Nick Yee

14.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
42 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Nick Yee is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Yee has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nick Yee's work include Digital Games and Media (19 papers), Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (12 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (12 papers). Nick Yee is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (19 papers), Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (12 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (12 papers). Nick Yee collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Nick Yee's co-authors include Jeremy N. Bailenson, Dmitri Williams, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Scott E. Caplan, Gerard George, Amy E. Colbert, Eric Nickell, Les Nelson, Francis Chang and Yuanyuan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Psychological Science and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Nick Yee

41 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

Motivations for Play in Online Games 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2007 2006 2008 2006 500 1000 1.5k

Peers

Nick Yee
Comparison fields: 5 of 150
  • Sociology and Political Science 5.4k
  • Human-Computer Interaction 2.6k
  • Social Psychology 2.1k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.7k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 1.2k
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Countries citing papers authored by Nick Yee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nick Yee

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick Yee

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 5
2
Retention and progression: Seven months in World of Warcraft.
9
3 100
4 105
5 495
6 110
7 325
8 1
9 31
10
Who plays, how much, and why? Debunking the stereotypical gamer profile breakdown →
474
11
The Unbearable Likeness of Being Digital: The Persistence of Nonverbal Social Norms in Online Virtual Environments breakdown →
421
12 52
13 25
14
Motivations for Play in Online Games breakdown →
1880
15 97
16
The Demographics, Motivations, and Derived Experiences of Users of Massively Multi-User Online Graphical Environments breakdown →
834
17 58
18
How Video Games Blur the Boundaries of Work and Play
2
19 220
20 374

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