Kamau Bobb

848 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 582 citations indexed

About

Kamau Bobb is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Education and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Kamau Bobb has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 582 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 3 papers in Education and 2 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Kamau Bobb's work include Social Media and Politics (2 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (2 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (2 papers). Kamau Bobb is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (2 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (2 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (2 papers). Kamau Bobb collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Kamau Bobb's co-authors include Joann Keyton, Katy Börner, Julie Thompson Klein, Caroline S. Wagner, Kevin W. Boyack, Ismael Ràfols, J. David Roessner, Susan E. Cozzens, Gonzalo Ordóñez–Matamoros and Jean J. Ryoo and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientometrics, Journal of Informetrics and Science and Public Policy.

In The Last Decade

Kamau Bobb

6 papers receiving 545 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Approaches to understanding and measuring interdisciplinary scientific research (IDR): A review of the literature

2010 531 citations Caroline S. Wagner, J. David Roessner et al. Journal of Informetrics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kamau Bobb United States	5	238	194	112	86	75	9	582
Fernanda Morillo Spain	14	163 0.7×	338 1.7×	65 0.6×	121 1.4×	56 0.7×	42	739
Ivan Chompalov United States	8	102 0.4×	187 1.0×	116 1.0×	62 0.7×	86 1.1×	11	571
Joel Genuth United States	5	92 0.4×	123 0.6×	76 0.7×	47 0.5×	67 0.9×	5	392
Léa Velho Brazil	14	102 0.4×	103 0.5×	78 0.7×	51 0.6×	105 1.4×	80	656
Ali Gazni Iran	13	63 0.3×	393 2.0×	65 0.6×	117 1.4×	46 0.6×	21	705
Elena Corera‐Álvarez Spain	10	62 0.3×	290 1.5×	67 0.6×	161 1.9×	36 0.5×	51	758
Laura Meagher United Kingdom	14	273 1.1×	58 0.3×	180 1.6×	49 0.6×	89 1.2×	34	849
Krishna Subramanyam United States	5	56 0.2×	241 1.2×	52 0.5×	116 1.3×	24 0.3×	11	677
Francisco José Muñoz-Fernández Spain	6	50 0.2×	202 1.0×	53 0.5×	123 1.4×	28 0.4×	9	555
Luka Kronegger Slovenia	13	41 0.2×	206 1.1×	92 0.8×	74 0.9×	31 0.4×	24	613

Countries citing papers authored by Kamau Bobb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kamau Bobb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kamau Bobb

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Love, Bettina L. & Kamau Bobb. (2024). Punished for Dreaming: The Case for Abolitionist Teaching and Educational Reparations. 1–2.

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Toro, Juan Del, et al.. (2023). The Important Role Social Capital Plays in Navigating the Computing Education Ecosystem for Black Girls. ACM Transactions on Computing Education. 24(2). 1–17. 1 indexed citations

3.

Ryoo, Jean J., Gail Chapman, Joanna Goode, et al.. (2019). Going Beyond the Platitudes of Equity. 657–658. 4 indexed citations

4.

Bobb, Kamau. (2016). Broadening Participation in Computing. ACM Inroads. 7(4). 49–51. 5 indexed citations

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Wagner, Caroline S., J. David Roessner, Kamau Bobb, et al.. (2010). Approaches to understanding and measuring interdisciplinary scientific research (IDR): A review of the literature. Journal of Informetrics. 5(1). 14–26. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bobb, Kamau, et al.. (2008). Eureka! Winning Ways: Analysis of Early Client Experiences. 1 indexed citations

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Cozzens, Susan E., et al.. (2005). Distributional effects of science and technology-based economic development strategies at state level in the United States. Science and Public Policy. 32(1). 29–38. 15 indexed citations

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Cozzens, Susan E. & Kamau Bobb. (2003). Measuring the relationship between high technology development strategies and wage inequality. Scientometrics. 58(2). 351–368. 1 indexed citations

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Cozzens, Susan E., et al.. (2002). Evaluating the distributional consequences of science and technology policies and programs. Research Evaluation. 11(2). 101–107. 24 indexed citations

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