Jim Dator

994 total citations
45 papers, 353 citations indexed

About

Jim Dator is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Dator has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 353 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Jim Dator's work include Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (8 papers), Health, Medicine and Society (2 papers) and Legal principles and applications (2 papers). Jim Dator is often cited by papers focused on Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (8 papers), Health, Medicine and Society (2 papers) and Legal principles and applications (2 papers). Jim Dator collaborates with scholars based in United States and New Zealand. Jim Dator's co-authors include Michael J. Dockry, David Ν. Βengston, Yong-Seok Seo, Majid Tehranian and Ian Yeoman and has published in prestigious journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change, American Behavioral Scientist and Futures.

In The Last Decade

Jim Dator

37 papers receiving 289 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jim Dator United States 9 99 65 51 45 39 45 353
W. Henry Lambright United States 11 114 1.2× 112 1.7× 50 1.0× 64 1.4× 71 1.8× 64 483
Michael Marien United States 10 114 1.2× 32 0.5× 58 1.1× 68 1.5× 13 0.3× 49 321
Vary T. Coates United States 8 75 0.8× 65 1.0× 96 1.9× 39 0.9× 78 2.0× 20 365
Hazel Henderson United States 12 132 1.3× 73 1.1× 44 0.9× 25 0.6× 47 1.2× 51 420
Mahmud Farooque United States 8 134 1.4× 68 1.0× 112 2.2× 136 3.0× 50 1.3× 13 518
Juho Ruotsalainen Finland 10 105 1.1× 22 0.3× 28 0.5× 50 1.1× 21 0.5× 27 316
Hans Bandhold 3 66 0.7× 32 0.5× 47 0.9× 38 0.8× 52 1.3× 3 290
Riel Miller France 13 162 1.6× 45 0.7× 80 1.6× 99 2.2× 85 2.2× 30 575
Lyndhurst Collins United Kingdom 10 61 0.6× 109 1.7× 24 0.5× 38 0.8× 95 2.4× 21 429
Alexandra Köves Hungary 8 76 0.8× 51 0.8× 37 0.7× 32 0.7× 36 0.9× 25 288

Countries citing papers authored by Jim Dator

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim Dator

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim Dator

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dator, Jim. (2021). Sardar, Islam, Normal, Post Normal, Identity, and I. World Futures. 78(2-4). 156–169. 1 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim & Ian Yeoman. (2015). Tourism in Hawaii 1776‐2076: futurist Jim Dator talks with Ian Yeoman. Journal of Tourism Futures. 1(1). 36–45.
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Dator, Jim. (2014). “New beginnings” within a new normal for the four futures. foresight. 16(6). 496–511. 7 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim, et al.. (2013). Communicating Power: Technological Innovation and Social Change in the Past, Present, and Futures. 4 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (2012). Dream society? Ubiquitous society? No society? : futures for Finland and the world as seen from a small pacific island. Doria (University of Helsinki). 3 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (2011). Wendell Bell: The futurist who would put my grandmother in prison. Futures. 43(6). 578–582. 5 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (2009). Zero Zone Theory and Futures Studies: Two Ridiculous Ideas?. Journal of futures studies. 14(2). 135–137. 1 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (2009). The Unholy Trinity, Plus One. 7 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim, et al.. (2007). Learning to seek : globalization, governance, and the futures of higher education. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (2005). The WFSF and I. Futures. 37(5). 371–385. 6 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (2005). Universities without “quality” and quality without “universities”. On the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures. 13(4). 199–215. 18 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (2003). Islam, Postmodernism and other futures: a Ziauddin Sardar reader. Futures. 36(1). 115–126. 3 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (2001). Judicial governance of the long blur. Futures. 33(2). 181–197. 2 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (1998). The futures of universities. Futures. 30(7). 615–623. 10 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (1997). Paths of fire. An anthropologist's inquiry into western technology. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 56(1). 87–94. 6 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (1994). Dogs don't bark at parked cars. Futures. 26(1). 89–94. 2 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (1992). Quantum politics: Applying quantum theory to political phenomena. Futures. 24(3). 279–281. 15 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (1989). What do ‘You’ do when your robot bows, as your clone enters holographic MTV?. Futures. 21(4). 361–365. 6 indexed citations
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Dator, Jim. (1971). Dimensions of the future. Futures. 3(3). 311–313. 2 indexed citations

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