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Virtual Communities

Virtual Communities is a social aggregation of individuals who interact, communicate, and establish shared norms or identities within digitally mediated environments, distinguished from physical communities by their reliance on networked technologies as the primary medium for sustained interpersonal engagement.

11.4K

Publications

850.4K

Citations

22.9K

Authors

4.6K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3.6K

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Publications

11.4K

Users of the world, unite! The challenges and opportunities of Social Media

Andreas Kaplan, Michael Haenlein · Business Horizons · 2009 · 17.5K citations

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Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship

danah boyd, Nicole B. Ellison · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication · 2007 · 16.1K citations · Full text

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The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites

Nicole B. Ellison, Charles Steinfield, Cliff Lampe · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication · 2007 · 9.8K citations · Full text

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The Field behind the Screen: Using Netnography for Marketing Research in Online Communities

Robert V. Kozinets · Journal of Marketing Research · 2002 · 3.9K citations

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Internet paradox: A social technology that reduces social involvement and psychological well-being?

Robert E. Kraut, Michael Patterson, Vicki Lundmark et al. · American Psychologist · 1998 · 3.5K citations

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Authors

22.9K

  1. RE
    Robert E. Kraut

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    39 publications · 13K citations

    34

    h-index

  2. AB
    Amy Bruckman

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    28 publications · 2.6K citations

    22

    h-index

  3. NC
    Neil Coulson

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    22 publications · 2.1K citations

    21

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  4. JM
    Jan Marco Leimeister

    University of Kassel, Germany

    23 publications · 1.6K citations

    19

    h-index

  5. CL
    Cliff Lampe

    University of Michigan, United States

    20 publications · 14.4K citations

    18

    h-index

1–5 of 22.9K

Institutions

4.6K

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    56 h-index

    254 publications

    32.6K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    56 h-index

    253 publications

    22.8K citations

  3. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    49 h-index

    245 publications

    19.7K citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    45 h-index

    170 publications

    70.8K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    45 h-index

    261 publications

    13.8K citations

  6. City University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    44 h-index

    119 publications

    17.3K citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    43 h-index

    150 publications

    13.6K citations

  8. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    42 h-index

    189 publications

    17.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Computers in Human Behavior

    346 publications · 42.9K citations

    113

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  2. New Media & Society

    135 publications · 15.2K citations

    61

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  3. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

    JCMC · 97 publications · 41.3K citations

    59

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 89 publications · 16.5K citations

    51

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  5. Journal of Medical Internet Research

    103 publications · 7.6K citations

    49

    h-index

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