Ronald R. Kline

2.1k total citations
56 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ronald R. Kline is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Computer Science Applications and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald R. Kline has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 13 papers in Computer Science Applications and 10 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Ronald R. Kline's work include History of Computing Technologies (13 papers), Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (9 papers) and Research, Science, and Academia (8 papers). Ronald R. Kline is often cited by papers focused on History of Computing Technologies (13 papers), Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (9 papers) and Research, Science, and Academia (8 papers). Ronald R. Kline collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Ronald R. Kline's co-authors include Trevor Pinch, Edwin T. Layton, John M. Staudenmaier, Jed Z. Buchwald, Jameson M. Wetmore, Katina Michael, Melissa Walker, Philip Mirowski and Chunglin Kwa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, The American Historical Review and IEEE Control Systems.

In The Last Decade

Ronald R. Kline

45 papers receiving 947 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald R. Kline United States 14 286 225 216 155 115 56 1.2k
Edwin T. Layton United States 13 188 0.7× 149 0.7× 189 0.9× 85 0.5× 96 0.8× 47 976
Miles MacLeod Netherlands 16 322 1.1× 191 0.8× 102 0.5× 98 0.6× 244 2.1× 55 1.3k
Daryl E. Chubin United States 25 322 1.1× 363 1.6× 206 1.0× 275 1.8× 555 4.8× 82 2.8k
Alex Roland United States 11 95 0.3× 290 1.3× 108 0.5× 62 0.4× 87 0.8× 63 1.2k
William Aspray United States 17 70 0.2× 266 1.2× 179 0.8× 105 0.7× 143 1.2× 99 1.4k
Diane H. Sonnenwald United States 22 405 1.4× 359 1.6× 24 0.1× 41 0.3× 135 1.2× 85 2.2k
F. W. Lancaster United States 23 266 0.9× 202 0.9× 123 0.6× 13 0.1× 119 1.0× 133 2.3k
Adrian Mackenzie United Kingdom 17 66 0.2× 326 1.4× 64 0.3× 50 0.3× 17 0.1× 53 1.0k
Howard Falk United States 8 61 0.2× 403 1.8× 41 0.2× 38 0.2× 109 0.9× 63 1.3k
John Law United Kingdom 6 70 0.2× 414 1.8× 50 0.2× 22 0.1× 65 0.6× 12 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronald R. Kline

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All Works

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Kline, Ronald R.. (2020). How disunity matters to the history of cybernetics in the human sciences in the United States, 1940–80. History of the Human Sciences. 33(1). 12–35. 10 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R., et al.. (2015). Wiener’s Cybernetics Legacy and the Growing Need for the Interdisciplinary Approach. Proceedings of the IEEE. 3 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R.. (2011). Cybernetics as a usable past. Metascience. 20(3). 519–524.
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Kline, Ronald R.. (2006). Tinkering: Consumers Reinvent the Early Automobile. Journal of American History. 93(2). 565–565. 3 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R., et al.. (2005). Competing Research Traditions in American Industry: Uncertain Alliances between Engineering and Science at Westinghouse Electric, 1886–1935. Enterprise & Society. 6(4). 601–645. 10 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R.. (2001). Using history and sociology to teach engineering ethics. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. 20(4). 13–20. 53 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R.. (2000). The paradox of "engineering science"-a cold war debate about education in the U.S. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. 19(3). 19–25. 15 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R., et al.. (1998). Now is the time to harness the future.. PubMed. 94(23). 19–19. 1 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R.. (1997). Ideology and the New Deal `fact film' Power and the Land. Public Understanding of Science. 6(1). 19–30. 2 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R. & Jed Z. Buchwald. (1997). The Creation of Scientific Effects: Heinrich Hertz and Electric Waves. Technology and Culture. 38(4). 971–971. 11 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R., et al.. (1991). The Papers of Thomas A. Edison. Vol. 1: The Making of an Inventor: February 1847-June 1873. Technology and Culture. 32(1). 155–155. 1 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R., et al.. (1989). Tesla and the Induction Motor. Technology and Culture. 30(4). 1013–1013.
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Kline, Ronald R.. (1987). R&D: Organizing for war. IEEE Spectrum. 24(11). 54–61. 5 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R., et al.. (1986). Industriekultur: Peter Behrens and the AEG, 1907-1914. Technology and Culture. 27(1). 172–172. 3 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R.. (1985). Charles P. Steinmetz and the development of electrical engineering science. University Microfilms International eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Kline, Ronald R.. (1980). Professionalism and the Corporate Engineer: Charles P. Steinmetz and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. IEEE Transactions on Education. 23(3). 144–150. 5 indexed citations

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