Miguel Sicart

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Miguel Sicart is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Miguel Sicart has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Miguel Sicart's work include Digital Games and Media (22 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (10 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (8 papers). Miguel Sicart is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (22 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (10 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (8 papers). Miguel Sicart collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and United Kingdom. Miguel Sicart's co-authors include Dan Dixon, Lennart E. Nacke, Sebastian Deterding, Kenton O’Hara, Douglas Wilson, Katta Spiel, Fares Kayali, Michael Penkler, Jessica Hammer and Irina Shklovski and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, New Media & Society and Information Communication & Society.

In The Last Decade

Miguel Sicart

34 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Gamification. using game-design elements in non-gaming contexts

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Peers

Miguel Sicart

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Eric Zimmerman United States

Jessica Hammer United States

Katie Seaborn Japan

Elisa D. Mekler Switzerland

Sylvester Arnab United Kingdom

Panayiotis Zaphiris Cyprus

Jan Van Looy Belgium

Florian Brühlmann Switzerland

Alexandre N. Tuch Switzerland

Katie Salen United States

Eric Zimmerman United States

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499 ×1.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Miguel Sicart

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miguel Sicart

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Sicart, Miguel. (2023). Playing Software:Homo Ludens in Computational Culture. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations

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Neumayer, Christina & Miguel Sicart. (2023). Probably not a game: Playing with the AI in the ritual of taking pictures on the mobile phone. New Media & Society. 25(4). 685–701. 3 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2023). Playing Software. The MIT Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel & Irina Shklovski. (2020). 'Pataphysical Software. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 1859–1871. 11 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2018). Quixotean Play in the Age of Computation. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 10(3). 249–264. 4 indexed citations

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Stein, Daniel, et al.. (2016). Playin’ the city : artistic and scientific approaches to playful urban arts. Recherche und Kataloge (Universitätsbibliothek Siegen). 2 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2016). Reality has always been augmented: Play and the promises of Pokémon GO. Mobile Media & Communication. 5(1). 30–33. 13 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2015). Loops and Metagames: Understanding Game Design Structures.. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 24 indexed citations

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Zagalo, Nelson, et al.. (2015). Communication in Videogames: Editorial Note. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 27. 13–16. 1 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2014). Play Matters. 95 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2013). Moral Dilemmas in Computer Games. Design Issues. 29(3). 28–37. 20 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2011). Against Procedurality. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 3 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2011). http: //gamestudies.org/1103/articles/sicart_ap.. 11. 1 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2009). Mundos y sistemas: entendiendo el diseño de la gameplay ética. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 45–61. 1 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2009). The banality of simulated evil: designing ethical gameplay. Ethics and Information Technology. 11(3). 191–202. 48 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2009). The Ethics of Computer Games. The MIT Press eBooks. 107–150. 118 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2009). Beyond Choices. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations. 1(3). 1–13. 5 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2005). On the Foundations of Evil in Computer Game Cheating.. 5 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2005). Game, Player, Ethics: A Virtue Ethics Approach to Computer Games. The International Review of Information Ethics. 4. 13–18. 19 indexed citations

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Sicart, Miguel. (2003). Family Values: Ideology, Computer Games & Sims.. 2. 13 indexed citations

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