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  1. AngleKindling: Supporting Journalistic Angle Ideation with Large Language Models

    Article • April 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  2. Interdisciplinary collaboration from diverse science teams can produce significant outcomes

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2022, PLOS

    Kevin Crowston

  3. Evaluating MIDST, A System to Support Stigmergic Team Coordination

    Article • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, April 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  4. Shifting forms of Engagement: Volunteer Learning in Online Citizen Science

    Article • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, May 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  5. Teaching citizen scientists to categorize glitches using machine learning guided training

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, April 2020, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  6. Socio-technical Affordances for Stigmergic Coordination Implemented in MIDST, a Tool for Data-Science Teams

    Article • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, November 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  7. Classifying the unknown: Discovering novel gravitational-wave detector glitches using similarity learning

    Article • April 2019, American Physical Society (APS)

    Kevin Crowston

  8. Documentation and access to knowledge in online communities: Know your audience and write appropriately?

    Article • Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, January 2019, Wiley

    Kevin Crowston

  9. Citizen scientists face problems doing their own analyses and writing a paper

    Article • Citizen Science Theory and Practice, January 2019, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Kevin Crowston

  10. Knowledge Tracing to Model Learning in Online Citizen Science Projects

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  11. Did they login?

    Article • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, November 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  12. Talking the Talk in Citizen Science

    Article • October 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  13. How do distributed groups developed shared terminology

    Article • Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  14. Introduction to ACM Transactions on Social Computing

    Article • ACM Transactions on Social Computing, February 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  15. What topic best appeals to citizen scientists?

    Article • Journal of Science Communication, February 2018, Sissa Medialab, SRL

    Kevin Crowston

  16. Workshop

    Article • January 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston, Ingrid Erickson, Dr. Lionel P Robert

  17. Challenges for advanced work in citizen science

    Article • January 2018, HICSS Conference Office

    Kevin Crowston

  18. Introduction to the Digital and Social Media Track

    Article • January 2018, HICSS Conference Office

    Kevin Crowston

  19. Stigmergic Coordination in Wikipedia

    Article • January 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  20. What factors motivate scientists to use data collected by other scientists?

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2017, PLOS

    Kevin Crowston

  21. A pragmatic approach to managing enterprise IT infrastructures in the era of consumerization and individualization of IT

    Article • International Journal of Information Management, December 2017, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  22. A capability maturity model for research data management

    Article • Journal of eScience Librarianship, October 2017, University of Massachusetts Medical School

    Kevin Crowston, Jian Qin

  23. Stages of Motivation for Contributing User-Generated Content (e.g., Wikipedia)

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, September 2017, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston, Dr Isabelle Fagnot

  24. Core-periphery communication and the success of free/libre open source software projects

    Article • Journal of Internet Services and Applications, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  25. Exploring participant contributions in two games with a purpose

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, March 2017, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  26. Gravity Spy: integrating advanced LIGO detector characterization, machine learning, and citizen science

    Article • Classical and Quantum Gravity, February 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Kevin Crowston, Mr. Scott B Coughlin, Michael J Zevin

  27. Recruiting Messages Matter

    Article • January 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  28. Gravity Spy

    Article • January 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  29. Classifying data from online social computing systems by degree of processing

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  30. Lessons Learned from a Decade of FLOSS Data Collection

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  31. Blending Machine and Human Learning Processes

    Article • January 2017, HICSS Conference Office

    Kevin Crowston

  32. Comparing Data Science Project Management Methodologies via a Controlled Experiment

    Article • January 2017, HICSS Conference Office

    Kevin Crowston

  33. Novelty of images as a motivator for contribution to citizen science projects

    Article • November 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  34. Roles and politeness behavior in community-based free/libre open source software development

    Article • Information & Management, November 2016, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  35. Stigmergic coordination in free/libre/open source software development teams

    Article • Cognitive Systems Research, June 2016, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  36. Alignment in an inter-organisational network

    Article • European Journal of Information Systems, May 2016, Nature

    Kevin Crowston

  37. What kind of work do new volunteers on a online citizen science project do?

    Article • February 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  38. Response to “Ideational Influence, Connectedness, and Venue Representation: Making an Assessment of Scholarly Capital”

    Article • Journal of the Association for Information Systems, February 2016, Association for Information Systems

    Kevin Crowston

  39. Encouraging Work in Citizen Science: Experiments in Goal Setting and Anchoring

    Article • January 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  40. Open Source Technology Development

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  41. Core-Periphery Communication and the Success of Free/Libre Open Source Software Projects

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  42. Inter-team coordination in large-scale agile development

    Article • January 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  43. Introduction to the Digital and Social Media Track

    Article • January 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  44. Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  45. Perceived discontinuities and continuities in transdisciplinary scientific working groups

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2015, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  46. Social Networks and the Success of Market Intermediaries

    Article • The Information Society, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Kevin Crowston, Dr Steve Sawyer

  47. The rise and fall of an online project

    Article • August 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  48. Being present in online communities

    Article • June 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  49. Collective Problem Solving

    Article • February 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  50. Motivations for Sustained Participation in Crowdsourcing: Case Studies of Citizen Science on the Role of Talk

    Article • January 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  51. “Personas” to Support Development of Cyberinfrastructure

    Article • Journal of eScience Librarianship, January 2015, University of Massachusetts Medical School

    Kevin Crowston

  52. Introduction to the Digital and Social Media Track

    Article • January 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  53. Open Source Technology Development

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  54. Open Source Technology Development

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  55. Surveying the citizen science landscape

    Article • First Monday, December 2014, University of Illinois Libraries

    Kevin Crowston

  56. Understanding group maintenance behavior in Free/Libre Open-Source Software projects: The case of Fire and Gaim

    Article • Information & Management, April 2014, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  57. Digital assemblages: evidence and theorising from the computerisation of the US residential real estate industry

    Article • New Technology Work and Employment, March 2014, Wiley

    Kevin Crowston, Dr Steve Sawyer

  58. Planet hunters and seafloor explorers

    Article • February 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  59. Socializing the Crowd: Learning to Talk in Citizen Science

    Article • Academy of Management Proceedings, January 2014, The Academy of Management

    Kevin Crowston

  60. Optimizing Features in Active Machine Learning for Complex Qualitative Content Analysis

    Article • January 2014, Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)

    Kevin Crowston

  61. Introduction to Digital and Social Media Track

    Article • January 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  62. Design of an Active Learning System with Human Correction for Content Analysis

    Article • January 2014, Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)

    Kevin Crowston

  63. Collaboration Through Open Superposition: A Theory of the Open Source Way

    Article • MIS Quarterly, January 2014, MIS Quarterly

    Kevin Crowston

  64. Sustainability of Open Collaborative Communities: Analyzing Recruitment Efficiency

    Article • Technology Innovation Management Review, January 2013, Carleton University, MacOdrum Library

    Kevin Crowston

  65. Motivation and Data Quality in a Citizen Science Game: A Design Science Evaluation

    Article • January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  66. Is Wikipedia Inefficient? Modelling Effort and Participation in Wikipedia

    Article • January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  67. Boundary-Spanning Documents in Online FLOSS Communities: Does One Size Fit All?

    Article • January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  68. Introduction to Socio-materiality of Information -- Documents and Work Minitrack

    Article • January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  69. Introduction to Open Movements Minitrack

    Article • January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  70. Open Source Software Adoption: A Technological Innovation Perspective

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2013, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  71. Using natural language processing technology for qualitative data analysis

    Article • International Journal of Social Research Methodology, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Kevin Crowston

  72. Purposeful gaming & socio-computational systems

    Article • October 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  73. The future of citizen science: emerging technologies and shifting paradigms

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, August 2012, Wiley

    Kevin Crowston

  74. Free/Libre open-source software development

    Article • ACM Computing Surveys, February 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  75. Citizen science system assemblages

    Article • January 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  76. Introduction to the Open Movements Minitrack

    Article • January 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  77. Introduction to the Documenting Work and Working Documents Minitrack

    Article • January 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  78. Goals and Tasks: Two Typologies of Citizen Science Projects

    Article • January 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  79. Amazon Mechanical Turk: A Research Tool for Organizations and Information Systems Scholars

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  80. Mechanisms for Data Quality and Validation in Citizen Science

    Article • December 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  81. Gaming for (Citizen) Science: Exploring Motivation and Data Quality in the Context of Crowdsourced Science through the Design and Evaluation of a Social-Computational System

    Article • December 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  82. Perceived discontinuities and constructed continuities in virtual work

    Article • Information Systems Journal, February 2011, Wiley

    Kevin Crowston

  83. What Characterize Documents That Bridge Boundaries Compared to Documents That Do Not? An Exploratory Study of Documentation in FLOSS Teams

    Article • January 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  84. Technology adoption and use theory review for studying scientists' continued use of cyber-infrastructure

    Article • Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, January 2011, Wiley

    Kevin Crowston

  85. Participation in ICT-Enabled Meetings

    Article • Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, January 2011, IGI Global

    Kevin Crowston

  86. Lessons from Volunteering and Free/Libre Open Source Software Development for the Future of Work

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  87. What different kinds of citizen science projects are there?

    Article • January 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  88. A capability maturity model for scientific data management: Evidence from the literature

    Article • Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, January 2011, Wiley

    Kevin Crowston, Jian Qin

  89. Too Few New Wikipedians? Modelling Effort and Participation in Wikipedia

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2011, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  90. Machine learning and rule-based automated coding of qualitative data

    Article • Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, November 2010, Wiley

    Kevin Crowston

  91. A capability maturity model for scientific data management

    Article • Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, November 2010, Wiley

    Kevin Crowston, Jian Qin

  92. Wikisym doctoral symposium

    Article • January 2010, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  93. The FOSS 2010 Community Report

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  94. Reclassifying Success and Tragedy in FLOSS Projects

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  95. Analyzing Leadership Dynamics in Distributed Group Communication

    Article • January 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  96. Developing a conceptual model of virtual organisations for citizen science

    Article • International Journal of Organisational Design and Engineering, January 2010, Inderscience Publishers

    Kevin Crowston

  97. Internet Genres

    Article • December 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Kevin Crowston

  98. Bug Fixing Practices within Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Teams

    Article • January 2009, IGI Global

    prof Barbara Scozzi, Kevin Crowston

  99. Open Source Ecosystems: Diverse Communities Interacting

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  100. FLOSSmole

    Article • January 2009, IGI Global

    Kevin Crowston

  101. Bug Fixing Practices within Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Teams

    Article • January 2009, IGI Global

    Kevin Crowston

  102. Competency rallying for technical innovation—The case of the Virtuelle Fabrik

    Article • Technovation, October 2008, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  103. Bug Fixing Practices within Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Teams

    Article • Journal of Database Management, April 2008, IGI Global

    Kevin Crowston

  104. Shared Mental Models among Open Source Software Developers

    Article • January 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston, prof Barbara Scozzi

  105. Minitrack Introduction

    Article • January 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  106. Minitrack Introduction

    Article • January 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  107. The Role of Face-to-Face Meetings in Technology-Supported Self-Organizing Distributed Teams

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, September 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  108. Self-organization of teams for free/libre open source software development

    Article • Information and Software Technology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  109. Virtuality and Virtualization

    Article • January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  110. Minitrack: Genres of Digital Documents

    Article • January 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  111. Empirical Studies of Open Source Software Development

    Article • January 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  112. Structure of interaction in bug reports for free and open source software development teams

    Article • Knowledge Technology & Policy, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  113. Customer Satisfaction with Electronic Service Encounters

    Article • International Journal of Electronic Commerce, June 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Kevin Crowston

  114. Assessing the Health of Open Source Communities

    Article • Computer, May 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  115. Information systems success in free and open source software development: theory and measures

    Article • Software Process Improvement and Practice, January 2006, Wiley

    Kevin Crowston

  116. Minitrack Introduction

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  117. Core and Periphery in Free/Libre and Open Source Software Team Communications

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  118. FLOSSmole

    Article • International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering, January 2006, IGI Global

    Kevin Crowston

  119. Redefining access: uses and roles of information and communication technologies in the US residential real estate industry from 1995 to 2005

    Article • Journal of Information Technology, November 2005, Nature

    Kevin Crowston, Dr Steve Sawyer

  120. Future research on FLOSS development

    Article • First Monday, October 2005, University of Illinois Libraries

    Kevin Crowston

  121. Introduction to the special issue

    Article • Information Technology and People, June 2005, Emerald

    Kevin Crowston

  122. Methods for modeling and supporting innovation processes in SMEs

    Article • European Journal of Innovation Management, March 2005, Emerald

    Kevin Crowston, prof Barbara Scozzi

  123. The social structure of free and open source software development

    Article • First Monday, February 2005, University of Illinois Libraries

    Kevin Crowston

  124. Information technology and the transformation of industries: three research perspectives

    Article • The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, March 2004, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston, Professor Michael David Myers

  125. Internet review

    Article • Information Technology and People, December 2003, Emerald

    Kevin Crowston

  126. Internet review

    Article • Information Technology and People, September 2003, Emerald

    Kevin Crowston

  127. The Social Embeddedness of Transactions: Evidence from the Residential Real-Estate Industry

    Article • The Information Society, April 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Kevin Crowston, Dr Steve Sawyer

  128. Internet review

    Article • Information Technology and People, March 2003, Emerald

    Kevin Crowston

  129. Discontinuities and continuities: a new way to understand virtual work

    Article • Information Technology and People, September 2002, Emerald

    Kevin Crowston

  130. Open source software projects as virtual organisations: competency rallying for software development

    Article • IEE Proceedings - Software, January 2002, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Kevin Crowston

  131. Investigating the interplay between structure and information and communications technology in the real estate industry

    Article • Information Technology and People, June 2001, Emerald

    Kevin Crowston, Dr Steve Sawyer

  132. Internet review

    Article • Information Technology and People, December 2000, Emerald

    Kevin Crowston

  133. Reproduced and Emergent Genres of Communication on the World Wide Web

    Article • The Information Society, July 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Kevin Crowston

  134. Process as Theory in Information Systems Research

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  135. Constructing Intelligent Agents with Java: A Programmer's Guide to Smarter Applications

    Article • Internet Research, December 1998, Emerald

    Kevin Crowston

  136. Coordination and collective mind in software requirements development

    Article • IBM Systems Journal, January 1998, IBM

    Kevin Crowston

  137. A Coordination Theory Approach to Organizational Process Design

    Article • Organization Science, April 1997, INFORMS

    Kevin Crowston

  138. An approach to evolving novel organizational forms

    Article • Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  139. The interdisciplinary study of coordination

    Article • ACM Computing Surveys, March 1994, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  140. What is coordination theory and how can it help design cooperative work systems?

    Article • January 1990, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  141. How do experienced information lens users use rules?

    Article • January 1989, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  142. Information Technology and Work Organization

    Article • January 1988, Elsevier

    Kevin Crowston

  143. Cognitive Science and Organizational Design: A Case Study of Computer Conferencing

    Article • Human-Computer Interaction, March 1987, Taylor & Francis

    Kevin Crowston

  144. Cognitive science and organizational design

    Article • January 1986, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  145. Cognitive science and organizational design

    Article • January 1986, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Kevin Crowston

  146. Social Dynamics of FLOSS Team Communication Across Channels

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  147. FLOSSmole

    Article • IGI Global

    Kevin Crowston

  148. eResearch Workflows for Studying Free and Open Source Software Development

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  149. Virtuality and Virtualization

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  150. Emergent Decision-Making Practices in Free/Libre Open Source Software (Floss) Development Teams

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  151. Competency Rallying Processes in Virtual Organizations

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  152. A Structurational Perspective on Leadership in Virtual Teams

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  153. The role of mental models in FLOSS development work practices

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston, prof Barbara Scozzi

  154. Social dynamics of free and open source team communications

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  155. From Individual Contribution to Group Learning

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Kevin Crowston

  156. Open Source Software Development: Minitrack Introduction

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  157. Genres of Digital Documents: Minitrack Introduction

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  158. A new perspective on "virtual": analyzing discontinuities in the work environment

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  159. Reproduced and emergent genres of communication on the World-Wide Web

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  160. Bug Fixing Practices within Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Teams

    Article • IGI Global

    Kevin Crowston

  161. Participation in ICT-Enabled Meetings

    Article • IGI Global

    Kevin Crowston

  162. Genre based navigation on the Web

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Kevin Crowston

  163. Bug Fixing Practices within Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Teams

    Article • IGI Global

    Kevin Crowston