Barry Wellman

41.2k citations
178 papers · 21.3k indexed · 18 hit papers · h-index 63

Barry Wellman

167 papers receiving 18.5k citations

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Barry Wellman
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  • Communication 6.8k
  • Sociology and Political Science 12.0k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2.2k
  • Transportation 1.2k
  • Health 1.5k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Barry Wellman, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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#Work
1 202110
2 20175
3
EGYPT: THE FIRST INTERNET REVOLT?
201516
4 20123
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THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE – WITHIN AND BETWEEN COUNTRIES
2011130
6 200760
7 2007163
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Collecting Social Network Data to Study Social Activity-Travel Behavior: Egocentric Approach
200614
9 20061
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Context and Intent in Call Processing.
200310
11 2002439
12 2002426
13 200114
14 200014
15 200012
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Media Use and Work Relationships in a Research Group
19942
17 19921
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Structural analysis: From method and metaphor to theory and substance.breakdown →
1988552
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Réseau, quartier et communauté: préliminaire a l'étude de la question communautaire
19812
20 19718

About Barry Wellman

Barry Wellman is a scholar working on Communication, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 178 papers that have together received 21.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social Media and Politics (43 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (31 papers), Social Capital and Networks (29 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (22 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (18 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (17 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (14 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (6.8k citations), Sociology and Political Science (12.0k citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (2.2k citations). Barry Wellman has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Chile. Frequent co-authors include Caroline Haythornthwaite, Keith N. Hampton, Scot Wortley, Lee Rainie, Anabel Quan‐Haase, Anatoliy Gruzd, James C. Witte, Yuri Takhteyev, Juan Antonio Carrasco and S. D. Berkowitz. Their work appears in journals such as American Behavioral Scientist, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Networks, Information Communication & Society and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

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