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Eric von Hippel

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

World rank
#6,710
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,250
of 358,040
Works
55
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
38.9

What does Eric von Hippel research?

Management of Technology and Innovation: 16.7%Strategy and Management: 15.4%Computer Science Applications: 12.8%Marketing: 6.4%other fields: 48.7%17%top field
Management of Technology and Innovation16.7%Strategy and Management15.4%Computer Science Applications12.8%Marketing6.4%other fields48.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Management of Technology and Innovation17% of their works
  2. 2Strategy and Management15% of their works
  3. 3Computer Science Applications13% of their works
  4. 4Marketing6% of their works
  5. 5Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality5% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Eric von Hippel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Innovation, Open Source Software, Open Innovation, Social Capital, User-Centric Design, Sustainability, Dynamic Capabilities and Knowledge Sharing.

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. Innovation101 topic
  2. Open Source Software101 topic
  3. Open Innovation81 topic
  4. Social Capital82 topics
  5. User-Centric Design81 topic
  6. Sustainability62 topics
  7. Dynamic Capabilities41 topic
  8. Knowledge Sharing41 topic
  9. Knowledge Transfer41 topic
  10. Platform Competition41 topic
  11. System Maturity41 topic
  12. Technology Readiness Levels41 topic
  13. Two-Sided Markets41 topic
  14. Virtual Communities41 topic
  15. Collaborative Consumption31 topic
  16. Emerging Markets31 topic
  17. Frugal Innovation31 topic
  18. Sharing Economy31 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?

Science Explorer counts 55 works and 2,137 citations for Eric von Hippel, ranking #6,710 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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