David Lyon

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

David Lyon is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lyon has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Communication and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in David Lyon's work include Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (14 papers), Global Security and Public Health (7 papers) and Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 papers). David Lyon is often cited by papers focused on Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (14 papers), Global Security and Public Health (7 papers) and Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 papers). David Lyon collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. David Lyon's co-authors include Rob Kling, Douglas Kellner, Elia Zureik, David Murakami Wood, Charles D. Raab, Kirstie Ball, Clive Norris, Frank Webster, Colin J. Bennett and Shoshana Zuboff and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

David Lyon

56 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Electronic Eye: The Rise of the Surveillance Society . 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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. The Electronic Eye: The Rise of the Surveillance Society .
    1995 553 citations David Lyon et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  2. Surveillance, Snowden, and Big Data: Capacities, consequences, critique
    2014 403 citations David Lyon profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Lyon Canada 24 1.7k 474 341 262 224 64 2.7k
David Lyon Canada 14 1.3k 0.8× 404 0.9× 283 0.8× 190 0.7× 129 0.6× 30 2.0k
Gary T. Marx United States 28 2.0k 1.2× 667 1.4× 314 0.9× 216 0.8× 108 0.5× 101 2.7k
Mark Andrejevic Australia 26 1.7k 1.0× 255 0.5× 745 2.2× 249 1.0× 298 1.3× 104 3.2k
David Beer United Kingdom 22 1.5k 0.9× 231 0.5× 518 1.5× 257 1.0× 419 1.9× 70 2.9k
Louise Amoore United Kingdom 27 2.4k 1.5× 1.0k 2.2× 117 0.3× 223 0.9× 370 1.7× 53 3.7k
Kevin D. Haggerty Canada 25 3.2k 1.9× 995 2.1× 241 0.7× 309 1.2× 231 1.0× 97 4.6k
Andrew Feenberg Canada 29 1.4k 0.9× 277 0.6× 475 1.4× 357 1.4× 219 1.0× 136 3.4k
Lucas D. Introna United Kingdom 28 1.1k 0.7× 182 0.4× 245 0.7× 328 1.3× 467 2.1× 120 2.4k
Martijn de Waal Netherlands 12 1.1k 0.6× 272 0.6× 518 1.5× 264 1.0× 136 0.6× 31 2.2k
Richard V. Ericson Canada 30 3.8k 2.3× 1.6k 3.4× 694 2.0× 294 1.1× 183 0.8× 80 5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David Lyon

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Lyon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Lyon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Lyon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Lyon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Lyon. David Lyon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCalman, Janya, et al.. (2025). Commissioning health services for First Nations, regional, and remote populations: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research. 25(1). 27–27.
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Crow, Gary M., et al.. (2020). Young Lives and Imagined Futures: Insights from Archived Data. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York).
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Lyon, David. (2017). Digital Citizenship and Surveillance| Surveillance Culture: Engagement, Exposure, and Ethics in Digital Modernity. International journal of communication. 11. 19. 13 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (2016). Surveillance, Liquidity and The Ethics of Visibility. Revue internationale de philosophie. n° 277(3). 365–379. 4 indexed citations
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Bauman, Zygmunt, Didier Bigo, Paulo Esteves, et al.. (2015). Repenser l’impact de la surveillance après l’affaire Snowden : sécurité nationale, droits de l’homme, démocratie, subjectivité et obéissance. Cultures & conflits. 98. 133–166. 4 indexed citations
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Lyon, David, et al.. (2014). Surveillance drones: privacy implications of the spread of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Canada. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 20 indexed citations
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Lyon, David & David Murakami Wood. (2012). Security, Surveillance, and Sociological Analysis. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 49(4). 317–327. 6 indexed citations
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Raab, Charles D., Kirstie Ball, Stephen Graham, et al.. (2010). The Surveillance Society - An Update Report on Developments Since the 2006 Report on the Surveillance Society. 1 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (2010). Identification, surveillance and democracy. 50–66. 1 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (2010). Missing Bodies: The Politics of Visibility. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 39(5). 560–561. 32 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (2008). BIOMETRICS, IDENTIFICATION AND SURVEILLANCE. Bioethics. 22(9). 499–508. 41 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (2007). Surveillance, Security and Social Sorting. International Criminal Justice Review. 17(3). 161–170. 50 indexed citations
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Lyon, David, et al.. (2006). Culture e tecnologie del controllo : riflessioni sul potere nella societa della rete. Rassegna italiana di sociologia. 47(4). 583–612. 3 indexed citations
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Lyon, David, et al.. (2005). Location Technologies: Mobility, Surveillance and Privacy: A Report to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada under the Contributions Program. QSpace (Queen's University Library). 2 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (2003). Surveillance as social sorting : privacy, risk, and digital discrimination. Routledge eBooks. 451 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (2001). Everyday Life in Informational Societies: Uncertainties, Morals, and Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology. International Review of Sociology. 11(3). 383–393. 2 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (1998). The world wide web of surveillance: The internet and off‐world power‐flows. Information Communication & Society. 1(1). 91–105. 20 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (1993). An Electronic Panopticon? A Sociological Critique of Surveillance Theory. The Sociological Review. 41(4). 653–678. 111 indexed citations
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Lyon, David. (1992). The new surveillance: Electronic technologies and the maximum security society. Crime Law and Social Change. 18(1-2). 23 indexed citations
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Varacalli, Joseph A. & David Lyon. (1986). Sociology and the Human Image. Review of Religious Research. 28(2). 190–190. 2 indexed citations

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