Steve Woolgar

19.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
97 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Steve Woolgar is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Philosophy of Science and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Woolgar has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 7 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Steve Woolgar's work include Information Systems Theories and Implementation (16 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (8 papers) and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (7 papers). Steve Woolgar is often cited by papers focused on Information Systems Theories and Implementation (16 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (8 papers) and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (7 papers). Steve Woolgar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Steve Woolgar's co-authors include Bruno Latour, Michael Lynch, Lucy Suchman, Karin D. Knorr-Cetina, Keith Grint, Harvey Sacks, John Heritage, Paul Drew, Gail Jefferson and Dorothy Pawluch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Steve Woolgar

91 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

Laboratory Life: The Social Construction of Scientific Facts 1983 2026 1997 2011 1986 1995 1990 1989 1983 500 1000 1.5k

Peers

Steve Woolgar
Comparison fields: 5 of 187
  • Sociology and Political Science 4.2k
  • Language and Linguistics 1.2k
  • Education 1.2k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 966
  • Human-Computer Interaction 926
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Countries citing papers authored by Steve Woolgar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Woolgar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Woolgar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Globalisation in Practice
9
2
Valuation studies ? Our collective two cents
4
3
¿Sociedad virtual?: tecnología, "cibérbole", realidad
2
4
Virtual Society? Get Real!: The Social Science of Electronic Technologies
5
5 1
6 18
7
Ethnography and human-computer interaction
16
8
Lectures on Conversation breakdown →
1348
9 62
10 15
11
Rethinking requirements analysis: some implications of recent research into producer-consumer relationships in IT development
28
12 1
13 5
14
Representation in Scientific Practice breakdown →
1076
15
The Cognitive Turn:Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Science
24
16
Why not a sociology of machines? An evaluation of prospects for an association between sociology and artificial intelligence
4
17
Knowledge and reflexivity: New frontiers in the sociology of knowledge. breakdown →
471
18
Laboratory Life: The Social Construction of Scientific Facts breakdown →
1915
19 60
20 268

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