Martijn de Waal

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Martijn de Waal is a scholar working on Media Technology, Management of Technology and Innovation and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Martijn de Waal has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Media Technology, 7 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 6 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Martijn de Waal's work include Smart Cities and Technologies (11 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (7 papers) and Sharing Economy and Platforms (6 papers). Martijn de Waal is often cited by papers focused on Smart Cities and Technologies (11 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (7 papers) and Sharing Economy and Platforms (6 papers). Martijn de Waal collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Denmark. Martijn de Waal's co-authors include José van Dijck, Thomas Poell, Michiel de Lange, Gabriele Ferri, Nazlı Cila, Martin Brynskov, Henrik Korsgaard, Michael Elliott, Therese Kenna and Ingrid Mulder and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Lecture notes in computer science and First Monday.

In The Last Decade

Martijn de Waal

25 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Platform Society 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 250 500 750 1000
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 Platform Society
    2018 1.2k citations José van Dijck, Thomas Poell et al. profile →
  2. The Platform Society:Public Values in a Connective World
    2018 571 citations José van Dijck, Thomas Poell et al. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martijn de Waal Netherlands 12 1.1k 518 317 272 264 31 2.2k
Steve Sawyer United States 28 947 0.9× 439 0.8× 250 0.8× 186 0.7× 570 2.2× 112 2.5k
Bernard C. Y. Tan Singapore 24 1.1k 1.1× 661 1.3× 331 1.0× 143 0.5× 282 1.1× 66 2.5k
David B. Nieborg Canada 19 1.4k 1.3× 571 1.1× 378 1.2× 145 0.5× 200 0.8× 50 2.3k
Frank K. Y. Chan Hong Kong 14 1.0k 1.0× 246 0.5× 293 0.9× 396 1.5× 366 1.4× 24 2.3k
Jack Linchuan Qiu Hong Kong 21 1.4k 1.3× 763 1.5× 173 0.5× 519 1.9× 279 1.1× 77 2.5k
Jennifer L. Gibbs United States 15 1.8k 1.7× 1.3k 2.5× 245 0.8× 201 0.7× 170 0.6× 36 3.5k
Ronald T. Cenfetelli Canada 21 1.5k 1.4× 378 0.7× 594 1.9× 235 0.9× 211 0.8× 46 3.0k
Anne Helmond Netherlands 13 1.1k 1.0× 549 1.1× 248 0.8× 141 0.5× 208 0.8× 39 1.9k
Chee Wei Phang China 23 1.2k 1.2× 449 0.9× 586 1.8× 237 0.9× 149 0.6× 65 2.1k
Jannis Kallinikos United Kingdom 25 1.2k 1.2× 264 0.5× 268 0.8× 294 1.1× 229 0.9× 66 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Martijn de Waal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martijn de Waal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martijn de Waal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martijn de Waal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martijn de Waal 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 Martijn de Waal. Martijn de Waal 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
1.
Waal, Martijn de, et al.. (2025). The Potential of Quadratic Voting for Cohousing Communities. 1–6.
2.
Tomico, Oscar, et al.. (2025). What Comes After Noticing?: Reflections on Noticing Solar Energy and What Came Next. TU/e Research Portal. 1–14.
3.
Waal, Martijn de, et al.. (2024). The city as a license: Design, rights and civics in a blockchain society. Big Data & Society. 11(1). 3 indexed citations
4.
Tomico, Oscar, et al.. (2023). Becoming Solar: Towards More-Than-Human Understandings of Solar Energy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 248–269. 3 indexed citations
5.
Waal, Martijn de, et al.. (2021). Mapping Digital Media: Netherlands. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam).
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Waal, Martijn de, et al.. (2020). The City as a License. Implications of Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers for Urban Governance. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 2. 22 indexed citations
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Cila, Nazlı, et al.. (2020). The Blockchain and the Commons: Dilemmas in the Design of Local Platforms. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1–14. 52 indexed citations
8.
Hansen, Nicolai Brodersen, María Menéndez-Blanco, Laura Maye, et al.. (2020). Making Civic Initiatives Last. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 433–436. 11 indexed citations
9.
Waal, Martijn de, et al.. (2019). Responsieve publieke ruimte: verkenning naar de inzet van interactieve technologie in het ontwerp van de openbare ruimte. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).
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Kenna, Therese, et al.. (2019). CyberParks – The Interface Between People, Places and Technology. Lecture notes in computer science. 20 indexed citations
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Waal, Martijn de, et al.. (2019). Responsive public spaces : exploring the use of interactive technology in the design of public spaces. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 4 indexed citations
12.
Dijck, José van, Thomas Poell, & Martijn de Waal. (2018). The Platform Society:Public Values in a Connective World. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 571 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ferri, Gabriele & Martijn de Waal. (2017). A lab of labs: methods and approaches for a human-centered design. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations
14.
Waal, Martijn de, et al.. (2017). The Hackable City: Citymaking in a Platform Society. Architectural Design. 87(1). 50–57. 15 indexed citations
15.
Lange, Michiel de, Nanna Verhoeff, Martijn de Waal, Marcus Foth, & Martin Brynskov. (2015). Digital cities 9 workshop - hackable cities. Scopus (Elsevier). 165–167. 2 indexed citations
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Waal, Martijn de. (2015). De stad als interface: digitale media, mobiliteit en ruimtegebruik in 2040. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 7–18.
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Brynskov, Martin, et al.. (2014). Urban Interaction Design: Towards City Making. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 27 indexed citations
18.
Waal, Martijn de. (2014). Business and Ownership of the Media in Digital Times. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations
19.
Lange, Michiel de & Martijn de Waal. (2013). Owning the city: New media and citizen engagement in urban design. First Monday. 116 indexed citations
20.
Waal, Martijn de, et al.. (2010). Book Reviews. Journal of Urban Technology. 17(2). 117–125. 8 indexed citations

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