Katie Salen

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Katie Salen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Katie Salen has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 6 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Katie Salen's work include Digital Games and Media (9 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (6 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (5 papers). Katie Salen is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (9 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (6 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (5 papers). Katie Salen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Katie Salen's co-authors include Eric Zimmerman, Eric Zimmerman, William R. Penuel, Mizuko Ito, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Sonia Livingstone, Juliet B. Schor, Julian Sefton‐Green, Jean E. Rhodes and S. Craig Watkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Multimodal Technologies and Interaction and She ji.

In The Last Decade

Katie Salen

20 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals

2003 3.0k citations Katie Salen, Eric Zimmerman Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design

2013 507 citations Mizuko Ito, Kris D. Gutiérrez et al. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) profile →

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Eric Zimmerman United States

Thomas Hainey United Kingdom

Herre van Oostendorp Netherlands

Jesse Fox United States

Rilla Khaled Canada

Amy Bruckman United States

Miguel Sicart Denmark

Jonna Koivisto Finland

Andrea Forte United States

Kurt Squire United States

Eric Zimmerman United States

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1.4k ×0.7

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341 ×0.4

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499 ×0.9

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Citations per year, relative to Katie Salen Katie Salen (= 1×) peers Eric Zimmerman

Countries citing papers authored by Katie Salen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katie Salen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Katie Salen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Katie Salen. The network helps show where Katie Salen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katie Salen

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Salen, Katie, et al.. (2023). Child-Centered Design in the Digital World: Investigating the Implications of the Age-Appropriate Design Code for Interactive Digital Media. 289–297. 10 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie, et al.. (2022). Beyond Just Rules: Server Rules for Shaping Positive Experiences in an Online Play Community for Youth. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 6(CHI PLAY). 1–28. 2 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie, et al.. (2022). Policies of Misconduct: A Content Analysis of Codes of Conduct for Online Multiplayer Games. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 6(CHI PLAY). 1–23. 11 indexed citations

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Xu, Ying, et al.. (2021). The Ecological Context of Preschool-Aged Children’s Selection of Media Content. 1–14. 6 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie, et al.. (2021). Connected Play in Virtual Worlds: Communication and Control Mechanisms in Virtual Worlds for Children and Adolescents. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 5(5). 27–27. 28 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie, et al.. (2020). "(We) Can Talk It Out...": Designing for Promoting Conflict-Resolution Skills in Youth on a Moderated Minecraft Server. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 4(CSCW1). 1–26. 8 indexed citations

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Slovák, Petr, et al.. (2018). Mediating Conflicts in Minecraft. 1–13. 17 indexed citations

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Ito, Mizuko, et al.. (2018). Affinity Online: How Connection and Shared Interest Fuel Learning. 21 indexed citations

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Ito, Mizuko, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Sonia Livingstone, et al.. (2013). Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 228(6). 555–64. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aarseth, Espen, Лев Манович, Frans Mäyrä, Katie Salen, & Mark J. P. Wolf. (2011). DIGAREC Keynote-Lectures 2009/10. publish.UP (University of Potsdam). 4 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie, et al.. (2010). Quest to Learn: Developing the School for Digital Kids. 43 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie. (2008). The ecology of games : connecting youth, games, and learning. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 194 indexed citations

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Borgman, Christine L., Hal Abelson, Roberta Ann Johnson, et al.. (2008). Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge. A 21st Century Agenda for the National Science Foundation. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 107 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie. (2007). Gaming literacies: A game design study in action. Journal of educational multimedia and hypermedia. 16(3). 301–322. 109 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie & Eric Zimmerman. (2005). The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 188 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie, et al.. (2003). This is not a game: play in cultural environments. 8 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie & Eric Zimmerman. (2003). Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2970 indexed citations breakdown →

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Salen, Katie. (2001). Surrogate Multiplicities: Typography in the Age of Invisibility. Visible Language. 35(2). 132. 9 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie, et al.. (1997). Dis[appearances]: Representational Strategies and Operational Needs in Codexspace and Screenspace.. Visible Language. 31(3). 1 indexed citations

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Salen, Katie. (1993). Speaking in text: the resonance of syntactic difference in text interpretation. Visible Language. 27(3). 280–301. 1 indexed citations

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