danah boyd

50.6k total citations · 17 hit papers
116 papers, 28.5k citations indexed

About

danah boyd is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, danah boyd has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 28.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 47 papers in Communication and 14 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in danah boyd's work include Social Media and Politics (43 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (22 papers) and Digital Games and Media (17 papers) danah boyd is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (43 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (22 papers) and Digital Games and Media (17 papers) danah boyd collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia danah boyd's co-authors include Nicole B. Ellison, Alice Marwick, Kate Crawford, Gilad Lotan, Judith Donath, Su Golder, Jeffrey Heer, Sarita Yardi, Eszter Hargittai and Mor Naaman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Communications of the ACM and Journal of Adolescent Health.

In The Last Decade

danah boyd

112 papers receiving 25.1k citations

Hit Papers

Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2012 2010 2010 2014 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
danah boyd United States 48 16.9k 10.7k 3.5k 3.2k 3.1k 116 28.5k
Nicole B. Ellison United States 52 22.4k 1.3× 12.7k 1.2× 2.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 4.2k 1.4× 106 30.2k
Robert E. Kraut United States 78 11.0k 0.7× 8.2k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 2.6k 0.8× 2.8k 0.9× 277 25.8k
Sara Kiesler United States 78 12.6k 0.7× 8.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 3.3k 1.0× 3.2k 1.0× 232 28.5k
Cliff Lampe United States 40 12.2k 0.7× 7.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 2.2k 0.7× 101 16.1k
Michael Haenlein France 38 11.2k 0.7× 3.7k 0.3× 2.2k 0.6× 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 77 23.6k
Mark Granovetter United States 29 27.0k 1.6× 6.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 1.0k 0.3× 2.6k 0.8× 61 61.4k
Barry Wellman Canada 63 12.0k 0.7× 6.8k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 621 0.2× 1.5k 0.5× 178 21.3k
Andreas Kaplan France 34 9.7k 0.6× 3.5k 0.3× 1.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 55 18.2k
Eszter Hargittai United States 55 8.6k 0.5× 6.4k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 833 0.3× 2.4k 0.8× 150 16.3k
Richard E. Petty United States 110 30.7k 1.8× 4.8k 0.4× 850 0.2× 1.8k 0.6× 2.1k 0.7× 434 59.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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boyd, danah. (2020). Balancing Data Utility and Confidentiality in the 2020 US Census. 1 indexed citations
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boyd, danah. (2020). Questioning the legitimacy of data. Information Services & Use. 40(3). 259–272. 5 indexed citations
3.
Marwick, Alice & danah boyd. (2018). Privacy at the Margins| Understanding Privacy at the Margins—Introduction. International journal of communication. 12. 9. 18 indexed citations
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Selbst, Andrew D., danah boyd, Sorelle A. Friedler, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, & Janet Vertesi. (2018). Fairness and Abstraction in Sociotechnical Systems. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Elish, Madeleine Clare & danah boyd. (2017). Situating Methods in the Magic of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
6.
boyd, danah. (2017). Did media literacy backfire. 1(4). 83. 43 indexed citations
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Elish, Madeleine Clare & danah boyd. (2017). Situating methods in the magic of Big Data and AI. Communication Monographs. 85(1). 57–80. 223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jenkins, Henry, et al.. (2016). Participatory Culture in a Networked Era. Policy Press eBooks. 160. 78 indexed citations
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Naaman, Mor, et al.. (2014). City, self, network. 1502–1510. 43 indexed citations
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Ellison, Nicole B. & danah boyd. (2013). Sociality Through Social Network Sites. Oxford University Press eBooks. 530 indexed citations breakdown →
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boyd, danah & Kate Crawford. (2012). CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR BIG DATA. Information Communication & Society. 15(5). 662–679. 3186 indexed citations breakdown →
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boyd, danah. (2011). Computers can't give credit. Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2 indexed citations
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Marwick, Alice & danah boyd. (2011). To See and Be Seen: Celebrity Practice on Twitter. Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 17(2). 139–158. 658 indexed citations breakdown →
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Palfrey, John, et al.. (2010). Enhancing child safety and online technologies : final report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force to the Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking of State Attorneys General of the United States. 36 indexed citations
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Palfrey, John, Urs Gasser, & danah boyd. (2010). Response to FCC Notice of Inquiry 09-94: “Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape”. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 10 indexed citations
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Golder, Scott A., Sarita Yardi, Alice Marwick, & danah boyd. (2009). A Structural Approach to Contact Recommendations. Klinicheskaia khirurgiia. 10. 86–86. 1 indexed citations
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boyd, danah, et al.. (2007). USC Annenberg Center Speaker Series - Justin Hall on "Passively Multiplayer Online Games" and danah boyd on "Creating Culture through Collective Identity Performance: MySpace, Youth, and DIY Publics". International journal of communication. 1(1). 2. 2 indexed citations
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boyd, danah & Nicole B. Ellison. (2007). Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 13(1). 210–230. 9311 indexed citations breakdown →
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boyd, danah & Jeffrey Heer. (2006). Profiles as Conversation: Networked Identity Performance on Friendster. 59c–59c. 245 indexed citations
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boyd, danah. (2001). Sexing the Internet: Reflections on the Role of Identification in Online Communities. 24(2). 68–72. 15 indexed citations

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