Stephen McCarthy

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Stephen McCarthy is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen McCarthy has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 10 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Stephen McCarthy's work include Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (11 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (8 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (7 papers). Stephen McCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (11 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (8 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (7 papers). Stephen McCarthy collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. Stephen McCarthy's co-authors include Peter André Busch, S. Kenig, Hanna Dodiuk, A. Dotan, Frédéric Adam, Paidi O’Raghallaigh, Christopher Colclough, Amos Ophir, Simon Woodworth and Louise C. Kenny and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stephen McCarthy

93 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Antecedents and consequences of problematic smartphone use: A systematic literature review of an emerging research area

2020 419 citations Peter André Busch, Stephen McCarthy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen McCarthy Ireland	21	636	228	202	186	166	102	1.8k
Andrew Price United Kingdom	49	475 0.7×	182 0.8×	93 0.5×	504 2.7×	501 3.0×	311	7.9k
Peter Schwartz United States	28	149 0.2×	551 2.4×	176 0.9×	159 0.9×	74 0.4×	126	3.0k
Andrew E. Smith Australia	23	446 0.7×	49 0.2×	137 0.7×	57 0.3×	22 0.1×	81	2.7k
Robert Lee United States	26	260 0.4×	107 0.5×	42 0.2×	478 2.6×	33 0.2×	122	3.3k
Fen Yu China	16	630 1.0×	19 0.1×	535 2.6×	187 1.0×	60 0.4×	46	3.3k
Chengfang Liu China	30	682 1.1×	333 1.5×	634 3.1×	177 1.0×	38 0.2×	176	3.4k
Peter de Vries Netherlands	32	336 0.5×	30 0.1×	198 1.0×	108 0.6×	213 1.3×	138	3.3k
David Bamford United Kingdom	31	173 0.3×	213 0.9×	59 0.3×	59 0.3×	56 0.3×	166	3.5k
Cynthia Mitchell Australia	27	137 0.2×	1.0k 4.6×	239 1.2×	886 4.8×	201 1.2×	125	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen McCarthy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen McCarthy

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20 of 20 papers shown

McCarthy, Stephen, et al.. (2025). Cardiovascular risk management after hypertensive disorders and diabetes during pregnancy, in a multi-ethnic population: A qualitative study among women and healthcare providers. Pregnancy Hypertension. 39. 101203–101203.

McCarthy, Stephen, Paidi O’Raghallaigh, Carol Kelleher, & Frédéric Adam. (2024). A socio-cognitive perspective of knowledge integration in digital innovation networks. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems. 34(1). 101871–101871. 5 indexed citations

McCarthy, Stephen, et al.. (2024). Promoting active citizen engagement in sustainable energy transitions: a co-creation approach. Journal of Decision System. 33(sup1). 234–245. 2 indexed citations

McCarthy, Stephen, et al.. (2024). Boundary Spanning and Practical Impact in IS Research: A Bourdieusian Analysis. Information Systems Journal. 35(4). 1257–1284. 1 indexed citations

McCarthy, Stephen, et al.. (2024). Teaching Tip Embedding Sustainability in Information Systems Design Education. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 35(2). 122–137. 2 indexed citations

McCarthy, Stephen, et al.. (2023). The dark side of digitalization and social media platform governance: a citizen engagement study. Internet Research. 33(6). 2172–2204. 17 indexed citations

Gray, Joanne, Peter McMeekin, Stephen McCarthy, et al.. (2023). Robotic and laparoscopic gynaecological surgery: a prospective multicentre observational cohort study and economic evaluation in England. BMJ Open. 13(9). e073990–e073990. 6 indexed citations

McCarthy, Stephen, Paidi O’Raghallaigh, Yuzhu Li, & Frédéric Adam. (2023). Control enactment in context: Understanding the interaction of controlee and controller perceptions in inter‐organisational project teams. Information Systems Journal. 33(5). 1029–1084. 7 indexed citations

McCarthy, Stephen, et al.. (2022). The effect of hospital‐physician integration on hospital costs. Health Economics. 31(11). 2333–2368. 3 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Stephen, et al.. (2021). Open e-learning platforms and the design–reality gap: an affordance theory perspective. Information Technology and People. 35(8). 74–98. 19 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Stephen, et al.. (2021). Open e-learning platforms and the design-reality gap: exploring the impact of user-perceived functional affordances. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1–17. 1 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Stephen, et al.. (2020). Embedding the Pillars of Quality in Health Information Technology Solutions Using “Integrated Patient Journey Mapping” (IPJM): Case Study. JMIR Human Factors. 7(3). e17416–e17416. 27 indexed citations

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Murphy, Aileen, et al.. (2020). World Café approach: exploring the future vision of oral anticoagulants for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in Ireland. BMJ Open. 10(9). e036493–e036493.

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McCarthy, Stephen, Paidi O’Raghallaigh, Ciara Fitzgerald, & Frédéric Adam. (2019). Towards a Framework for Shared Understanding and Shared Commitment in Agile Distributed ISD Project Teams.. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1–15. 8 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Stephen, Paidi O’Raghallaigh, Ciara Fitzgerald, & Frédéric Adam. (2018). Theorising Antecedents of Cohesion and Conflict in Distributed ISD Project Teams. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 2 indexed citations

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O’Raghallaigh, Paidi, Stephen McCarthy, & Frédéric Adam. (2017). Sociomateriality: an Object-Inspired Proposal for is scholars.. European Conference on Information Systems. 1348–1362. 2 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Stephen. (2016). Land tenure security and policy tensions in Myanmar (Burma). Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 1. 4 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Stephen & Дмитрий Рачинский. (2014). Dynamics of systems with Preisach memory near equilibria. Mathematica Bohemica. 139(1). 39–73. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaodong, Tim Wu, Michael P. Robich, et al.. (2011). In vitro and in vivo degradation of poly(D, L‐lactide‐co‐glycolide)/amorphous calcium phosphate copolymer coated on metal stents. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 96A(4). 632–638. 26 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Stephen. (2003). The rhetoric of benevolent despotism : the political theory of tyranny in Singapore and Burma. Huskie Commons (Northern Illinois University).

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