Most cited papers in History of Computing Technologies
What are the most cited papers in History of Computing Technologies?
The most cited paper in History of Computing Technologies is "The Machine That Changed the World" (Bernard M. Wolf, 1991), with 4,765 citations. Next come "The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology" (3,007) and "The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture" (1,811).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 79 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Machine That Changed the World Bernard M. Wolf · Journal of International Business Studies | Sep 1991 | 4,765 |
| 2 | The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology Philip J. Gummett · Physics Bulletin | Aug 1988 | 3,007 |
| 3 | The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Ann Forsyth · Journal of Planning Education and Research | Dec 1999 | 1,811 |
| 4 | Introduction to algorithms Rudrapatna K. Shyamasundar · Resonance | Sep 1996 | 1,471 |
| 5 | A brief history of the internet Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David Draper Clark et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | 7 Oct 2009 | 984 |
| 6 | On Cooling the Mark Out † Erving Goffman · Psychiatry | Nov 1952 | 761 |
| 7 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society William P. D. Wightman · Nature | Oct 1961 | 626 |
| 8 | Algorithms and their others: Algorithmic culture in context Paul Dourish · Big Data & Society | 24 Aug 2016 | 488 |
| 9 | The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America. Ken Alder, Paul N. Edwards · Journal of American History | Dec 1997 | 409 |
| 10 | The Connection Machine Daniel Hillis · Lecture notes in physics | 10 Dec 2007 | 376 |
| 11 | A History of Technology Frederick G. Kilgour · American Journal of Physics | Sep 1955 | 361 |
| 12 | The Production and Application of New Industrial Technology John S. Fryer, Edwin Mansfield, John Rapoport et al. · Academy of Management Review | Apr 1979 | 348 |
| 13 | Things and Their Parts Kit Fine · Midwest Studies in Philosophy | 1999 | 328 |
| 14 | INTRODUCTION TO COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS William B. Zimmerman · Series on stability, vibration and control of systems - Series A | Oct 2006 | 303 |
| 15 | Artificial unintelligence: how computers misunderstand the world Sanjay Sharma · Labour & Industry a journal of the social and economic relations of work | 17 Feb 2019 | 302 |
| 16 | The Association for Computing Machinery Samuel B. Williams · Journal of the ACM | 1954 | 271 |
| 17 | Captivating technology: race, carceral technoscience, and liberatory imagination in everyday life Christine Hauskeller, Clara Hick · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 25 Feb 2020 | 258 |
| 18 | From Shafts to Wires: Historical Perspective on Electrification Warren D. Devine · The Journal of Economic History | Jun 1983 | 256 |
| 19 | How to be Universal: Some Cybernetic Strategies, 1943-70 Geof Bowker · Social Studies of Science | Feb 1993 | 255 |
| 20 | A brief history of automatic control S. Bennett · IEEE Control Systems | Jun 1996 | 243 |
| 21 | On Technological Expectations Nathan S. Rosenberg · The Economic Journal | Sep 1976 | 241 |
| 22 | A Survey on Industry Impact and Challenges Thereof [Technical Activities] Tarıq Samad · IEEE Control Systems | 18 Jan 2017 | 240 |
| 23 | Back to the real world Pierre D. Wellner, Wendy E. Mackay, Rich Gold · Communications of the ACM | Jul 1993 | 238 |
| 24 | Three Engineers, Hundreds of Robots, One Warehouse Eric Guizzo · IEEE Spectrum | 20 Jun 2008 | 218 |
| 25 | The Question Concerning Technology in China: An Essay in Cosmotechnics Gabriele de Seta · Asiascape Digital Asia | 8 Sep 2017 | 215 |
| 26 | Technik Comes to America: Changing Meanings of Technology before 1930 Eric Schatzberg · Technology and Culture | Jul 2006 | 212 |
| 27 | Is the Internet a US invention?—an economic and technological history of computer networking David C. Mowery, Timothy S. Simcoe · Research Policy | Dec 2002 | 209 |
| 28 | The evolution of the Internet: from military experiment to General Purpose Technology John J. Naughton · Journal of Cyber Policy | 2 Jan 2016 | 198 |
| 29 | A Memory Schedule Paul Pimsleur · Modern Language Journal | Feb 1967 | 197 |
| 30 | An introduction to the information age Manuel Castells · City | May 1997 | 197 |
| 31 | The History of Computing in the History of Technology Michael Sean Mahoney · IEEE Annals of the History of Computing | Apr 1988 | 189 |
| 32 | A Sociological Study of the Official History of the Perceptrons Controversy Mikel Olazaran · Social Studies of Science | Aug 1996 | 184 |
| 33 | The Origins of Feedback Control Otto Mayr, Lynwood Bryant · Scientific American | Oct 1970 | 184 |
| 34 | Control systems engineering education Naim A. Kheir, Karl Johan Åström, David M. Auslander et al. · Automatica | Feb 1996 | 181 |
| 35 | A history of computing technology Michael R. Williams | 5 Dec 1985 | 175 |
| 36 | Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1838 Allan G. Bromley · IEEE Annals of the History of Computing | Jul 1982 | 169 |
| 37 | Technology, Political Economy, and Professionalization: Central Themes of the Organizational Synthesis Louis P. Galambos · The Business History Review | 1983 | 168 |
| 38 | Learning the Silicon Valley Way Gordon E. Moore, Kevin Davis · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 5 Apr 2004 | 167 |
| 39 | Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science Alexander M. Korsunsky, Xu Song, Jonathan P.-H. Belnoue et al. · International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists | 19 Oct 2012 | 159 |
| 40 | The History of the Internet: The Missing Narratives Martin Campbell‐Kelly, Daniel D. Garcia‐Swartz · Journal of Information Technology | Mar 2013 | 158 |
| 41 | Silicon startup schools: technocracy, algorithmic imaginaries and venture philanthropy in corporate education reform Ben Williamson · Critical Studies in Education | 24 May 2016 | 157 |
| 42 | Between dependency and autonomy: India's experience with the international computer industry Joseph M. Grieco · International Organization | 1982 | 156 |
| 43 | Heroes, Herds and Hysteresis in Technological History: Thomas Edison and ‘The Battle of the Systems’ Reconsidered Paul A. David · Industrial and Corporate Change | 1992 | 156 |
| 44 | Cybernetics, Automata Studies, and the Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Ronald R. Kline · IEEE Annals of the History of Computing | 11 Jun 2010 | 153 |
| 45 | Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World David Hochfelder · History Reviews of New Books | 2004 | 153 |
| 46 | Power and Precision Patrick W. L. Leung · Journal of Technology in Human Services | 22 Apr 1999 | 152 |
| 47 | Inventing Information Systems: The Systems Men and the Computer, 1950–1968 Thomas Haigh · The Business History Review | 2001 | 147 |
| 48 | The Munich Project CIP F. L. Brauer, Rudolf Berghammer, Walter Dosch et al. · Lecture notes in computer science | 1985 | 147 |
| 49 | Cybernetics and the Mangle Andrew Nelson Pickering · Social Studies of Science | Jun 2002 | 139 |
| 50 | Designing Freedom, Regulating a Nation: Socialist Cybernetics in Allende's Chile Edén Medina · Journal of Latin American Studies | 19 Jul 2006 | 134 |
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