William Aspray

3.1k total citations
99 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

William Aspray is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Sociology and Political Science and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, William Aspray has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Computer Science Applications, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in William Aspray's work include History of Computing Technologies (30 papers), Gender and Technology in Education (12 papers) and Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (9 papers). William Aspray is often cited by papers focused on History of Computing Technologies (30 papers), Gender and Technology in Education (12 papers) and Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (9 papers). William Aspray collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. William Aspray's co-authors include Martin Campbell‐Kelly, Moshe Y. Vardi, Frank Mayadas, J. McGrath Cohoon, Wolfgang Christian, Susan R. McKay, Daniel Snowman, Janice E. Cuny, Arthur W. Burks and Michael S. Mahoney and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physics Today and Mathematics of Computation.

In The Last Decade

William Aspray

86 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Aspray United States 17 481 266 265 217 179 99 1.4k
Alexander R. Galloway United States 17 182 0.4× 916 3.4× 116 0.4× 105 0.5× 126 0.7× 47 1.8k
Janet Abbate United States 10 196 0.4× 283 1.1× 69 0.3× 31 0.1× 81 0.5× 25 793
John Impagliazzo United States 19 559 1.2× 100 0.4× 669 2.5× 26 0.1× 15 0.1× 163 1.3k
Alison Adam United Kingdom 18 93 0.2× 457 1.7× 150 0.6× 208 1.0× 13 0.1× 55 999
Deborah G. Johnson United States 26 163 0.3× 704 2.6× 322 1.2× 54 0.2× 15 0.1× 92 2.3k
Orit Hazzan Israel 27 1.1k 2.2× 109 0.4× 822 3.1× 198 0.9× 8 0.0× 203 2.5k
Matti Tedre Finland 29 1.3k 2.7× 240 0.9× 642 2.4× 69 0.3× 7 0.0× 146 2.7k
Leslie Carr United Kingdom 28 390 0.8× 466 1.8× 1.7k 6.4× 13 0.1× 158 0.9× 229 3.6k
George P. Landow United States 20 164 0.3× 828 3.1× 233 0.9× 71 0.3× 46 0.3× 68 2.1k
Peter Sloep Netherlands 25 603 1.3× 298 1.1× 555 2.1× 50 0.2× 54 0.3× 149 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Aspray

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Aspray

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Campbell‐Kelly, Martin, et al.. (2023). Computer. 6 indexed citations
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Aspray, William & James W. Cortada. (2022). Authenticity. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Aspray, William & James W. Cortada. (2019). From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking. 6 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (2016). Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing: A Historical and Social Study. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 9 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (2015). Information Society, Domains, and Culture. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 37(2). 2–4. 2 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (2014). Michael Sean Mahoney (1939-2008). IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 36(3). 70–79. 1 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (2012). Editor's Note: Changes to the Journal. Information & Culture. 47(1). 1–3.
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Aspray, William, et al.. (2011). Privacy in America: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Scarecrow Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Aspray, William, Frank Mayadas, & Moshe Y. Vardi. (2006). The executive summary, findings, and overview of a comprehensive ACM report on the offshoring of software worldwide. Association for Computing Machinery eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Aspray, William, Frank Mayadas, & Moshe Y. Vardi. (2006). Globalization and offshoring of software : a report of the ACM Job Migration Task Force. Association for Computing Machinery eBooks. 154 indexed citations
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Cohoon, J. McGrath & William Aspray. (2006). A Critical Review of the Research on Women’s Participation in Postsecondary Computing Education. The MIT Press eBooks. 137–180. 39 indexed citations
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Aspray, William, et al.. (2006). educational response to offshore outsourcing. 330–331. 9 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (2003). Computing research association (CRA). 438–438. 10 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (2000). The institute for advanced study computer: a case study in the application of concepts from the history of technology. 179–193. 3 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (1993). Technological competitiveness : contemporary and historical perspectives on the electrical, electronics, and computer industries. 16 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (1993). The Problems and Virtues of Oral History. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters. 15(1). 5–6. 1 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (1987). The mathematical reception of the modern computer: John von Neumann and the Institute for Advanced Study computer. 166–194. 3 indexed citations
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Aspray, William & Arthur W. Burks. (1986). Papers of John Von Neumann on computing and computer theory, Vol 12. MIT Press eBooks. 624–624. 2 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (1985). Proceedings of a Symposium on Large Scale Digital Calculating Machinery 1948. MIT Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Aspray, William. (1983). From eniac to univac: An appraisal of the eckert-mauchly computers. Historia Mathematica. 10(2). 228–233. 18 indexed citations

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