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Most cited papers in ICT in Developing Communities

What are the most cited papers in ICT in Developing Communities?

The most cited paper in ICT in Developing Communities is "The Ethnography of Infrastructure" (Susan Leigh Star, 1999), with 4,347 citations. Next come "Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa" (2,070) and "The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile money" (1,550).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 319 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 The Ethnography of Infrastructure Susan Leigh Star · American Behavioral Scientist Nov 1999 4,347
2 Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa Jenny C. Aker, Isaac Mbiti · The Journal of Economic Perspectives Aug 2010 2,070
3 The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile money Tavneet Suri, William G. Jack · Science 8 Dec 2016 1,550
4 Health App Use Among US Mobile Phone Owners: A National Survey Paul M. Krebs, Dustin T. Duncan · JMIR mhealth and uhealth Open access 4 Nov 2015 1,441
5 Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial Richard Todd Lester, Paul Ritvo, Edward J. Mills et al. · The Lancet Nov 2010 1,362
6 Mobile computing devices in higher education: Student perspectives on learning with cellphones, smartphones & social media Joanne Gikas, Michael M. Grant · The Internet and Higher Education 14 Jun 2013 1,352
7 Text Messaging as a Tool for Behavior Change in Disease Prevention and Management Heather J. Cole-Lewis, Trace Kershaw · Epidemiologic Reviews Open access 30 Mar 2010 1,260
8 An overview of mobile assisted language learning: From content delivery to supported collaboration and interaction Agnes Kukulska‐Hulme, Lesley Shield · ReCALL 21 Aug 2008 1,141
9 The Zimbabwe Bush Pump Marianne de Laet, Annemarie Mol · Social Studies of Science Apr 2000 1,100
10 The design of personal mobile technologies for lifelong learning Mike Sharples · Computers & Education Apr 2000 1,090
11 Quantifying the Impact of Human Mobility on Malaria Amy P. Wesolowski, Nathan Eagle, Andrew J. Tatem et al. · Science Open access 11 Oct 2012 1,057
12 Mobile phone technologies improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment in a resource-limited setting: a randomized controlled trial of text message reminders Cristian Pop-Eleches, Harsha Thirumurthy, James Habyarimana et al. · AIDS Open access 20 Jan 2011 1,034
13 Mobile learning: A framework and evaluation Luvai Motiwalla · Computers & Education 22 Dec 2005 1,028
14 Factors Affecting Technology Uses in Schools: An Ecological Perspective Yong Zhao, Kenneth A. Frank · American Educational Research Journal 2003 948
15 Review of trends from mobile learning studies: A meta-analysis Wen‐Hsiung Wu, Yenchun Jim Wu, Chun‐Yu Chen et al. · Computers & Education Review 4 Apr 2012 948
16 Dial “A” for agriculture: a review of information and communication technologies for agricultural extension in developing countries Jenny C. Aker · Agricultural Economics 15 Jun 2011 947
17 Sensor Mania! The Internet of Things, Wearable Computing, Objective Metrics, and the Quantified Self 2.0 Melanie Swan · Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks Open access 8 Nov 2012 943
18 The Ubuntu Dialogue Corpus: A Large Dataset for Research in Unstructured Multi-Turn Dialogue Systems Ryan Lowe, Nissan Pow, Iulian Vlad Serban et al. · eScholarship@McGill (McGill) 2015 805
19 DakNet: rethinking connectivity in developing nations Alex Pentland, R. Fletcher, Amir Alexander Hasson · Computer 2004 802
20 Postcolonial computing Lilly C. Irani, Janet Vertesi, Paul Dourish et al. Conference paper 10 Apr 2010 772
21 Chatbots for learning: A review of educational chatbots for the Facebook Messenger Pavel Smutný, Petra Schreiberova · Computers & Education Open access 29 Feb 2020 768
22 Health literacy: addressing the health and education divide Ilona Kickbusch · Health Promotion International Sep 2001 766
23 Research Approaches to Mobile Use in the Developing World: A Review of the Literature Jonathan Donner · The Information Society 6 May 2008 742
24 Predicting poverty and wealth from mobile phone metadata Joshua Evan Blumenstock, Gabriel Cadamuro, Robert On · Science Open access 26 Nov 2015 718
25 Mobile Health (mHealth) Approaches and Lessons for Increased Performance and Retention of Community Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review Karin Källander, James Kananura Tibenderana, Onome J. Akpogheneta et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 25 Jan 2013 703
26 Systematic review on what works, what does not work and why of implementation of mobile health (mHealth) projects in Africa Clara B. Aranda-Jan, Neo Mohutsiwa-Dibe, Svetla Loukanova · BMC Public Health ReviewOpen access 21 Feb 2014 691
27 Mobile and Interactive Media Use by Young Children: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown Jenny S. Radesky, Jayna B. Schumacher, BARRY S. ZUCKERMAN · PEDIATRICS 29 Dec 2014 674
28 Open data kit Carl Hartung, Adam K. Lerer, Yaw Anokwa et al. Conference paper 13 Dec 2010 666
29 Toward Information Infrastructure Studies: Ways of Knowing in a Networked Environment Geoffrey C. Bowker, Karen S. Baker, Florence Millerand et al. Book chapter 2009 652
30 mHealth innovations as health system strengthening tools: 12 common applications and a visual framework Alain Bernard Labrique, Lavanya Vasudevan, Erica Kochi et al. · Global Health Science and Practice Open access Aug 2013 647
31 ICT4D 2.0: The Next Phase of Applying ICT for International Development Richard Heeks · Computer Open access Jun 2008 639
32 Television and Very Young Children Daniel R. Anderson, Tiffany A. Pempek · American Behavioral Scientist 15 Dec 2004 619
33 Classroom 2000: An experiment with the instrumentation of a living educational environment Gregory D. Abowd · IBM Systems Journal 1999 619
34 Investigating attitudes towards the use of mobile learning in higher education Mostafa Al‐Emran, Hatem M. Elsherif, Khaled F. Shaalan · Computers in Human Behavior Dec 2015 601
35 Networks of Action: Sustainable Health Information Systems Across Developing Countries1 Jørn Braa, Monteiro, Sundeep Sahay · MIS Quarterly Sep 2004 558
36 Evidence on feasibility and effective use of mH ealth strategies by frontline health workers in developing countries: systematic review Smisha Agarwal, Henry B. Perry, Lesley‐Anne Long et al. · Tropical Medicine & International Health ReviewOpen access 16 Apr 2015 555
37 Smartphone App Use Among Medical Providers in ACGME Training Programs Orrin I. Franko, Timothy F. Tirrell · Journal of Medical Systems 3 Nov 2011 552
38 Research on information systems in developing countries: Current landscape and future prospects Geoff Walsham, Sundeep Sahay · Information Technology for Development 19 Jul 2005 545
39 The connected migrant: an epistemological manifesto Dana Diminescu · Social Science Information Open access Dec 2008 541
40 Consumer attitude and intention to adopt mobile wallet in India – An empirical study Deepak Chawla, Himanshu Joshi · International Journal of Bank Marketing 19 Jun 2019 518
41 ONE-TO-ONE TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNING: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GLOBAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION Tak-Wai Chan, Jeremy Roschelle, Sherry Hsi et al. · Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning Open access Mar 2006 515
42 Access to Print in Low‐Income and Middle‐Income Communities: An Ecological Study of Four Neighborhoods Susan B. Neuman, Donna C. Celano · Reading Research Quarterly Open access 3 Jan 2001 512
43 Skype Me! Socially Contingent Interactions Help Toddlers Learn Language Sarah Roseberry, Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff · Child Development Open access 11 Oct 2013 510
44 Leveraging mobile technology for sustainable seamless learning: a research agenda Chee‐Kit Looi, PETER SEN KEE SEOW, Baohui Zhang et al. · British Journal of Educational Technology 7 Feb 2009 503
45 Understanding the Spreading Patterns of Mobile Phone Viruses Pu Wang, Marta Claudia González, César A. Hidalgo et al. · Science Open access 3 Apr 2009 500
46 Realizing the potential of digital development: The case of agricultural advice Raissa Fabregas, Michael R. Kremer, Frank Schilbach · Science Open access 12 Dec 2019 492
47 Automatic speech recognition for under-resourced languages: A survey Laurent Besacier, Etienne Barnard, Alexey Anatolievich Karpov et al. · Speech Communication Open access 6 Aug 2013 489
48 Mobile banking and economic development: linking adoption, impact, and use Jonathan Donner, Camilo Tellez · Asian Journal of Communication 11 Nov 2008 481
49 Serious fun: Preschoolers engage in more exploratory play when evidence is confounded. Laura Schulz, Elizabeth Baraff Bonawitz · Developmental Psychology Open access 2007 477
50 Can the ubiquitous power of mobile phones be used to improve health outcomes in developing countries? Warren Kaplan · Globalization and Health Open access 2006 470

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