Games and Culture

3.0(top 20%)

impact factor

575(top 50%)

papers

13.3K(top 20%)

citations

58(top 10%)

h-index

3.2(top 20%)

impact factor

742

all documents

15.1K

doc citations

93(top 10%)

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Top Articles

#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	From Tree House to Barracks	Games and Culture	2006	507
2	Playing and Making Games for Learning	Games and Culture	2006	403
3	From Edutainment to Serious Games: A Change in the Use of Game Characteristics	Games and Culture	2010	304
4	The Labor of Fun	Games and Culture	2006	276
5	Beyond Play	Games and Culture	2007	253
6	There is No Magic Circle	Games and Culture	2009	201
7	What Is Video Game Culture? Cultural Studies and Game Studies	Games and Culture	2010	195
8	Building an MMO With Mass Appeal	Games and Culture	2006	192
9	Playful Identities, or the Ludification of Culture	Games and Culture	2006	184
10	Never Too Old to Play: The Appeal of Digital Games to an Older Audience	Games and Culture	2011	173
11	Esports Research: A Literature Review	Games and Culture	2020	159
12	On the Digital Playing Field	Games and Culture	2012	158
13	Of Mods and Modders	Games and Culture	2007	153
14	The Assemblage of Play	Games and Culture	2009	146
15	Anger, Fear, and Games: The Long Event of #GamerGate	Games and Culture	2018	145
16	Shallow Gamification	Games and Culture	2015	142
17	Video Games and Embodiment	Games and Culture	2008	141
18	Game Classification and Game Design	Games and Culture	2007	140
19	The Truth About Baby Boomer Gamers	Games and Culture	2008	134
20	Not a Hater, Just Keepin' It Real	Games and Culture	2006	132
21	“I Can Defend Myself”	Games and Culture	2017	129
22	Can Serious Games Contribute to Developing and Sustaining 21st Century Skills?	Games and Culture	2015	127
23	The Mangle of Play	Games and Culture	2006	122
24	Playing Video Games During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Effects on Players’ Well-Being	Games and Culture	2022	120
25	Communication, Coordination, and Camaraderie in World of Warcraft	Games and Culture	2009	119
26	At Least Nine Ways to Play: Approaching Gamer Mentalities	Games and Culture	2011	118
27	Parlaying Value	Games and Culture	2006	114
28	Making Computer Games and Design Thinking	Games and Culture	2008	110
29	Your Second Selves	Games and Culture	2010	106
30	Results From a Controlled Study of the iPad Fractions Game Motion Math	Games and Culture	2013	104
31	Games for Persuasion	Games and Culture	2013	102
32	On the Research Value of Large Games	Games and Culture	2006	95
33	Does WoW Change Everything?	Games and Culture	2006	95
34	Digital Game Involvement	Games and Culture	2007	93
35	Experts at Play	Games and Culture	2009	91
36	Behind the Avatar: The Patterns, Practices, and Functions of Role Playing in MMOs	Games and Culture	2011	88
37	Digital Games and Escapism	Games and Culture	2010	87
38	“Just Like the Qing Empire”	Games and Culture	2008	86
39	Stand by Your Man	Games and Culture	2015	86
40	Why Game (Culture) Studies Now?	Games and Culture	2006	82
41	The Play of Imagination	Games and Culture	2007	82
42	Putting the Gay in Games	Games and Culture	2009	82
43	Beyond Entertainment	Games and Culture	2016	82
44	The Game Definition Game	Games and Culture	2017	82
45	Blackless Fantasy	Games and Culture	2009	81
46	Virtual Warfare	Games and Culture	2017	79
47	CryptoKitties and the New Ludic Economy: How Blockchain Introduces Value, Ownership, and Scarcity in Digital Gaming	Games and Culture	2021	79
48	Hybrid Reality Games Reframed	Games and Culture	2006	77
49	A Sense of Belonging: Pokémon GO and Social Connectedness	Games and Culture	2019	77
50	Productive Play	Games and Culture	2006	76

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