Rowan Wilken

1.7k total citations
85 papers, 869 citations indexed

About

Rowan Wilken is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rowan Wilken has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 869 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Communication and 12 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Rowan Wilken's work include ICT Impact and Policies (11 papers), Digital Games and Media (8 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (8 papers). Rowan Wilken is often cited by papers focused on ICT Impact and Policies (11 papers), Digital Games and Media (8 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (8 papers). Rowan Wilken collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Rowan Wilken's co-authors include Anthony McCosker, Bjørn Nansen, Lee Humphreys, Kath Albury, Jean Burgess, Matthew Arnold, Jenny Kennedy, John Sinclair, James Meese and Jordan Frith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, New Media & Society and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

In The Last Decade

Rowan Wilken

77 papers receiving 795 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rowan Wilken Australia 17 440 149 107 93 81 85 869
Jordan Frith United States 19 526 1.2× 216 1.4× 219 2.0× 72 0.8× 114 1.4× 47 1.1k
Carolin Gerlitz Netherlands 11 669 1.5× 409 2.7× 100 0.9× 87 0.9× 27 0.3× 27 1.2k
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun Canada 15 545 1.2× 188 1.3× 120 1.1× 169 1.8× 57 0.7× 38 1.3k
Helen Kennedy United Kingdom 19 545 1.2× 279 1.9× 97 0.9× 53 0.6× 38 0.5× 41 1.1k
Eric Gordon United States 14 331 0.8× 196 1.3× 193 1.8× 20 0.2× 98 1.2× 36 871
Nick Seaver United States 11 444 1.0× 117 0.8× 123 1.1× 37 0.4× 32 0.4× 16 1.1k
Sibille Merz Germany 8 404 0.9× 70 0.5× 108 1.0× 83 0.9× 27 0.3× 19 1.0k
Ted Striphas United States 10 372 0.8× 164 1.1× 48 0.4× 86 0.9× 20 0.2× 22 787
Lauren Klein United States 8 309 0.7× 72 0.5× 103 1.0× 84 0.9× 58 0.7× 33 955
Adriana de Souza e Silva United States 16 762 1.7× 279 1.9× 376 3.5× 72 0.8× 238 2.9× 32 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Rowan Wilken

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rowan Wilken

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rowan Wilken

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wilken, Rowan, et al.. (2025). Assessing early uptake and impacts of 5G mobile services for Australian consumers. Media International Australia.
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Halegoua, Germaine, et al.. (2023). Sensors as media and sensor-mediated communication: an introduction to the special issue. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 28(5). 2 indexed citations
3.
McCosker, Anthony & Rowan Wilken. (2020). Automating Vision. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 21 indexed citations
4.
Wilken, Rowan & Jakita O. Thomas. (2019). Maps and the Autonomous Vehicle as a Communication Platform. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 3 indexed citations
5.
Wilken, Rowan, Jean Burgess, & Kath Albury. (2019). Dating Apps and Data Markets: A Political Economy of Communication Approach. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Wilken, Rowan & Julian Thomas. (2019). Cars and Contemporary Communication| Maps and the Autonomous Vehicle as a Communication Platform. International journal of communication. 13. 25. 4 indexed citations
7.
Wilken, Rowan & Justin Clemens. (2017). The Afterlives of Georges Perec. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Albury, Kath, Jean Burgess, Ben Light, Kane Race, & Rowan Wilken. (2017). Data cultures of mobile dating and hook-up apps: Emerging issues for critical social science research. Big Data & Society. 4(2). 1245742783–1245742783. 96 indexed citations
9.
Kennedy, Jenny & Rowan Wilken. (2016). Disposable Technologies: The Halfwayness of USB Portable Hard Drives. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 10(1). 1–15. 2 indexed citations
10.
Nansen, Bjørn, et al.. (2016). An Ontography of Broadband on a Domestic Scale. Transformation An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies. 16(1). 12–12. 3 indexed citations
11.
Nansen, Bjørn, Matthew Arnold, Marcus Carter, et al.. (2015). Proxy Users, Use By Proxy. Minerva Access (University of Melbourne). 294–298. 5 indexed citations
12.
Wilken, Rowan. (2014). Twitter and geographical location. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 3 indexed citations
13.
Wilken, Rowan & Gerard Goggin. (2014). Locative media - Definitions, histories, theories. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 1 indexed citations
14.
Meese, James & Rowan Wilken. (2014). Google Street View in Australia: Privacy Implications and Regulatory Solutions. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 19(4). 305–324. 2 indexed citations
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Nansen, Bjørn, Matthew Arnold, Rowan Wilken, & Martin Gibbs. (2013). Broadbanding Brunswick: High-speed Broadband and Household Media Ecologies: A Report on the Household Take-up and Adoption of the National Broadband Network in a First Release Site. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Wilken, Rowan & Gerard Goggin. (2012). Mobilising place: Conceptual currents and controversies. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 3 indexed citations
17.
Richardson, Ingrid & Rowan Wilken. (2012). Parerga of the Third Screen: Mobile Media, Place, and Presence. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 3 indexed citations
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Wilken, Rowan. (2011). Bonds and Bridges: Mobile Phone Use and Social Capital Debates. 7. 127–149. 20 indexed citations
19.
Wilken, Rowan & John Sinclair. (2009). Contests of power and place in mobile media advertising [Paper in special issue: Placing Mobile Communications. Lloyd, Clare; Rickard, Scott and Goggin, Gerard (eds).]. Australian journal of communication. 36(1). 85. 2 indexed citations
20.
Wilken, Rowan. (2007). Calculated Uncertainty: Computers, Chance Encounters, and “Community” in the Work of Cedric Price’. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 7(1). 14–14. 3 indexed citations

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