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Researcher · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States

Eric von Hippel

Eric von Hippel publishes mostly in Computer Science Applications, Strategy and Management and Management of Technology and Innovation, on topics such as Open Source Software Innovations, Digital Platforms and Economics and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-7235-1032 OpenAlex
World rank
#15,561
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,535
of 1,627,098
Works
204
Citations
47k
Citations per work
229.5
h-index
65
i10-index 110Top 0.1% in Computer Science Applications
Eric von Hippel

What does Eric von Hippel research?

Eric von Hippel's work is mostly in Business, Management and Accounting (29%), Computer Science (18%), Social Sciences (7%).

Social Sciences: 96 works · 47.0% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 58 works · 28.6% of their workStrategy and Management: 35 works · 17.4% of their workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 23 works · 11.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 14 works · 6.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 14 works · 6.8% of their workDecision Sciences: 12 works · 5.9% of their workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 works · 5.9% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 works · 5.7% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 works · 5.7% of their workEverything else: 72 works · 35.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 36 works · 17.6% of their workComputer Science: 36 works · 17.6% of their workComputer Science Applications: 36 works · 17.6% of their workTHEIR WORKEric von Hippel204works
Physical Sciences18%Social Sciences47%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting5828.6%
    2. Social Sciences146.8%
    3. Decision Sciences125.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance125.7%
  2. Everything else7235.4%
    1. Computer Science3617.6%
  1. 1Computer Science Applications18% of their works
  2. 2Strategy and Management17% of their works
  3. 3Management of Technology and Innovation11% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  5. 5Management Science and Operations Research6% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Eric von Hippel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: User-Generated Content, Innovation, Collaboration, Open Source Software, Platform Competition, Two-Sided Markets, Open Innovation and User-Centric Design.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. User-Generated Content982 topics
  2. Innovation972 topics
  3. Collaboration841 topic
  4. Open Source Software841 topic
  5. Platform Competition361 topic
  6. Two-Sided Markets361 topic
  7. Open Innovation341 topic
  8. User-Centric Design341 topic
  9. Dynamic Capabilities321 topic
  10. Knowledge Transfer321 topic
  11. Emerging Markets161 topic
  12. Frugal Innovation161 topic
  13. Agent-Based Modeling151 topic
  14. Innovation Diffusion151 topic
  15. Electronic Word-of-Mouth141 topic
  16. Social Media141 topic
  17. Private R&D131 topic
  18. R&D Subsidies131 topic

Where does Eric von Hippel work?

Eric von Hippel's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Eric von Hippel have?

OpenAlex counts 204 works and 46,817 citations for Eric von Hippel, an h-index of 65, ranking #15,561 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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