Will Gibson

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Will Gibson is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Gibson has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Language and Linguistics, 11 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Will Gibson's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (17 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (11 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (7 papers). Will Gibson is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (17 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (11 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (7 papers). Will Gibson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and Spain. Will Gibson's co-authors include Andrew Brown, Olatz López-Fernández, Montserrat Freixa-Blanxart, Andy Hall, Peter Callery, Dirk vom Lehn, David Richards, Malcolm Campbell, Helena Webb and Christian Heath and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Computers in Human Behavior and International Journal of Nursing Studies.

In The Last Decade

Will Gibson

38 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Working with Qualitative Data

2009 578 citations Will Gibson et al. profile →
Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents

2013 279 citations Will Gibson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Will Gibson United Kingdom	14	515	464	177	143	138	42	1.4k
Kathryn Roulston United States	21	790 1.5×	836 1.8×	230 1.3×	157 1.1×	275 2.0×	62	2.3k
Jack Whitehead United Kingdom	19	562 1.1×	1.4k 3.0×	139 0.8×	168 1.2×	218 1.6×	79	2.5k
Renee John R. Repique United States	5	483 0.9×	573 1.2×	39 0.2×	88 0.6×	62 0.4×	12	1.4k
Augusto Boal Brazil	14	635 1.2×	497 1.1×	56 0.3×	144 1.0×	180 1.3×	44	1.9k
Rhonda Nixon Canada	5	436 0.8×	1.8k 3.8×	228 1.3×	172 1.2×	292 2.1×	9	3.0k
Anne Edwards United Kingdom	18	319 0.6×	1.1k 2.4×	91 0.5×	83 0.6×	138 1.0×	28	1.7k
Judith L. Green United States	12	387 0.8×	1.0k 2.2×	252 1.4×	319 2.2×	72 0.5×	31	1.8k
Judith Goetz United States	10	477 0.9×	584 1.3×	65 0.4×	68 0.5×	159 1.2×	20	1.6k
Mary Anne Pitman United States	6	488 0.9×	603 1.3×	53 0.3×	84 0.6×	210 1.5×	13	1.7k
Ananda Mitra United States	23	498 1.0×	217 0.5×	23 0.1×	69 0.5×	112 0.8×	65	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Will Gibson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Will Gibson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Will Gibson

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gibson, Will, et al.. (2023). Relationship initiation and formation in post-match Tinder chat conversations. Discourse & Communication. 17(4). 462–493. 4 indexed citations

Lehn, Dirk vom, et al.. (2023). People, Technology, and Social Organization. Research Portal (King's College London).

Gibson, Will. (2023). Analysing Digital Interaction. Symbolic Interaction. 46(4). 507–510.

Gibson, Will. (2020). Aesthetics, verisimilitude and user engagement: reporting findings through fictional accounts in qualitative inquiry. Qualitative Research. 21(5). 650–666. 6 indexed citations

Stevenson, Fiona, et al.. (2018). The co-construction of medical disposals in emergency medicine consultations. Social Science & Medicine. 218. 69–81. 5 indexed citations

Gibson, Will & Dirk vom Lehn. (2017). Institutions, Interaction and Social Theory. 5 indexed citations

Lehn, Dirk vom, Helena Webb, Christian Heath, & Will Gibson. (2017). Objective Measures and Subjective Reports. International Review of Qualitative Research. 10(2). 128–148. 2 indexed citations

Stevenson, Fiona, et al.. (2015). Reconsidering ‘ethics’ and ‘quality’ in healthcare research: the case for an iterative ethical paradigm. BMC Medical Ethics. 16(1). 21–21. 15 indexed citations

Webb, Helena, Christian Heath, Dirk vom Lehn, & Will Gibson. (2013). Engendering Response: Professional Gesture and the Assessment of Eyesight in Optometry Consultations. Symbolic Interaction. 36(2). 137–158. 11 indexed citations

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Lehn, Dirk vom, Helena Webb, Christian Heath, & Will Gibson. (2013). Assessing Distance Vision as Interactional Achievment. Soziale Welt. 64(1-2). 115–136. 13 indexed citations

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Gibson, Will. (2013). Sequential order in multimodal discourse: Talk and text in online educational interaction. Discourse & Communication. 8(1). 63–83. 13 indexed citations

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Campbell, Amity, et al.. (2013). Comparison of Upper Arm Kinematics During a Volleyball Spike Between Players With and Without a History of Shoulder Injury. Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 29(2). 155–164. 17 indexed citations

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Lehn, Dirk vom & Will Gibson. (2011). Interaction and Symbolic Interactionism¹. Symbolic Interaction. 34(3). 315–318. 5 indexed citations

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Gibson, Will. (2009). Negotiating textual talk: Conversation analysis, pedagogy and the organisation of online asynchronous discourse. British Educational Research Journal. 35(5). 705–721. 34 indexed citations

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Gibson, Will, et al.. (2008). Interaction and critical inquiry in asynchronous computer‐mediated conferencing: a research agenda. Open Learning The Journal of Open Distance and e-Learning. 23(1). 29–42. 12 indexed citations

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Gibson, Will, et al.. (2007). Beyond Pavements and Embankments: Innovative Applications of Recycled Materials in Construction and Maintenance at Transportation Agencies. Transportation Research Board 86th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 1 indexed citations

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Campbell, Malcolm, Will Gibson, Andy Hall, David Richards, & Peter Callery. (2007). Online vs. face-to-face discussion in a web-based research methods course for postgraduate nursing students: A quasi-experimental study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 45(5). 750–759. 124 indexed citations

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Gibson, Will, et al.. (2007). Current Department of Transportation Environmental Management System Development Efforts. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2011(1). 1–10. 1 indexed citations

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Gibson, Will. (2006). A Companion to Qualitative Research. Sociological Research Online. 11(3). 162–163. 23 indexed citations

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Gibson, Will. (2006). Material Culture and Embodied Action: Sociological Notes on the Examination of Musical Instruments in Jazz Improvisation. The Sociological Review. 54(1). 171–187. 25 indexed citations

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