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D-Index
48
Citations
17550
World Ranking
6020
National Ranking
2709

James C. Spohrer publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James C. Spohrer sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 175 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

James C. Spohrer D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James C. Spohrer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Education
  • Marketing

His primary scientific interests are in Service, Service design, Service system, Service innovation and Knowledge management. His work in the fields of Business service provider overlaps with other areas such as Service economy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Data science and Service-dominant logic in addition to Service system.

James C. Spohrer studied Service innovation and Public relations that intersect with Services computing. In his research on the topic of Knowledge management, Service provider is strongly related with Service delivery framework. His work deals with themes such as Service guarantee and Service, which intersect with Service product management.

His most cited work include:

  • Steps toward a science of service systems (1044 citations)
  • Fundamentals of service science (984 citations)
  • A research manifesto for services science (924 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Service, Knowledge management, Service design, Service system and Marketing are his primary areas of study. His studies in Service integrate themes in fields like Public relations and Process management. His research integrates issues of Value proposition, Engineering ethics, Engineering management and Service in his study of Knowledge management.

His Service design research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Systems thinking and Service level requirement. Service system is closely attributed to Tertiary sector of the economy in his research. His Service innovation study often links to related topics such as Service.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Service (41.87%)
  • Knowledge management (30.62%)
  • Service design (19.38%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Data science (8.12%)
  • Analytics (5.62%)
  • Service (41.87%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

James C. Spohrer spends much of his time researching Data science, Analytics, Service, Business intelligence and Public relations. The Data science study combines topics in areas such as Variety, Business model and Public policy. His study in Service is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Strategic communication, Competitive advantage and Engineering management.

His work in the fields of Public relations, such as Stakeholder engagement, intersects with other areas such as Government, Innovator and Justice.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Storytelling about places: Tourism Marketing in the Digital Age (27 citations)
  • Digital Service: Technological Agency in Service Systems (7 citations)
  • An Experimental Case Study on Edge Computing based Cyber-Physical Digital Service Provisioning with Mobile Robotics (1 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Education
  • Marketing

His primary areas of study are Service, Agency, Engineering management, Edge computing and Artificial intelligence. James C. Spohrer combines Service and Storytelling in his studies. His study on Edge computing is intertwined with other disciplines of science such as Computer network, Service provisioning, Robotics and Cyber-physical system.

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals of service science

    Paul P. Maglio;Jim Spohrer

  • Steps toward a science of service systems

    J. Spohrer;P.P. Maglio;J. Bailey;D. Gruhl

  • A research manifesto for services science

    Henry Chesbrough;Jim Spohrer

  • The service system is the basic abstraction of service science

    Paul P. Maglio;Stephen L. Vargo;Nathan Caswell;Jim Spohrer

  • Service systems, service scientists, SSME, and innovation

    Paul P. Maglio;Savitha Srinivasan;Jeffrey T. Kreulen;Jim Spohrer

  • KidSim: programming agents without a programming language

    David Canfield Smith;Allen Cypher;Jim Spohrer

  • Learner-centered education

    Donald A. Norman;James C. Spohrer

  • The Service System Is the Basic Abstraction of Service Science

    J. Spohrer;S.L. Vargo;N. Caswell;P.P. Maglio

  • Novice mistakes: are the folk wisdoms correct?

    James C. Spohrer;Elliot Soloway

  • Studying the Novice Programmer

    E. Soloway;James C. Spohrer

  • Handbook of Service Science

    Paul P. Maglio;Cheryl A. Kieliszewski;James C. Spohrer

  • A service science perspective on business model innovation

    Paul P. Maglio;Paul P. Maglio;Jim Spohrer

  • Toward a Science of Service Systems

    James C. Spohrer;Paul P. Maglio

  • Systems, networks, and ecosystems in service research

    Sergio Barile;Robert Lusch;Javier Reynoso;Marialuisa Saviano

  • System and method for enhancing a user interface with a computer based training tool

    Arthur James;Catherine Anne Abbott;Michael Andrew Arent;Gregory J. Czora

  • Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Design (SSMED): An Emerging Discipline - Outline & References

    Jim Spohrer;Stephen K. Kwan

  • Storytelling about places: Tourism Marketing in the Digital Age

    Clara Bassano;Sergio Barile;Paolo Piciocchi;James C. Spohrer

  • Digital Innovation and Strategic Transformation

    Haluk Demirkan;James C. Spohrer;Jeffrey J. Welser

  • A goal/plan analysis of buggy pascal programs

    James C. Spohrer;Elliot Soloway;Edgar Pope

  • Service Science: Toward a Smarter Planet

    Jim Spohrer;Paul P. Maglio

  • Where the bugs are

    James C. Spohrer;Elliot Soloway;Edgar Pope

Frequent Co-Authors

Haluk Demirkan
Haluk Demirkan University of Washington
Elliot Soloway
Elliot Soloway University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul P. Maglio
Paul P. Maglio University of California, Merced
Sergio Barile
Sergio Barile Sapienza University of Rome
Raymond P. Fisk
Raymond P. Fisk Texas State University
Stephen L. Vargo
Stephen L. Vargo University of Oklahoma
Vincenzo Loia
Vincenzo Loia University of Salerno
Mike Gregory
Mike Gregory University of Cambridge
Donald A. Rock
Donald A. Rock Princeton University
Donald A. Norman
Donald A. Norman University of California, San Diego

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