Arts and Humanities, Multidisciplinary, Cultural Studies, Media Technology
1781
Scholar Citations
18
Scholar h-index
20
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Platforms: A Critical Introduction A Helmond, FN van der Vlist 2026
Orchestrating Scalability: How Patents Render Cloud Imaginaries in CAV Innovation A Gekker, S Hind, G Pereira, F van der Vlist Information, Communication & Society , 2026 2026
SCALING AI IN THE CLOUD: THE DISRUPTION OF “CLOUDIFICATION” IN CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES A Gekker, S Hind, G Pereira, F van der Vlist AoIR 2025 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR) , 2026 2026
App Ecosystem Analysis FN van der Vlist, A Helmond, E Weltevrede The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media, 299–310 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
Gatekeepers of the Mobile Ecosystem: Understanding App Store Moderation E Weltevrede, A Helmond, F van der Vlist, S Duguay, M Dieter Available at SSRN 5292303 , 2025 2025
The Appification of AI: Exploring Emerging AI App Ecosystems and Infrastructures S Dingeç, J Doherty, T Martins Adami, A Weinstein-Wright, X Yang, ... Appification in the Age of AI: Exploring AI App Cultures and Economies (ASI … , 2025 2025
Editorial Introduction: Appification in the Age of AI FN van der Vlist, E Weltevrede Appification in the Age of AI: Exploring AI App Cultures and Economies (ASI … , 2025 2025
Appification in the Age of AI: Exploring AI App Cultures and Economies FN van der Vlist, E Weltevrede https://osf.io/download/bucvw , 2025 2025
Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values J van Dijck, K van Es, A Helmond, FN van der Vlist 2025 Citations: 12
Challenges as Catalysts: How Waymo’s Open Dataset Challenges Shape AI Development S Hind, F van der Vlist, M Kanderske AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication 40, 1667–1683 , 2025 2025 Citations: 20
EXPLORING APPIFICATION FN van der Vlist, A Helmond, E Weltevrede, M Dieter, S Duguay, I Emsley, ... AoIR 2024 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR) , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AI AS PLATFORM: INFRASTRUCTURES, POWER, AND THE AI INDUSTRY FN van der Vlist, A Helmond, DMR Luitse, B Rieder, S Hind, S Kanderske AoIR 2024 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR) , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Platform: A Tapestry of Meanings and Metaphors A Helmond, FN van der Vlist Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction, 24–38 , 2024 2024 Citations: 6
Editorial Introduction: The Nationality of Apps? FN van der Vlist, E Weltevrede The Nationality of Apps: Exploring National App Cultures and Economies (ASI … , 2024 2024
The Nationality of Apps: Exploring National App Cultures and Economies FN van der Vlist, E Weltevrede https://osf.io/download/4zd6f , 2024 2024
Big AI: Cloud Infrastructure Dependence and the Industrialisation of Artificial Intelligence FN van der Vlist, A Helmond, F Ferrari Big Data & Society 11 (1), 1–16 , 2024 2024 Citations: 284
Digital Methods for Sensory Media Research: Toolmaking as a Critical Technical Practice J Chao, D van Geenen, C Gerlitz, FN van der Vlist Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media … , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
Super-Appification: Conglomeration in the Global Digital Economy FN van der Vlist, A Helmond, M Dieter, E Weltevrede New Media & Society 27 (6), 3314–3337 , 2024 2024 Citations: 49
Cloud AI Ecosystems of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google FN van der Vlist, A Helmond Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science , 2023 2023
Global ‘Super-App’ Landscape FN van der Vlist, A Helmond, M Dieter, E Weltevrede Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science , 2023 2023
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Facebook’s Evolution: Development of a Platform-as-Infrastructure A Helmond, DB Nieborg, FN van der Vlist Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society 3 (2), 123–146 , 2019 2019 Citations: 348
Big AI: Cloud Infrastructure Dependence and the Industrialisation of Artificial Intelligence FN van der Vlist, A Helmond, F Ferrari Big Data & Society 11 (1), 1–16 , 2024 2024 Citations: 284
Multi-Situated App Studies: Methods and Propositions M Dieter, C Gerlitz, A Helmond, N Tkacz, FN van der Vlist, E Weltevrede Social Media + Society 5 (2), 1–15 , 2019 2019 Citations: 234
How Partners Mediate Platform Power: Mapping Business and Data Partnerships in the Social Media Ecosystem FN van der Vlist, A Helmond Big Data & Society 8 (1), 1–16 , 2021 2021 Citations: 158
Social Media and Platform Historiography: Challenges and Opportunities A Helmond, FN van der Vlist TMG – Journal for Media History 22 (1), 6–34 , 2019 2019 Citations: 103
API Governance: The Case of Facebook’s Evolution FN van der Vlist, A Helmond, M Burkhardt, T Seitz Social Media + Society 8 (2), 1–24 , 2022 2022 Citations: 93
Apps and Infrastructures – a Research Agenda C Gerlitz, A Helmond, DB Nieborg, FN van der Vlist Computational Culture – a Journal of Software Studies , 2019 2019 Citations: 78
Accounting for the Social: Investigating Commensuration and Big Data Practices at Facebook FN van der Vlist Big Data & Society 3 (1), 1–16 , 2016 2016 Citations: 57
Diaspora and Mapping Methodologies: Tracing Transnational Digital Connections with ‘Mattering Maps’ D Alinejad, LI Candidatu, M Mevsimler, C Minchilli, S Ponzanesi, ... Global Networks – A Journal of Transnational Affairs 19 (1), 21–43 , 2018 2018 Citations: 54
Super-Appification: Conglomeration in the Global Digital Economy FN van der Vlist, A Helmond, M Dieter, E Weltevrede New Media & Society 27 (6), 3314–3337 , 2024 2024 Citations: 49
Regramming the Platform: Infrastructural Relations Between Apps and Social Media C Gerlitz, A Helmond, FN van der Vlist, E Weltevrede Computational Culture – a Journal of Software Studies , 2019 2019 Citations: 40
Making the Car “Platform Ready”: How Big Tech Is Driving the Platformization of Automobility S Hind, M Kanderske, FN van der Vlist Social Media + Society 8 (2), 1–13 , 2022 2022 Citations: 36
The Political Economy of Social Data: A Historical Analysis of Platform–Industry Partnerships A Helmond, DB Nieborg, FN van der Vlist Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Media & Society … , 2017 2017 Citations: 36
Counter-Mapping Surveillance: A Critical Cartography of Mass Surveillance Technology After Snowden FN van der Vlist Surveillance & Society 15 (1), 137–157 , 2017 2017 Citations: 34
Pandemic Platform Governance: Mapping the Global Ecosystem of COVID-19 Response Apps M Dieter, A Helmond, N Tkacz, FN van der Vlist, E Weltevrede Internet Policy Review – Journal on Internet Regulation 10 (3) , 2021 2021 Citations: 31
The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power FN van der Vlist Utrecht University , 2022 2022 Citations: 30
Platform and App Histories: Assessing Source Availability in Web Archives and App Repositories A Helmond, FN van der Vlist The Past Web: Exploring Web Archives, 203–214 , 2021 2021 Citations: 23
Challenges as Catalysts: How Waymo’s Open Dataset Challenges Shape AI Development S Hind, F van der Vlist, M Kanderske AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication 40, 1667–1683 , 2025 2025 Citations: 20
Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values J van Dijck, K van Es, A Helmond, FN van der Vlist 2025 Citations: 12
LOCATING AND THEORIZING PLATFORM POWER T Poell, DB Nieborg, J van Dijck, R Caplan, A Helmond, FN van der Vlist, ... AoIR 2022 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR) , 2022 2022 Citations: 12
