Megan K. Halpern

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 794 citations indexed

About

Megan K. Halpern is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan K. Halpern has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 794 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Megan K. Halpern's work include Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (6 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 papers) and Museums and Cultural Heritage (3 papers). Megan K. Halpern is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (6 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 papers) and Museums and Cultural Heritage (3 papers). Megan K. Halpern collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Megan K. Halpern's co-authors include M. Seiffert, A. Kogut, S. S. Meyer, David T. Chuss, S. H. Moseley, Edward J. Wollack, Jessie Dotson, D. J. Fixsen, E. Dwek and G. Hinshaw and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and New Media & Society.

In The Last Decade

Megan K. Halpern

20 papers receiving 735 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.

The Primordial Inflation Explorer (PIXIE): a nulling polarimeter for cosmic microwave background observations

2011 409 citations A. Kogut, D. J. Fixsen et al. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Megan K. Halpern United States	12	507	320	122	65	37	23	794
Sarah Maddison Australia	22	1.4k 2.7×	50 0.2×	70 0.6×	9 0.1×	79 2.1×	72	1.9k
Pamela Gay United States	9	263 0.5×	20 0.1×	74 0.6×	22 0.3×	53 1.4×	14	640
D. J. B. Smith United Kingdom	26	1.6k 3.2×	552 1.7×	77 0.6×	3 0.0×	15 0.4×	102	1.9k
David Mitchell United Kingdom	6	155 0.3×	180 0.6×	68 0.6×	14 0.2×	73 2.0×	7	399
Graham Hall United Kingdom	14	301 0.6×	195 0.6×	23 0.2×	4 0.1×	18 0.5×	53	956
Erik Brogt New Zealand	12	131 0.3×	35 0.1×	65 0.5×	5 0.1×	16 0.4×	54	452
D. F. Lester United States	17	584 1.2×	72 0.2×	37 0.3×	9 0.1×	10 0.3×	66	866
Paul Mason United States	14	283 0.6×	37 0.1×	38 0.3×	13 0.2×	2 0.1×	76	562
Gary Felder United States	20	1.7k 3.4×	1.3k 4.2×	18 0.1×	4 0.1×	10 0.3×	28	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megan K. Halpern

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Halpern, Megan K., et al.. (2024). Full Paper: Future Design Studio – Building a Growth Mindset and a Path to Persistence Through Improvisation and Design Fiction. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education).

Halpern, Megan K., et al.. (2024). Engaging publics in science: a practical typology. Journal of Responsible Innovation. 11(1). 1 indexed citations

Forlano, Laura & Megan K. Halpern. (2023). Speculative Histories, Just Futures: From Counterfactual Artifacts to Counterfactual Actions. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 30(2). 1–37. 18 indexed citations

Halpern, Megan K., et al.. (2021). Routledge Handbook of Art, Science, and Technology Studies. 17 indexed citations

Seese, Sydney, et al.. (2020). Hidden value: Investigating the physics demonstration as aesthetic experience. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 548–553.

Halpern, Megan K. & Michael O’Rourke. (2020). Power in science communication collaborations. Journal of Science Communication. 19(4). C02–C02. 14 indexed citations

Halpern, Megan K.. (2019). Feminist standpoint theory and science communication. Journal of Science Communication. 18(4). C02–C02. 14 indexed citations

Davies, Sarah R., Megan K. Halpern, Maja Horst, David A. Kirby, & Bruce V. Lewenstein. (2019). Science stories as culture: experience, identity, narrative and emotion in public communication of science. Journal of Science Communication. 18(5). A01–A01. 72 indexed citations

Halpern, Megan K., et al.. (2016). Stitching Together Creativity and Responsibility. Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. 36(1). 49–57. 8 indexed citations

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Forlano, Laura & Megan K. Halpern. (2015). FCJ-189 Reimagining Work: Entanglements and Frictions around Future of Work Narratives. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 32–59. 11 indexed citations

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Halpern, Megan K. & Lee Humphreys. (2014). Iphoneography as an emergent art world. New Media & Society. 18(1). 62–81. 17 indexed citations

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Halpern, Megan K., et al.. (2013). Inseparable Impulses: The Science and Aesthetics of Ernst Haeckel and Charley Harper. Leonardo. 46(5). 465–470. 4 indexed citations

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Halpern, Megan K., Ingrid Erickson, Laura Forlano, & Geri Gay. (2013). Designing collaboration. 1093–1102. 18 indexed citations

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Snyder, Jaime, Eric P. S. Baumer, Stephen Voida, et al.. (2013). Making Things Visible: Opportunities and Tensions in Visual Approaches for Design Research and Practice. Human-Computer Interaction. 29(5-6). 451–486. 6 indexed citations

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Kogut, A., D. J. Fixsen, David T. Chuss, et al.. (2011). The Primordial Inflation Explorer (PIXIE): a nulling polarimeter for cosmic microwave background observations. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2011(7). 25–25. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

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Halpern, Megan K.. (2011). Across the great divide: Boundaries and boundary objects in art and science. Public Understanding of Science. 21(8). 922–937. 28 indexed citations

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Halpern, Megan K. & Lee Humphreys. (2011). "App that Bitch 'till it Sings": Aura, Nostalgia and Legitimation in iPhoneography. 1 indexed citations

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Seiffert, M. D., C. Borys, D. Scott, & Megan K. Halpern. (2006). An upper limit to polarized submillimetre emission in Arp 220. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 374(2). 409–414. 9 indexed citations

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Marsden, G., Colin Borys, S. C. Chapman, Megan K. Halpern, & D. Scott. (2005). An upper limit to [C II] emission in a z = 5 galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 359(1). 43–46. 6 indexed citations

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Robson, Eleanor, A.J. Walton, P. A. R. Ade, et al.. (2004). American Astronomical Society Meeting. 115 indexed citations

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