John Seely Brown

54.7k total citations · 14 hit papers
129 papers, 30.8k citations indexed

About

John Seely Brown is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Seely Brown has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 30.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in John Seely Brown's work include Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (11 papers), AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (6 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (6 papers). John Seely Brown is often cited by papers focused on Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (11 papers), AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (6 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (6 papers). John Seely Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Colombia. John Seely Brown's co-authors include Paul Duguid, Allan Collins, S. D. Noam Cook, Richard R. Burton, Johan de Kleer, Alan Collins, Richard Adler, Douglas Thomas, Kurt VanLehn and John Hagel and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

John Seely Brown

119 papers receiving 25.2k citations

Hit Papers

Situated Cognition and th... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1989 1991 2001 1999 2000 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Seely Brown 9.6k 6.7k 5.4k 4.2k 4.0k 129 30.8k
Paul Duguid 7.0k 0.7× 4.6k 0.7× 4.4k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 3.1k 0.8× 59 20.9k
Jean Lave 24.7k 2.6× 11.3k 1.7× 2.4k 0.4× 4.2k 1.0× 9.5k 2.4× 42 52.1k
Donald A. Schön 20.9k 2.2× 5.0k 0.7× 3.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 7.4k 1.8× 103 50.0k
Eduardo Salas 3.3k 0.3× 3.7k 0.6× 3.5k 0.6× 5.2k 1.2× 5.1k 1.3× 516 41.1k
Donald T. Campbell 8.1k 0.8× 5.7k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 13.8k 3.4× 175 57.9k
Robert K. Yin 13.4k 1.4× 3.4k 0.5× 17.1k 3.2× 3.8k 0.9× 14.4k 3.6× 95 74.3k
Étienne Wenger 37.9k 4.0× 15.6k 2.3× 4.8k 0.9× 8.2k 1.9× 15.2k 3.8× 34 83.3k
David Kolb 13.2k 1.4× 6.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 2.6k 0.6× 114 29.0k
Klaus Krippendorff 4.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.2× 3.1k 0.6× 3.7k 0.9× 7.6k 1.9× 116 30.5k
Edwin A. Locke 5.6k 0.6× 4.5k 0.7× 5.8k 1.1× 3.0k 0.7× 9.0k 2.2× 264 58.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Seely Brown

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All Works

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Brown, John Seely, et al.. (2008). Entrepreneurial learning in the networked age: How new learning environments foster entrepreneurship and innovation. RACO (Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert) (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya). 16 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely, et al.. (2008). Formular una estrategia configuradora en un mundo en constante disrupción. Harvard business review. 86(10). 86–97. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely, et al.. (2005). Fricción productiva: cómo las relaciones difíciles pueden acelerar la innovación. Harvard business review. 83(2). 62–71. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely & John Hagel. (2003). Does IT Matter. Harvard business review. 81(7). 109–112. 20 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely. (2002). The Social Life of Learning: How Can Continuing Education Be Reconfigured in the Future?.. 66. 50–69. 9 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely & Paul Duguid. (2001). Creativity Versus Structure: A Useful Tension. Hispana. 44 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely & Paul Duguid. (2001). Don't count society out. McGraw-Hill, Inc. eBooks. 117–144. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely. (2001). Where have all the computers gone. Technology Review. 104(1). 86–87. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely & Paul Duguid. (2000). Chapter Three: Home Alone.. First Monday. 5.
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Brown, John Seely. (1997). Seeing differently : insights on innovation. 39 indexed citations
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Kleer, Johan de & John Seely Brown. (1992). Model-based diagnosis in SOPHIE III. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc. eBooks. 179–205. 8 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely. (1991). Cómo lograr que la innovación prospere y se asiente en la empresa. Harvard-Deusto business review. 39–50. 2 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely, et al.. (1986). Toward a natural-language capability for computer-assisted instruction. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc. eBooks. 605–625. 12 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely. (1985). Idea Amplifiers--New Kinds of Electronic Learning Environments.. Educational Horizons. 63(3). 13 indexed citations
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Greeno, James G., et al.. (1982). Cognitive principles of problem solving and instruction. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 4 indexed citations
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Kleer, Johan de & John Seely Brown. (1982). Foundations of envisioning. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 434–437. 21 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely & Kurt VanLehn. (1980). Repair Theory: A Generative Theory of Bugs in Procedural Skills. Cognitive Science. 4(4). 379–426. 352 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely & Richard R. Burton. (1978). Diagnostic Models for Procedural Bugs in Basic Mathematical Skills*. Cognitive Science. 2(2). 155–192. 751 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brown, John Seely, et al.. (1974). Sophisticated Instructional Environment for Teaching Electronic Troubleshooting.. Final Report. 20 indexed citations
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Brown, John Seely. (1973). Steps toward automatic theory formation. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 121–129. 10 indexed citations

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