Rob Kling
Impact in
- Communication top 0.1%
- Knowledge Management and Sharing
- Social Media and Politics
- Computer Science Applications top 0.2%
- Open Source Software Innovations
Papers in
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- Information Systems Theories and Implementation 36
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection 12
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- Knowledge Management and Sharing 33
- Social Media and Politics 16
- Wikis in Education and Collaboration 12
- Co-authors
- Manuel Castells (1 shared paper)Suzanne Iacono (17 shared papers)David Lyon (1 shared paper)Walt Scacchi (3 shared papers)Noriko Hara (8 shared papers)Geoffrey McKim (6 shared papers)Roberta Lamb (9 shared papers)Christina Courtright (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- The Information Society (17 papers)Journal of the Association for Information Systems (9 papers)Telecommunications Policy (5 papers)Communications of the ACM (5 papers)Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesLatviaCanada
In The Last Decade
Rob Kling
199 papers receiving 8.1k citations
Rob Kling's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 152
- Communication 2.6k
- Computer Science Applications 1.1k
- Information Systems and Management 1.0k
- Human-Computer Interaction 840
- Management Information Systems 917
Countries citing papers authored by Rob Kling
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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Kling
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Rob Kling, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 221 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 1372 |
| 2 | Social Analyses of Computing: Theoretical Perspectives in Recent Empirical Research Hit paper breakdown → | 1980 | 628 |
| 3 | The Electronic Eye: The Rise of the Surveillance Society . Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 625 |
| 4 | Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 571 |
| 5 | 1982 | 497 | |
| 6 | 2000 | 338 | |
| 7 | 1999 | 322 | |
| 8 | 2000 | 283 | |
| 9 | 1984 | 226 | |
| 10 | 1999 | 219 | |
| 11 | 1991 | 207 | |
| 12 | 2003 | 195 | |
| 13 | 2002 | 195 | |
| 14 | 2007 | 179 | |
| 15 | 1991 | 156 | |
| 16 | 1999 | 150 | |
| 17 | 2003 | 148 | |
| 18 | 1988 | 132 | |
| 19 | 1999 | 130 | |
| 20 | 1989 | 129 |
About Rob Kling
Rob Kling is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Information Systems, Computer Science Applications and Information Systems and Management, having authored 221 papers that have together received 10.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Information Systems Theories and Implementation (36 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (33 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (19 papers), Social Media and Politics (16 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (12 papers), Wikis in Education and Collaboration (12 papers), Online and Blended Learning (11 papers) and Team Dynamics and Performance (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (2.6k citations), Computer Science Applications (1.1k citations), Information Systems and Management (1.0k citations), Human-Computer Interaction (840 citations) and Management Information Systems (917 citations). Rob Kling has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Latvia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Manuel Castells, Suzanne Iacono, David Lyon, Walt Scacchi, Noriko Hara, Geoffrey McKim, Roberta Lamb, Christina Courtright, Lisa Covi and Elihu M. Gerson. Their work appears in journals such as The Information Society, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Telecommunications Policy, Communications of the ACM and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.
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