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.
Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
20079.3k citationsdanah boyd, Nicole B. EllisonJournal of Computer-Mediated Communicationprofile →
CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR BIG DATA
20123.2k citationsdanah boyd, Kate CrawfordInformation Communication & Societyprofile →
I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context collapse, and the imagined audience
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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
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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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