Sam Ransbotham

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Sam Ransbotham is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Ransbotham has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Communication and 10 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Sam Ransbotham's work include Open Source Software Innovations (8 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (7 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (6 papers). Sam Ransbotham is often cited by papers focused on Open Source Software Innovations (8 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (7 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (6 papers). Sam Ransbotham collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Switzerland. Sam Ransbotham's co-authors include Gerald C. Kane, John Gallaugher, Sabyasachi Mitra, Nicholas H. Lurie, David Kiron, Hongju Liu, Alok Gupta, Marios Kokkodis, Ram D. Gopal and Robert G. Fichman and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, Organization Science and MIS Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Sam Ransbotham

48 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Social Media and Customer Dialog Management at Starbucks. 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300
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. Social Media and Customer Dialog Management at Starbucks.
    2010 335 citations John Gallaugher, Sam Ransbotham MIS Quarterly Executive profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam Ransbotham United States 19 739 444 362 307 296 50 1.7k
Wonseok Oh South Korea 25 632 0.9× 292 0.7× 225 0.6× 438 1.4× 353 1.2× 74 1.8k
Param Vir Singh United States 26 998 1.4× 669 1.5× 361 1.0× 513 1.7× 300 1.0× 83 2.4k
Murali Raman Malaysia 23 408 0.6× 280 0.6× 210 0.6× 195 0.6× 399 1.3× 107 1.7k
Heng‐Li Yang Taiwan 21 558 0.8× 434 1.0× 255 0.7× 188 0.6× 448 1.5× 76 1.6k
Jack Shih‐Chieh Hsu Taiwan 21 511 0.7× 333 0.8× 310 0.9× 191 0.6× 426 1.4× 60 1.4k
Gwanhoo Lee United States 18 515 0.7× 392 0.9× 453 1.3× 156 0.5× 397 1.3× 44 2.1k
Liangfei Qiu United States 28 1.2k 1.6× 387 0.9× 358 1.0× 527 1.7× 373 1.3× 113 2.2k
Karl R. Lang United States 20 630 0.9× 194 0.4× 220 0.6× 394 1.3× 425 1.4× 77 1.8k
Dawn G. Gregg United States 21 628 0.8× 276 0.6× 284 0.8× 326 1.1× 360 1.2× 49 1.5k
Brian Detlor Canada 23 438 0.6× 463 1.0× 617 1.7× 133 0.4× 480 1.6× 72 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Ransbotham

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Ransbotham

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sam Ransbotham. 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 Ransbotham. The network helps show where Sam Ransbotham may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Ransbotham

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Ransbotham. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Ransbotham 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 Ransbotham. Sam Ransbotham 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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Kokkodis, Marios & Sam Ransbotham. (2022). Learning to Successfully Hire in Online Labor Markets. Management Science. 69(3). 1597–1614. 17 indexed citations
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Subramanian, Hemang, Sabyasachi Mitra, & Sam Ransbotham. (2021). Capturing Value in Platform Business Models That Rely on User-Generated Content. Organization Science. 32(3). 804–823. 26 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam, et al.. (2020). Electronic Trace Data and Legal Outcomes: The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Malpractice Claim Resolution Time. Management Science. 67(7). 4341–4361. 5 indexed citations
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Kokkodis, Marios, Theodoros Lappas, & Sam Ransbotham. (2020). From Lurkers to Workers: Predicting Voluntary Contribution and Community Welfare. Information Systems Research. 31(2). 607–626. 36 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam, Nicholas H. Lurie, & Hongju Liu. (2019). Creation and Consumption of Mobile Word of Mouth: How Are Mobile Reviews Different?. Marketing Science. 38(5). 773–792. 132 indexed citations
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Adomavičius, Gediminas, et al.. (2019). The hidden side effects of recommendation systems. MIT Sloan management review. 60(2). 13–15. 11 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam. (2016). Enough health care data for an army: The million veteran program. MIT Sloan management review. 57(3). 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam. (2016). Complexity's competitive edge. MIT Sloan management review. 57(4). 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam. (2016). Data and devices bringing transparency to energy use. MIT Sloan management review. 57(2). 5–5. 1 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam. (2016). Using unstructured data to tidy up credit reporting. MIT Sloan management review. 57(2). 2–2. 1 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam, et al.. (2016). Beyond the hype: The hard work behind analytics success. MIT Sloan management review. 57(3). 6–6. 76 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam, et al.. (2015). Minding the analytics gap. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 26(3). 63–68. 34 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam. (2015). Marketing in five dimensions. MIT Sloan management review. 57(1). 5–5. 1 indexed citations
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Lurie, Nicholas H., et al.. (2013). The Content and Impact of Mobile Versus Desktop Reviews. ACR North American Advances. 4 indexed citations
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Kane, Gerald C., Sam Ransbotham, & Andrew C. Boynton. (2012). Is High Performance Contagious among Knowledge Workers. International Conference on Information Systems. 6 indexed citations
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Kane, Gerald C. & Sam Ransbotham. (2012). CODIFICATION AND COLLABORATION : INFORMATION QUALITY IN SOCIAL MEDIA. International Conference on Information Systems. 12 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sabyasachi & Sam Ransbotham. (2012). The Effects of Information Disclosure Policy on the Diffusion of Security Attacks. International Conference on Information Systems. 2 indexed citations
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Ransbotham, Sam. (2010). An Empirical Analysis of Exploitation Attempts Based on Vulnerabilities in Open Source Software.. 12 indexed citations
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Gallaugher, John & Sam Ransbotham. (2010). Social Media and Customer Dialog Management at Starbucks.. MIS Quarterly Executive. 9(4). 3–9. 335 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ransbotham, Sam, et al.. (2008). Are Markets for Vulnerabilities Effective. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 24. 5 indexed citations

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