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Digital Games and Media

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Nicole A. Beres
University of Saskatchewan
2
Ellen Simpson
Syracuse University
3
Simone Lykke Tranholm Mouritzen
Aarhus University
4
Hojin Song
California State University, Monterey Bay
5
Manuel Trinidad
Universidad de Cádiz
6
Cláuvin Almeida
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
7
Gaëlle Ouvrein
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
8
Daniel López-Fernández
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
9
Darsana Vijay
University of Toronto
10
Ana Cláudia Guimarães Santos
Tampere University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Followers, fans, friends, or haters? A typology of the online interactions and relationships between social media influencers and their audiences based on a social capital framework
New Media & Society|2024
16 cit.
2
Methodology, strategies, and factors for business innovation in large companies
International Journal of Innovation Studies|2025
11 cit.
3
Are Educational Escape Rooms More Effective Than Traditional Lectures for Teaching Software Engineering? A Randomized Controlled Trial
IEEE Transactions on Education|2024
10 cit.
4
The Relationship Between Gamification User Types, Demographic Factors, and Gaming Habits
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction|2025
7 cit.
5
ChatGPT in Computer Science Education: A Case Study on a Database Administration Course
Applied Sciences|2025
6 cit.
6
Adoption and Impact of ChatGPT in Computer Science Education: A Case Study on a Database Administration Course
AI|2024
4 cit.
7
Comparing a LEGO® Serious Play Activity With a Traditional Lecture in Software Engineering Education
IEEE Access|2024
3 cit.
8
Infrastructures for Inspiration: The Routine of Creative Identity Through Inspiration on the Creative Internet
Unknown Journal|2025
3 cit.
9
Investigação Psicométrica da Escala Hexad para Identificação de Perfis de Usuários de Gamificação em Português Brasileiro
Unknown Journal|2024
2 cit.
10
The Enshittification of the Creative Internet
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction|2025
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Max Sjöblom
University Consortium of Pori
2
Elisa D. Mekler
IT University of Copenhagen
3
Antonius J. van Rooij
Ghent University
4
Marc Busch
Austrian Institute of Technology
5
Lauri Keronen
Tampere University
6
Oliver Hauser
University of Exeter
7
Thomas Giel
German Sport University Cologne
8
Orsolya Király
Eötvös Loránd University
9
Bradley J. Baker
Temple University
10
David Zendle
York St John University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Generative AI enhances individual creativity but reduces the collective diversity of novel content
Science Advances|2024
511 cit.
2
Gaming disorder: A summary of its characteristics and aetiology
Comprehensive Psychiatry|2023
145 cit.
3
Generative Artificial Intelligence Enhances Creativity
SSRN Electronic Journal|2023
107 cit.
4
Inequality in researchers’ minds: Four guiding questions for studying subjective perceptions of economic inequality
Journal of Economic Surveys|2022
83 cit.
5
Vibing Together: Dance Experiences in Social Virtual Reality
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems|2022
72 cit.
6
Non-Fungible Tokens
Sports Innovation Journal|2022
71 cit.
7
How compliance with web accessibility standards shapes the experiences of users with and without disabilities
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies|2022
56 cit.
8
Prevalence and Salience of Problematic Microtransactions in Top-Grossing Mobile and PC Games: A Content Analysis of User Reviews
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems|2022
38 cit.
9
How much gaming is too much? An analysis based on psychological distress
Journal of Behavioral Addictions|2024
33 cit.
10
Gaming disorder: current research directions
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences|2022
31 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Lennart E. Nacke
University of Waterloo
2
Mark D. Griffiths
Nottingham Trent University
3
danah boyd
Cornell University
4
David Silver
Google (United Kingdom)
5
Xiaoquan Zhang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
6
Juho Hamari
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
7
Peta Wyeth
University of Technology Sydney
8
Julian Togelius
New York University
9
Jean Tirole
Institut d'Économie Industrielle
10
Paul Cairns
University of York

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication|2007
16.1k cit.
2
Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search
Nature|2016
15.8k cit.
3
Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge
Nature|2017
9.2k cit.
4
From game design elements to gamefulness
Unknown Journal|2011
7.8k cit.
5
Deep Reinforcement Learning with Double Q-Learning
Unknown Journal|2016
6k cit.
6
Theory of Industrial Organization.
Economica|1989
5.4k cit.
7
CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR BIG DATA
Information Communication & Society|2012
5.3k cit.
8
I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context collapse, and the imagined audience
New Media & Society|2010
4.5k cit.
9
A general reinforcement learning algorithm that masters chess, shogi, and Go through self-play
Science|2018
3.5k cit.
10
Deep Reinforcement Learning with Double Q-Learning
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence|2016
3.5k cit.

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