Jonathan Sterne

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Sterne is a scholar working on Music, Communication and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Sterne has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Music, 13 papers in Communication and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Sterne's work include Music History and Culture (14 papers), Music Technology and Sound Studies (10 papers) and Media, Communication, and Education (9 papers). Jonathan Sterne is often cited by papers focused on Music History and Culture (14 papers), Music Technology and Sound Studies (10 papers) and Media, Communication, and Education (9 papers). Jonathan Sterne collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Algeria. Jonathan Sterne's co-authors include Joan Leach, Jeremy Morris, Tara Rodgers, Mara Mills, Karin Bijsterveld and Elizabeth Patitsas and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, New Media & Society and The Information Society.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Sterne

53 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Audible Past 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 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. The Audible Past
    2003 730 citations Jonathan Sterne profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Sterne Canada 15 709 356 299 231 188 57 1.6k
Friedrich Kittler United States 16 89 0.1× 376 1.1× 277 0.9× 69 0.3× 348 1.9× 82 1.4k
Kristin Thompson Canada 9 82 0.1× 375 1.1× 98 0.3× 192 0.8× 397 2.1× 30 1.4k
David Bordwell United States 19 156 0.2× 791 2.2× 178 0.6× 304 1.3× 982 5.2× 70 3.0k
Rosalind Krauss United States 20 62 0.1× 329 0.9× 64 0.2× 35 0.2× 270 1.4× 121 1.7k
David Carrier United States 17 36 0.1× 268 0.8× 102 0.3× 80 0.3× 262 1.4× 149 1.5k
Daniel Shanahan United States 12 78 0.1× 370 1.0× 300 1.0× 57 0.2× 177 0.9× 42 1.2k
Limor Shifman Israel 22 88 0.1× 1.2k 3.3× 848 2.8× 34 0.1× 551 2.9× 53 2.7k
Marie‐Laure Ryan United States 27 33 0.0× 967 2.7× 190 0.6× 153 0.7× 1.3k 7.0× 92 2.7k
Christian Metz France 17 44 0.1× 390 1.1× 84 0.3× 36 0.2× 392 2.1× 57 1.4k
Ted Striphas United States 10 36 0.1× 372 1.0× 164 0.5× 26 0.1× 65 0.3× 22 787

Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan Sterne

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Sterne

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Sterne

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

All Works

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Sterne, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). When a Format (Almost) Becomes an Instrument: Eurorack in a Logistical World. Journal of cinema and media studies. 63(5). 400–427.
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2019). Ballad of the dork-o-phone: Towards a crip vocal technoscience. 4(2). 179–189. 4 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan, et al.. (2018). Legitimating Media: Shakespeare’s Awkward Travels Through Video Games and Twitter. Communication Culture and Critique. 11(3). 418–435. 1 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan, et al.. (2017). Du charivari au big data. Les musiques populaires au prisme des sound studies. Volume !. 14 : 1. 175–192.
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2016). Shakespeare Processing: Fragments from a History. ELH. 83(2). 319–344. 1 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan, et al.. (2014). Media, Hot and Cold| Introduction: Temperature is a Media Problem. International journal of communication. 8. 8. 1 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2014). Headset Culture, Audile, Technique, and sound Space as Private Space. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 6(2). 57–82. 5 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2012). Quebec's #casseroles: on participation, percussion and protest. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 15(3). 3 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2012). MP3. 168 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2011). The Theology of Sound: A Critique of Orality. Canadian Journal of Communication. 36(2). 207–226. 36 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2011). Academic Labor | The Politics of Academic Labor in Communication Studies : A Re-Introduction. International journal of communication. 5. 20. 5 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan & Tara Rodgers. (2011). The Poetics of Signal Processing. differences. 22(2-3). 31–53. 8 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan, et al.. (2011). The Recording That Never Wanted to Be Heard and Other Stories of Sonification. Oxford University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Morris, Jeremy, et al.. (2008). The Politics of Podcasting. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2008). Being 'In the True' of Sound Studies. 2(2). 163–167. 3 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2006). The death and life of digital audio. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 31(4). 338–348. 21 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2003). The Audible Past. 50 indexed citations
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2003). The Audible Past. 730 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sterne, Jonathan. (2002). Cultural Policy Studies and the Problem of Political Representation. The Communication Review. 5(1). 59–89. 10 indexed citations

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