Sam Ford

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 847 citations indexed

About

Sam Ford is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Ford has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 847 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Communication, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Sam Ford's work include Digital Games and Media (4 papers), Media Studies and Communication (4 papers) and Social Media and Politics (3 papers). Sam Ford is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (4 papers), Media Studies and Communication (4 papers) and Social Media and Politics (3 papers). Sam Ford collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Sam Ford's co-authors include Henry Jenkins, Joshua Green, Kristina Busse, Xiaochang Li, Melissa A. Click, Paul Booth, Joonyoung Kim, Duen Horng Chau, Rosa I. Santamaría and Ellie Harrison and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Microbiology and International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology.

In The Last Decade

Sam Ford

9 papers receiving 741 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.

Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture

2014 773 citations Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford et al. Cinema Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam Ford United States	5	396	327	148	98	64	11	847
Melissa A. Click United States	8	505 1.3×	375 1.1×	253 1.7×	141 1.4×	107 1.7×	21	1.0k
Kristina Busse United States	9	580 1.5×	384 1.2×	276 1.9×	189 1.9×	146 2.3×	15	1.1k
Tim Highfield Australia	13	591 1.5×	646 2.0×	242 1.6×	115 1.2×	40 0.6×	32	1.3k
Klaus Bruhn Jensen Denmark	18	560 1.4×	672 2.1×	143 1.0×	155 1.6×	54 0.8×	75	1.3k
Justin Lewis United Kingdom	13	268 0.7×	266 0.8×	134 0.9×	101 1.0×	45 0.7×	45	701
Ted Striphas United States	10	372 0.9×	164 0.5×	86 0.6×	65 0.7×	48 0.8×	22	787
James Meese Australia	12	391 1.0×	302 0.9×	151 1.0×	61 0.6×	35 0.5×	46	823
Kim Christian Schrøder Denmark	20	626 1.6×	729 2.2×	156 1.1×	151 1.5×	55 0.9×	70	1.4k
Lars Nyre Norway	13	377 1.0×	356 1.1×	70 0.5×	55 0.6×	29 0.5×	47	894
Marika Lüders Norway	15	706 1.8×	458 1.4×	86 0.6×	71 0.7×	26 0.4×	40	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Ford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Ford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sam Ford. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sam Ford. The network helps show where Sam Ford may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Ford

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Ford, Sam, et al.. (2022). Using a constraint-based expert model to provide step-level feedback for user-inputted mathematics equations. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 54(10). 2013–2026. 1 indexed citations

2.

Ford, Sam, et al.. (2021). Introducing a Novel, Broad Host Range Temperate Phage Family Infecting Rhizobium leguminosarum and Beyond. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 765271–765271. 8 indexed citations

3.

Jenkins, Henry, Sam Ford, & Joshua Green. (2020). Spreadable Media. New York University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations

4.

Ford, Sam & Christopher Ali. (2018). The Future of Local News in New York City. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 1 indexed citations

5.

Kim, Joonyoung, et al.. (2018). Augmenting Coding. 156–159. 26 indexed citations

6.

Jenkins, Henry, Sam Ford, & Joshua Green. (2018). Rozprzestrzenialne media. Jak powstają wartości i znaczenia w usieciowionej kulturze. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Ford, Sam, et al.. (2014). #ThinkAgain: How regulator guidance can impact social media marketing. Journal of digital & social media marketing.. 2(1). 40–40.

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Ford, Sam. (2014). Fan studies: Grappling with an ‘Undisciplined’ discipline. 2(1). 53–71. 20 indexed citations

9.

Jenkins, Henry, Sam Ford, Joshua Green, et al.. (2014). Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture. Cinema Journal. 53(3). 152–177. 773 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ford, Sam. (2008). Soap operas and the history of fan discussion. Transformative Works and Cultures. 1. 4 indexed citations

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Ford, Sam. (2008). . SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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