Merlyna Lim

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Merlyna Lim is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Merlyna Lim has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Communication and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Merlyna Lim's work include Social Media and Politics (14 papers), Asian Studies and History (12 papers) and Islamic Finance and Communication (8 papers). Merlyna Lim is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (14 papers), Asian Studies and History (12 papers) and Islamic Finance and Communication (8 papers). Merlyna Lim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Merlyna Lim's co-authors include Nitin Agarwal, Rolf T. Wigand, Rita Padawangi, Rebecca S. Robinson, Scott S. Mitchell, Yanuar Nugroho, Tracey P. Lauriault and Johan Lindquist and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Communication, Media Culture & Society and Journalism.

In The Last Decade

Merlyna Lim

36 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Clicks, Cabs, and Coffee Houses: Social Media and Opposit... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2013 100 200 300
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. Clicks, Cabs, and Coffee Houses: Social Media and Oppositional Movements in Egypt, 2004-2011
    2012 359 citations Merlyna Lim profile →
  2. Many Clicks but Little Sticks: Social Media Activism in Indonesia
    2013 358 citations Merlyna Lim Journal of Contemporary Asia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Merlyna Lim United States 16 972 712 377 152 145 40 1.5k
Natalie Fenton United Kingdom 20 724 0.7× 917 1.3× 232 0.6× 99 0.7× 213 1.5× 57 1.5k
Ariadne Vromen Australia 19 1.1k 1.1× 969 1.4× 377 1.0× 121 0.8× 236 1.6× 55 1.7k
Paolo Gerbaudo United Kingdom 19 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.7× 756 2.0× 300 2.0× 306 2.1× 47 2.2k
Lincoln Dahlberg Australia 19 920 0.9× 1.6k 2.2× 630 1.7× 313 2.1× 156 1.1× 30 2.1k
Rosa Berganza Spain 15 1.1k 1.1× 1.6k 2.2× 336 0.9× 163 1.1× 156 1.1× 60 2.1k
Summer Harlow United States 17 776 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 172 0.5× 189 1.2× 166 1.1× 61 1.5k
Joss Hands United Kingdom 5 576 0.6× 494 0.7× 274 0.7× 80 0.5× 106 0.7× 14 1.1k
Lars Willnat United States 22 787 0.8× 748 1.1× 261 0.7× 49 0.3× 114 0.8× 50 1.4k
Ben O’Loughlin United Kingdom 21 1.2k 1.3× 1.0k 1.4× 662 1.8× 171 1.1× 134 0.9× 74 2.1k
Jason Gainous United States 19 658 0.7× 630 0.9× 497 1.3× 94 0.6× 149 1.0× 59 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merlyna Lim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merlyna Lim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Merlyna Lim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Merlyna Lim 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 Merlyna Lim. Merlyna Lim 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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Lim, Merlyna, et al.. (2025). Faith, Followers, and Factions: Making Social Media Publics in Indonesia. Indonesia. 119(1). 1–23.
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Lauriault, Tracey P. & Merlyna Lim. (2019). Special Section: Data Power. Canadian Journal of Communication. 44(3). 315–316.
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Lim, Merlyna. (2018). Dis/Connection: The Co-evolution of Sociocultural and Material Infrastructures of the Internet in Indonesia. Indonesia. 105(1). 155–172. 16 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2018). Challenging Technological Utopianism. Canadian Journal of Communication. 43(3). 4 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2018). Roots, Routes, and Routers: Communications and Media of Contemporary Social Movements. 20(2). 92–136. 29 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2017). Klik yang Tak Memantik: Aktivisme Media Sosial di Indonesia. 3(1). 20 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2016). Sweeping the Unclean: Social Media and the Bersih Electoral ReformMovement in Malaysia. Carleton University's Institutional Repository (MacOdrum Library, Carleton University). 14(27). 1. 10 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2014). Seeing spatially: people, networks and movements in digital and urban spaces. International Development Planning Review. 36(1). 51–72. 40 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Nitin, Merlyna Lim, & Rolf T. Wigand. (2014). Online Collective Action: Dynamics of the Crowd in Social Media. CERN Bulletin. 2 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2014). Informational Terrains of Identity and Political Power: The Internet in Indonesia. Antropologi Indonesia. 0(73). 4 indexed citations
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Wigand, Rolf T., et al.. (2013). Blogging, Bridging, and Brokering: Analyzing Interconnected Networks in Online Collective Actions. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems. 225. 2 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2013). Many Clicks but Little Sticks: Social Media Activism in Indonesia. Journal of Contemporary Asia. 43(4). 636–657. 358 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lim, Merlyna. (2012). Bodies and bytes. 20–21. 1 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Nitin, Merlyna Lim, & Rolf T. Wigand. (2012). Raising and Rising Voices in Social Media. Business & Information Systems Engineering. 4(3). 113–126. 29 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Nitin, Merlyna Lim, & Rolf T. Wigand. (2011). FINDING HER MASTER’S VOICE: THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION AMONG FEMALE MUSLIM BLOGGERS. European Conference on Information Systems. 74. 9 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna & Rita Padawangi. (2008). Contesting alun-alun : Power relations, identities and the production of urban space in Bandung, Indonesia. International Development Planning Review. 30(3). 307–326. 7 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2005). Archipelago online : the Internet and political activism in Indonesia. 9 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2003). The Internet, Social Networks, and Reform in Indonesia. University of Twente Research Information. 273–288. 38 indexed citations
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Lim, Merlyna. (2002). Cyber-civic space in Indonesia: From panopticon to pandemonium?. International Development Planning Review. 24(4). 383–400. 40 indexed citations

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