Nichòlas Garnham

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Nichòlas Garnham is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nichòlas Garnham has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Urban Studies, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Nichòlas Garnham's work include Cultural Industries and Urban Development (9 papers), ICT Impact and Policies (4 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (3 papers). Nichòlas Garnham is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Industries and Urban Development (9 papers), ICT Impact and Policies (4 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (3 papers). Nichòlas Garnham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Poland. Nichòlas Garnham's co-authors include Fred Inglis, Raymond Williams, Oscar H. Gandy, Richard B. Collins, Philip Schlesinger, Paddy Scannell, Colin Sparks, James Curran, Bernard Miège and Christian Fuchs and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Communication, Information Communication & Society and Futures.

In The Last Decade

Nichòlas Garnham

49 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

From cultural to creative industries 1990 2026 2002 2014 2005 1990 100 200 300 400
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. From cultural to creative industries
    2005 481 citations Nichòlas Garnham profile →
  2. Capitalism and communication : global culture and the economics of information
    1990 310 citations Nichòlas Garnham, Fred Inglis Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nichòlas Garnham United Kingdom 19 901 790 511 311 257 56 2.1k
Kevin Robins United Kingdom 22 1.0k 1.1× 368 0.5× 367 0.7× 392 1.3× 224 0.9× 85 2.2k
Terry Flew Australia 26 1.1k 1.2× 498 0.6× 861 1.7× 405 1.3× 217 0.8× 172 2.5k
Vincent Mosco Canada 23 1.3k 1.4× 277 0.4× 787 1.5× 331 1.1× 188 0.7× 110 2.7k
Philip Schlesinger United Kingdom 31 1.6k 1.8× 375 0.5× 1.3k 2.5× 854 2.7× 130 0.5× 133 3.4k
Robert W. McChesney United States 25 1.2k 1.4× 150 0.2× 1.2k 2.3× 424 1.4× 261 1.0× 110 2.9k
Jodi Dean United States 20 1.4k 1.5× 167 0.2× 576 1.1× 523 1.7× 96 0.4× 94 2.5k
Armand Mattelart France 23 678 0.8× 122 0.2× 362 0.7× 206 0.7× 73 0.3× 109 1.5k
Herbert I. Schiller United States 15 565 0.6× 100 0.1× 500 1.0× 242 0.8× 93 0.4× 59 1.4k
Joseph Straubhaar United States 19 935 1.0× 127 0.2× 743 1.5× 157 0.5× 166 0.6× 68 2.0k
John W. Mohr United States 21 1.5k 1.7× 203 0.3× 227 0.4× 189 0.6× 94 0.4× 34 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Nichòlas Garnham

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nichòlas Garnham

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nichòlas Garnham

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (2015). Book Review: Digital Labour and Karl Marx. Media Culture & Society. 38(2). 294–300. 5 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas, et al.. (2015). Économie politique et cultural studies  : réconciliation ou divorce ?. Réseaux. n° 192(4). 45–65. 2 indexed citations
3.
Garnham, Nichòlas & Christian Fuchs. (2014). Revisiting the Political Economy of Communication. tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. 12(1). 102–141. 12 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (2007). Habermas and the public sphere. Global Media and Communication. 3(2). 201–214. 52 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (2003). A Response to Elizabeth Jacka's "Democracy as Defeat". Television & New Media. 4(2). 193–200. 14 indexed citations
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Woolley, Sandra, et al.. (2001). Quality-of-service management for broadband residential video services. Electronics & Communications Engineering Journal. 13(6). 265–275. 1 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (2000). Emancipation, the media, and modernity : arguments about the media and social theory. Oxford University Press eBooks. 85 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (2000). ‘INFORMATION SOCIETY’ AS THEORY OR IDEOLOGY: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE IN TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE INFORMATION AGE. Information Communication & Society. 3(2). 139–152. 59 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (1997). Economía política y estudios culturales: ¿Reconciliación o divorcio?. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 192(4). 33–46.
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (1995). The media and narratives of the intellectual. Media Culture & Society. 17(3). 359–384. 14 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (1995). Comments on John Keane's “structural transformations of the public sphere.”;. The Communication Review. 1(1). 23–25. 8 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas & Fred Inglis. (1990). Capitalism and communication : global culture and the economics of information. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 310 indexed citations breakdown →
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Garnham, Nichòlas & Avni Aksoy. (1989). European telecommunications policy research : proceedings of the Communications Policy Research Conference, 22-24 June 1988, Windsor, UK. 1 indexed citations
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Collins, Richard B., et al.. (1988). The economics of television: the UK case.. SAGE Publications eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (1988). Raymond Williams, 1921-1988: A Cultural Analyst, a Distinctive Tradition. Journal of Communication. 38(4). 123–131. 7 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (1987). Concepts of culture: Public policy and the cultural industries. Cultural Studies. 1(1). 23–37. 89 indexed citations
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Collins, Richard B., James Curran, Nichòlas Garnham, et al.. (1986). Media, culture and society : a critical reader. SAGE Publications eBooks. 105 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (1986). Extended Review: Bourdieu's Distinction: Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. The Sociological Review. 34(2). 423–433. 13 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas. (1986). From telecommunications to electronic services. Telecommunications Policy. 10(1). 68–69. 12 indexed citations
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Garnham, Nichòlas & Raymond Williams. (1980). Pierre Bourdieu and the sociology of culture: an introduction. Media Culture & Society. 2(3). 209–223. 90 indexed citations

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