language Learners’ Student Motivation in English-Language MOOCs. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. 28(4). 528–552. 23 indexed citations
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Dugas, Phoebe O. Toups, et al.. (2014). A framework for cooperative communication game mechanics from grounded theory. 257–266. 43 indexed citations
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Lee, Joey J. & Jessica Hammer. (2011). Gamification in Education: What, How, Why Bother?. Academic exchange quarterly. 15(2). 146. 734 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hammer, Jessica & John Black. (2009). Games and (preparation for future) learning. Educational Technology archive. 49(2). 29–34. 10 indexed citations

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