Crystal Abidin

5.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
83 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Crystal Abidin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Crystal Abidin has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 40 papers in Gender Studies and 20 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Crystal Abidin's work include Gender, Feminism, and Media (38 papers), Asian Culture and Media Studies (20 papers) and Social Media and Politics (11 papers). Crystal Abidin is often cited by papers focused on Gender, Feminism, and Media (38 papers), Asian Culture and Media Studies (20 papers) and Social Media and Politics (11 papers). Crystal Abidin collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Singapore. Crystal Abidin's co-authors include Jing Zeng, Jin Lee, Eric Thompson, Arantxa Vizcaíno-Verdú, Gabriele de Seta, Tama Leaver, Märt Ots, Mary Mostafanezhad, Michael K. Goodman and Maria-Carolina Cambre and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Teaching and Teacher Education and Annual Review of Environment and Resources.

In The Last Decade

Crystal Abidin

72 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Visibility labour: Engaging with Influencers’ fashion brands and #OOTD advertorial campaigns on Instagram
    2016 434 citations Crystal Abidin Media International Australia profile →
  2. “Aren’t These Just Young, Rich Women Doing Vain Things Online?”: Influencer Selfies as Subversive Frivolity
    2016 348 citations Crystal Abidin Social Media + Society profile →
  3. Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online
    2018 335 citations Crystal Abidin profile →
  4. Communicative ❤ intimacies: Influencers and Perceived Interconnectedness
    2015 291 citations Crystal Abidin profile →
  5. Mapping Internet Celebrity on TikTok: Exploring Attention Economies and Visibility Labours
    2020 259 citations Crystal Abidin SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  6. #familygoals: Family Influencers, Calibrated Amateurism, and Justifying Young Digital Labor
    2017 201 citations Crystal Abidin Social Media + Society profile →
  7. ‘#OkBoomer, time to meet the Zoomers’: studying the memefication of intergenerational politics on TikTok
    2021 124 citations Jing Zeng, Crystal Abidin Information Communication & Society profile →
  8. From “Networked Publics” to “Refracted Publics”: A Companion Framework for Researching “Below the Radar” Studies
    2021 97 citations Crystal Abidin Social Media + Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Crystal Abidin Australia 21 2.0k 1.1k 906 332 323 83 3.0k
Nancy K. Baym United States 29 2.1k 1.1× 627 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 190 0.6× 376 1.2× 61 3.7k
Brooke Duffy United States 25 1.7k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 616 0.7× 364 1.1× 109 0.3× 49 2.7k
Arthur A. Raney United States 27 1.3k 0.6× 841 0.8× 475 0.5× 329 1.0× 1.4k 4.5× 81 2.6k
John Fiske United States 20 1.1k 0.5× 429 0.4× 571 0.6× 125 0.4× 410 1.3× 59 2.7k
Elizabeth M. Perse United States 31 2.8k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 2.0k 2.2× 602 1.8× 2.3k 7.2× 59 5.0k
Graeme Turner Australia 24 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 944 1.0× 115 0.3× 338 1.0× 103 2.9k
Douglas M. McLeod United States 35 2.5k 1.3× 441 0.4× 2.6k 2.9× 217 0.7× 844 2.6× 106 4.3k
Jodi Dean United States 20 1.4k 0.7× 352 0.3× 576 0.6× 67 0.2× 162 0.5× 94 2.5k
Chen Lou Singapore 24 3.1k 1.6× 411 0.4× 462 0.5× 1.6k 4.9× 772 2.4× 58 3.8k
Silvia Knobloch‐Westerwick United States 37 2.6k 1.3× 647 0.6× 1.9k 2.0× 258 0.8× 988 3.1× 96 4.3k

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All Works

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Abidin, Crystal, et al.. (2025). TIKTOK ‘DOGSHOWS’ AND THE AMPLIFICATION OF ONLINE INCIVILITY AMONG GEN Z INFLUENCERS IN THE PHILIPPINES. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 1 indexed citations
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Abidin, Crystal. (2025). TikTok and Youth Cultures.
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Gurrieri, Lauren, Jenna Drenten, & Crystal Abidin. (2024). Influencer Marketing. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Jin, Tama Leaver, & Crystal Abidin. (2024). Child idols in South Korea and beyond: Manufacturing young stars at the intersection of the K-pop and influencer industries. New Media & Society. 28(2). 630–651. 1 indexed citations
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Abidin, Crystal & Jin Lee. (2023). Being bound in a fieldsite: Cross-cultural methodological notes on doing digital ethnography on TikTok. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15(1). 82–98.
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Gurrieri, Lauren, Jenna Drenten, & Crystal Abidin. (2023). Symbiosis or parasitism? A framework for advancing interdisciplinary and socio-cultural perspectives in influencer marketing. Journal of Marketing Management. 39(11-12). 911–932. 14 indexed citations
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Abidin, Crystal, Jian Xu, & Jonathon Hutchinson. (2023). Influencer regulations, governance and sociocultural issues in Asia. Policy & Internet. 17(1). 6 indexed citations
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Nagel, Emily van der, Jonathon Hutchinson, Crystal Abidin, & D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye. (2023). Black summer on TikTok and ABC news: Shaping cultural identity during an Australian bushfire crisis. Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 29(4). 962–979. 6 indexed citations
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Abidin, Crystal, Jin Lee, & D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye. (2022). Introduction to the Media International Australia special issue on “TikTok cultures in the Asia Pacific”. Media International Australia. 186(1). 3–10. 7 indexed citations
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Abidin, Crystal. (2022). Grief hypejacking: Influencers, #ThoughtsAndPrayers, and the commodification of grief on Instagram. The Information Society. 38(3). 174–187. 9 indexed citations
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Zeng, Jing, Crystal Abidin, & Mike S. Schäfer. (2021). Research Perspectives on TikTok & Its Legacy Apps| Research Perspectives on TikTok and Its Legacy Apps—Introduction. International journal of communication. 15. 12. 9 indexed citations
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Zeng, Jing & Crystal Abidin. (2021). ‘#OkBoomer, time to meet the Zoomers’: studying the memefication of intergenerational politics on TikTok. Information Communication & Society. 24(16). 2459–2481. 124 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abidin, Crystal. (2018). Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online. 335 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abidin, Crystal. (2016). Agentic cute (^.^): Pastiching East Asian cute in Influencer commerce. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 2(1). 33–47. 20 indexed citations
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Abidin, Crystal. (2015). Micromicrocelebrity: Branding Babies on the Internet. M/C Journal. 18(5). 68 indexed citations
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Abidin, Crystal. (2014). PRIVACY FOR PROFIT: COMMODIFYING PRIVACY IN LIFESTYLE BLOGGING. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 4. 7 indexed citations
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Abidin, Crystal. (2013). Cyber-BFFs*: Assessing women's 'perceived interconnectedness' in Singapore's commercial lifestyle blog industry *Best Friends Forever. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 7(1). 8 indexed citations

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