Mark W. Bell

578 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 308 citations indexed

About

Mark W. Bell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark W. Bell has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 308 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Safety Research and 2 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mark W. Bell's work include Digital Games and Media (6 papers), Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (2 papers) and Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (2 papers). Mark W. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (6 papers), Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (2 papers) and Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (2 papers). Mark W. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Norway. Mark W. Bell's co-authors include Edward Castronova, Gert G. Wagner, Mia Consalvo, James J. Cummings, Serap Keleş, Hildegunn Fandrem and Simona Carla Silvia Caravita and has published in prestigious journals such as The British Journal of Social Work, The Information Society and IEEE Multimedia.

In The Last Decade

Mark W. Bell

11 papers receiving 261 citations

Hit Papers

Toward a Definition of “Virtual Worlds” 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Toward a Definition of “Virtual Worlds”
    1970 256 citations Mark W. Bell Journal of Virtual Worlds Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark W. Bell United States 5 141 90 53 46 34 14 308
Enrico Gandolfi United States 9 172 1.2× 78 0.9× 73 1.4× 63 1.4× 34 1.0× 55 342
Dave Hobbs United Kingdom 8 76 0.5× 81 0.9× 64 1.2× 42 0.9× 8 0.2× 21 331
Jennefer Hart United Kingdom 9 149 1.1× 81 0.9× 21 0.4× 20 0.4× 15 0.4× 14 269
Thomas Smith United Kingdom 8 120 0.9× 52 0.6× 22 0.4× 71 1.5× 46 1.4× 23 305
Hyun-Kyung Lee South Korea 9 118 0.8× 34 0.4× 63 1.2× 114 2.5× 31 0.9× 47 554
Ifeoma Adaji Canada 10 166 1.2× 80 0.9× 21 0.4× 11 0.2× 21 0.6× 45 341
Arianna Boldi Italy 8 149 1.1× 63 0.7× 24 0.5× 19 0.4× 21 0.6× 16 512
Leah Zhang-Kennedy Canada 10 150 1.1× 68 0.8× 24 0.5× 100 2.2× 18 0.5× 22 339
Ana Caraban Portugal 7 102 0.7× 113 1.3× 21 0.4× 22 0.5× 13 0.4× 12 313
Pascal Lessel Germany 13 203 1.4× 173 1.9× 154 2.9× 11 0.2× 20 0.6× 42 436

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark W. Bell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark W. Bell

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Bell, Mark W., et al.. (2025). Cooperation within the school community to overcome cyberbullying: a systematic scoping review. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 70(2). 357–372.
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Bell, Mark W. & Hildegunn Fandrem. (2025). “It Takes a Village”: Parental Experiences with Cooperation to Overcome Cyberbullying in Norwegian Schools. International Journal of Bullying Prevention.
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Bell, Mark W.. (2011). A Review of “Ethics in Cyberspace: How Cyberspace May Influence Interpersonal Interaction”. The Information Society. 27(3). 206–207.
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Bell, Mark W., Edward Castronova, & Gert G. Wagner. (2010). Virtual Assisted Self Interviewing (VASI): An Expansion of Survey Data Collection Methods to Virtual Worlds by Means of VDCI. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. 3(3). 1 indexed citations
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Bell, Mark W. & Mia Consalvo. (2009). Culture and virtual worlds: The not-quite-new experiences we study. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. 1(3). 4 indexed citations
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Bell, Mark W., Edward Castronova, & Gert G. Wagner. (2009). Virtual Assisted Self Interviewing (VASI): An Expansion of Survey Data Collection Methods to the Virtual Worlds by Means of VDCI. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Bell, Mark W., Edward Castronova, & Gert G. Wagner. (2009). Surveying the Virtual World: A Large Scale Survey in Second Life Using the Virtual Data Collection Interface (VDCI). SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward, et al.. (2009). A Test of the Law of Demand in a Virtual World. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations. 1(2). 1–16. 14 indexed citations
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Castronova, Edward, et al.. (2008). Constructing Arden: Life Inside the Machine. IEEE Multimedia. 15(1). 4–8. 5 indexed citations
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Bell, Mark W., Edward Castronova, & Gert G. Wagner. (2008). Virtual Assisted Self Interviewing (VASI): An Expansion of Survey Data Collection Methods to Virtual Worlds by Means of VDCI. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Bell, Mark W.. (2007). The transformation of the encyclopedia : a textual analysis and comparison of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Wikipedia. Cardinal Scholar (Ball State University). 2 indexed citations
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Bell, Mark W., et al.. (2004). Agent-based Generalisation — an Update on Progress. KN - Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information. 54(4). 170–177. 1 indexed citations
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Bell, Mark W.. (1970). Toward a Definition of “Virtual Worlds”. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. 1(1). 256 indexed citations breakdown →

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