Tom McCourt

523 total citations
16 papers, 237 citations indexed

About

Tom McCourt is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Marketing and Music. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom McCourt has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 237 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Marketing and 5 papers in Music. Recurrent topics in Tom McCourt's work include Music History and Culture (5 papers), Copyright and Intellectual Property (4 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 papers). Tom McCourt is often cited by papers focused on Music History and Culture (5 papers), Copyright and Intellectual Property (4 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 papers). Tom McCourt collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Tom McCourt's co-authors include Patrick Burkart, Eric W. Rothenbuhler and T. Heinzl and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Communication, Leonardo and Media Culture & Society.

In The Last Decade

Tom McCourt

14 papers receiving 181 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tom McCourt United States 8 90 88 72 60 35 16 237
Roger Wallis Sweden 8 100 1.1× 124 1.4× 60 0.8× 69 1.1× 41 1.2× 28 298
Leslie M. Meier United Kingdom 6 77 0.9× 88 1.0× 37 0.5× 58 1.0× 27 0.8× 9 196
Reebee Garofalo United States 8 106 1.2× 251 2.9× 42 0.6× 76 1.3× 37 1.1× 17 371
Aram Sinnreich United States 6 127 1.4× 28 0.3× 49 0.7× 22 0.4× 81 2.3× 38 281
David Arditi United States 7 75 0.8× 50 0.6× 25 0.3× 42 0.7× 13 0.4× 17 152
Vincent Manzerolle Canada 11 164 1.8× 20 0.2× 37 0.5× 38 0.6× 43 1.2× 18 259
Hendrik Storstein Spilker Norway 7 133 1.5× 12 0.1× 32 0.4× 21 0.3× 52 1.5× 12 194
Richard B. Kielbowicz United States 8 105 1.2× 19 0.2× 55 0.8× 10 0.2× 84 2.4× 38 298
Paul Lopes United States 6 168 1.9× 131 1.5× 19 0.3× 120 2.0× 17 0.5× 17 332
Sherman Young Slovenia 8 90 1.0× 15 0.2× 14 0.2× 36 0.6× 71 2.0× 17 224

Countries citing papers authored by Tom McCourt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom McCourt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom McCourt

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Heinzl, T. & Tom McCourt. (2024). Plymouth Undergraduate Research in Mathematics. PEARL (University of Plymouth). 8(2). 1–5.
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Burkart, Patrick & Tom McCourt. (2019). Why Hackers Win. 1 indexed citations
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Burkart, Patrick & Tom McCourt. (2019). Why Hackers Win: Power and Disruption in the Network Society. 1 indexed citations
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Burkart, Patrick & Tom McCourt. (2017). The international political economy of the hack: A closer look at markets for cybersecurity software. Popular Communication. 15(1). 37–54. 7 indexed citations
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McCourt, Tom, et al.. (2016). Music and discovery. Popular Communication. 14(3). 123–126. 6 indexed citations
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Burkart, Patrick & Tom McCourt. (2006). Digital Music Wars: Ownership and Control of the Celestial Jukebox. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 42 indexed citations
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McCourt, Tom. (2005). Collecting Music in the Digital Realm. Popular Music & Society. 28(2). 249–252. 41 indexed citations
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McCourt, Tom & Eric W. Rothenbuhler. (2004). Burnishing the brand: Todd Storz and the total station sound. Radio Journal International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media. 2(1). 3–14. 5 indexed citations
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Burkart, Patrick & Tom McCourt. (2004). Infrastructure for the Celestial Jukebox. Popular Music. 23(3). 349–362. 16 indexed citations
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McCourt, Tom & Patrick Burkart. (2003). When Creators, Corporations and Consumers Collide: Napster and the Development of On-line Music Distribution. Media Culture & Society. 25(3). 333–350. 72 indexed citations
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McCourt, Tom, et al.. (2003). When creators, corporations and consumers collide: Napster and the development of on-line music distribution. Media Culture & Society. 25(3). 333–350. 4 indexed citations
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McCourt, Tom. (1997). Monopoly Television: MTV’s Quest To Control the Music. Journal of Communication. 47(4). 185–187. 9 indexed citations
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McCourt, Tom & Eric W. Rothenbuhler. (1997). SoundScan and the consolidation of control in the popular music industry. Media Culture & Society. 19(2). 201–218. 20 indexed citations
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McCourt, Tom, et al.. (1984). The Un/Necessary Image. Leonardo. 17(2). 131–131. 1 indexed citations
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McCourt, Tom. (1983). Bright lights, big city: A brief history of rhythm and blues 1945–1957. Popular Music & Society. 9(2). 1–18. 3 indexed citations

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