David Šmahel

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

David Šmahel is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, David Šmahel has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 56 papers in Education and 32 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in David Šmahel's work include Impact of Technology on Adolescents (60 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (48 papers) and Social Media and Politics (32 papers). David Šmahel is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Technology on Adolescents (60 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (48 papers) and Social Media and Politics (32 papers). David Šmahel collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, United States and Italy. David Šmahel's co-authors include Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Hana Macháčková, Lukáš Blinka, Lenka Dědková, Patricia M. Greenfield, Anna Ševčíková, Giovanna Mascheroni, Elisabeth Staksrud, Kjartan Ólafsson and Sonia Livingstone and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Developmental Psychology and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

David Šmahel

86 papers receiving 2.2k 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. EU Kids Online 2020: survey results from 19 countries
    2020 429 citations David Šmahel, Hana Macháčková et al. 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 Šmahel Czechia 21 1.5k 1.1k 557 541 372 99 2.4k
Elisheva F. Gross United States 9 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.4× 555 1.0× 1.2k 2.2× 365 1.0× 10 2.8k
Nancy A. Cheever United States 12 1.9k 1.3× 998 0.9× 371 0.7× 320 0.6× 370 1.0× 15 2.8k
Anke Görzig United Kingdom 19 904 0.6× 997 0.9× 458 0.8× 796 1.5× 405 1.1× 43 1.9k
Kjartan Ólafsson Iceland 27 2.5k 1.6× 2.3k 2.0× 1.2k 2.1× 666 1.2× 480 1.3× 73 3.6k
Jeroen Jansz Netherlands 21 1.7k 1.1× 757 0.7× 391 0.7× 449 0.8× 297 0.8× 66 2.5k
Brendesha M. Tynes United States 24 1.5k 1.0× 750 0.7× 498 0.9× 486 0.9× 737 2.0× 46 2.2k
Elisabeth Staksrud Norway 18 1.1k 0.7× 914 0.8× 565 1.0× 311 0.6× 186 0.5× 54 1.6k
Michelle Drouin United States 31 1.5k 1.0× 769 0.7× 400 0.7× 571 1.1× 857 2.3× 111 3.1k
Hana Macháčková Czechia 20 815 0.5× 719 0.6× 279 0.5× 826 1.5× 236 0.6× 62 1.6k
Guadalupe Espinoza United States 14 1.1k 0.7× 681 0.6× 492 0.9× 591 1.1× 376 1.0× 24 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Šmahel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Šmahel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Šmahel 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 Šmahel. David Šmahel 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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Šmahel, David, et al.. (2025). Digital Skills’ Role in Intended and Unintended Exposure to Harmful Online Content Among European Adolescents. Media and Communication. 13. 3 indexed citations
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Dienlin, Tobias, David Šmahel, & Amy Orben. (2025). Global Analysis of Perceived Social Media Effects on Well-Being. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking. 28(8). 588–593.
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Šmahel, David, et al.. (2023). Health Anxiety in Adolescents: The Roles of Online Health Information Seeking and Parental Health Anxiety. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 33(4). 1083–1094. 4 indexed citations
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Šmahel, David, et al.. (2022). Individual and Parental Factors of Adolescents’ mHealth App Use: Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 10(12). e40340–e40340. 15 indexed citations
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Šmahel, David, et al.. (2021). Who Is Exposed to Harmful Online Content? The Role of Risk and Protective Factors Among Czech, Finnish, and Spanish Adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 50(12). 2294–2310. 17 indexed citations
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Dědková, Lenka, David Šmahel, & Mike Just. (2020). Digital security in families: the sources of information relate to the active mediation of internet safety and parental internet skills. Behaviour and Information Technology. 41(5). 1052–1064. 16 indexed citations
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Štětka, Václav & David Šmahel. (2016). Nová média v perspektivě sociálních věd. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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d’Haenens, Leen, et al.. (2014). Preventive measures: how youngsters avoid online risks. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2(4215). 544–5. 16 indexed citations
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Blinka, Lukáš & David Šmahel. (2009). Fourteen Is Fourteen and a Girl Is a Girl: Validating the Identity of Adolescent Bloggers. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 12(6). 735–739. 15 indexed citations
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Šmahel, David, et al.. (2009). Sebepoškozování v adolescenci : kontext reálného versus virtuálního prostředí a subkultur Emo a Gothic. 3(4). 26–44. 1 indexed citations
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Šmahel, David, et al.. (2008). Playing MMORPGs: Connections between Addiction and Identifying with a Character. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 11(6). 715–718. 165 indexed citations
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Blinka, Lukáš, et al.. (2008). Blog jako cesta k porozumění dospívajícím. 2(3). 1–15.
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Štětka, Václav & David Šmahel. (2008). Attributes of Participation in Online Communities among Czech Internet Users. Observatorio (OBS*). 2(3). 39–52. 3 indexed citations
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Šmahel, David & Kaveri Subrahmanyam. (2007). “Any Girls Want to Chat Press 911”: Partner Selection in Monitored and Unmonitored Teen Chat Rooms. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 10(3). 346–353. 32 indexed citations
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Šmahel, David, et al.. (2007). Information Society from a Comparative Perspective: Digital Divide and Social Effects of the Internet. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 9 indexed citations
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Šmahel, David. (2003). Komunikace adolescentů v prostředí internetu. 3 indexed citations

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