Linus Nyman

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 646 citations indexed

About

Linus Nyman is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Information Systems and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Linus Nyman has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 646 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Computer Science Applications, 5 papers in Information Systems and 3 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Linus Nyman's work include Open Source Software Innovations (10 papers), Software Engineering Research (4 papers) and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (3 papers). Linus Nyman is often cited by papers focused on Open Source Software Innovations (10 papers), Software Engineering Research (4 papers) and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (3 papers). Linus Nyman collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Germany. Linus Nyman's co-authors include Mikael Laakso, Bo‐Christer Björk, Helena Bukvova, Turid Hedlund, Juho Lindman, Tommi Mikkonen, Cenyu Shen, Martin Fougère and John Bailey and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Electronic Markets.

In The Last Decade

Linus Nyman

22 papers receiving 580 citations

Hit Papers

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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 Development of Open Access Journal Publishing from 1993 to 2009
    2011 432 citations Mikael Laakso, Helena Bukvova et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Linus Nyman Finland 9 249 187 150 102 56 22 646
Turid Hedlund Finland 11 493 2.0× 377 2.0× 262 1.7× 88 0.9× 56 1.0× 30 1.1k
Steve Probets United Kingdom 14 212 0.9× 323 1.7× 175 1.2× 71 0.7× 49 0.9× 36 581
Philipp Mayr Germany 15 200 0.8× 266 1.4× 107 0.7× 24 0.2× 38 0.7× 100 776
Elena Corera‐Álvarez Spain 10 290 1.2× 161 0.9× 62 0.4× 52 0.5× 67 1.2× 51 758
Kristin Antelman United States 7 345 1.4× 415 2.2× 155 1.0× 57 0.6× 64 1.1× 18 723
Christian Gumpenberger Austria 19 452 1.8× 337 1.8× 160 1.1× 35 0.3× 42 0.8× 42 783
Miranda Lee Pao United States 14 292 1.2× 207 1.1× 70 0.5× 37 0.4× 34 0.6× 23 860
Carlos Olmeda‐Gómez Spain 11 215 0.9× 131 0.7× 42 0.3× 35 0.3× 65 1.2× 46 565
Krishna Subramanyam United States 5 241 1.0× 116 0.6× 56 0.4× 36 0.4× 33 0.6× 11 677
Geoffrey McKim United States 7 183 0.7× 285 1.5× 101 0.7× 73 0.7× 185 3.3× 10 609

Countries citing papers authored by Linus Nyman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Linus Nyman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Linus Nyman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Linus Nyman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Linus Nyman 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 Linus Nyman. Linus Nyman 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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Bailey, John, Mikael Laakso, & Linus Nyman. (2019). Look Who's Tracking. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 38(3-4). 2 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus, et al.. (2017). The Internet of (Vulnerable) Things: On Hypponen's Law, Security Engineering, and IoT Legislation. Technology Innovation Management Review. 7(4). 5–11. 3 indexed citations
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Laakso, Mikael, Juho Lindman, Cenyu Shen, Linus Nyman, & Bo‐Christer Björk. (2017). Research output availability on academic social networks: implications for stakeholders in academic publishing. Electronic Markets. 27(2). 125–133. 44 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus, et al.. (2017). The Internet of (Vulnerable) Things: On Hypponen's Law, Security Engineering, and IoT Legislation. Technology Innovation Management Review. 7(4). 5–11. 16 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus & Mikael Laakso. (2016). Notes on the History of Fork and Join. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 38(3). 84–87. 14 indexed citations
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Lindman, Juho & Linus Nyman. (2014). The Businesses of Open Data and Open Source: Some Key Similarities and Differences. Technology Innovation Management Review. 4(1). 12–17. 3 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus, et al.. (2014). The Business of Open Source Software: A Primer. Technology Innovation Management Review. 4(1). 4–11. 4 indexed citations
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Lindman, Juho & Linus Nyman. (2014). The Businesses of Open Data and Open Source: Some Key Similarities and Differences. Technology Innovation Management Review. 4(1). 12–17. 9 indexed citations
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Laakso, Mikael & Linus Nyman. (2014). Innovation Opportunities: An Overview of Standards and Platforms in the Video Game Industry. Technology Innovation Management Review. 4(7). 15–21. 6 indexed citations
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Laakso, Mikael & Linus Nyman. (2014). Innovation Opportunities: An Overview of Standards and Platforms in the Video Game Industry. Technology Innovation Management Review. 4(7). 15–21. 2 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus. (2014). Hackers on Forking. 1–10. 10 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus, et al.. (2013). Introducing “Business Source”: The Future of Corporate Open Source Licensing?. Technology Innovation Management Review. 3(6). 5–12. 1 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus, et al.. (2013). Introducing "Business Source". Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 1 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus. (2013). Freedom and forking in open source software: the MariaDB story. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 1 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus & Juho Lindman. (2013). Code Forking, Governance, and Sustainability in Open Source Software. Technology Innovation Management Review. 3(1). 7–12. 44 indexed citations
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Laakso, Mikael, et al.. (2011). The Development of Open Access Journal Publishing from 1993 to 2009. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20961–e20961. 432 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nyman, Linus & Tommi Mikkonen. (2011). To Fork or Not to Fork. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3(3). 1–9. 19 indexed citations
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Nyman, Linus, Tommi Mikkonen, Juho Lindman, & Martin Fougère. (2011). Forking: the Invisible Hand of Sustainability in Open Source Software. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 1–5. 7 indexed citations

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