Michael L. Best

2.0k total citations
76 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Best is a scholar working on Information Systems, Media Technology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Best has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Information Systems, 20 papers in Media Technology and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Best's work include ICT Impact and Policies (18 papers), ICT in Developing Communities (16 papers) and Social Media and Politics (11 papers). Michael L. Best is often cited by papers focused on ICT Impact and Policies (18 papers), ICT in Developing Communities (16 papers) and Social Media and Politics (11 papers). Michael L. Best collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Michael L. Best's co-authors include Rajendra Kumar, Thomas N. Smyth, Hartwell H. Welsh, A. Purakayastha, David Kotz, Carla Ellis, Nils Nieuwejaar, John Etherton, Beth Kolko and Sharon Gillett and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Journal of Theoretical Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Best

75 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael L. Best United States	18	380	347	342	282	192	76	1.2k
Tobias Blanke United Kingdom	19	362 1.0×	100 0.3×	27 0.1×	282 1.0×	68 0.4×	99	1.4k
Alison Powell United Kingdom	15	118 0.3×	86 0.2×	154 0.5×	354 1.3×	178 0.9×	51	921
Howard Falk United States	8	110 0.3×	107 0.3×	38 0.1×	403 1.4×	129 0.7×	63	1.3k
Efthimios Tambouris Greece	20	287 0.8×	632 1.8×	163 0.5×	291 1.0×	279 1.5×	116	1.5k
Pieter Verdegem Belgium	14	130 0.3×	331 1.0×	193 0.6×	381 1.4×	295 1.5×	55	997
Michael Gurstein Canada	10	210 0.6×	298 0.9×	245 0.7×	227 0.8×	191 1.0×	47	834
John Palfrey United States	17	138 0.4×	189 0.5×	39 0.1×	442 1.6×	295 1.5×	71	927
Jean‐Christophe Plantin United Kingdom	10	221 0.6×	207 0.6×	83 0.2×	727 2.6×	256 1.3×	29	1.4k
Linnet Taylor Netherlands	19	271 0.7×	228 0.7×	145 0.4×	629 2.2×	114 0.6×	55	1.6k
Stephen M. Mutula South Africa	21	475 1.3×	342 1.0×	319 0.9×	269 1.0×	232 1.2×	151	1.8k

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Akintobi, Tabia Henry, et al.. (2025). Caring Within Platform Capitalism: Community Health Workers’ Perspectives on Social Media for Health Promotion and Advocacy. 569–584. 1 indexed citations

Best, Michael L., et al.. (2023). Hate Speech Detection in Limited Data Contexts Using Synthetic Data Generation. 2(1). 1–18. 3 indexed citations

Akintobi, Tabia Henry, et al.. (2023). Community-Centered Assessment to Inform Pandemic Response in Georgia (US). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(9). 5741–5741. 4 indexed citations

Best, Michael L., et al.. (2022). Tackling Hate Speech in Low-resource Languages with Context Experts. 1–11. 6 indexed citations

Best, Michael L.. (2018). How Growth Really Happens. Princeton University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

Best, Michael L., et al.. (2015). Twitter democracy. 1–10. 15 indexed citations

Best, Michael L. & Hartwell H. Welsh. (2014). The trophic role of a forest salamander: impacts on invertebrates, leaf litter retention, and the humification process. Ecosphere. 5(2). 1–19. 71 indexed citations

Best, Michael L., et al.. (2012). Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development. 2 indexed citations

Best, Michael L., William J. Long, John Etherton, & Thomas N. Smyth. (2011). Rich digital media as a tool in post-conflict truth and reconciliation. Media War & Conflict. 4(3). 231–249. 10 indexed citations

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Harrell, D. Fox, et al.. (2010). A Cultural Computing Approach to Interactive Narrative: The Case of the Living Liberia Fabric. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2 indexed citations

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Best, Michael L.. (2010). Understanding Our Knowledge Gaps: Or, Do We Have an ICT4D Field? And Do We Want One?. Information Technologies and International Development. 6. 49–52. 18 indexed citations

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Best, Michael L. & François Bar. (2009). Crossing the Disciplines. Information Technologies and International Development. 5(3). 2 indexed citations

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Best, Michael L., et al.. (2009). The contribution of user-based subsidies to the impact and sustainability of telecenters - the ecenter project in kyrgyzstan. 6(2). 192–200. 15 indexed citations

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Thomas, John, Andy Dearden, Susan Dray, et al.. (2008). Hci for community and international development. SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University). 3909–3912. 11 indexed citations

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Best, Michael L., et al.. (2007). Democratic and Anti-Democratic Regulators of the Internet: A Framework. The Information Society. 23(5). 405–411. 7 indexed citations

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Best, Michael L., et al.. (2005). License-Exempt Wireless Policy: Results of an African Survey. Information Technologies and International Development. 2(3). 73–90. 9 indexed citations

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Best, Michael L., et al.. (2004). Blow-Molded Plastic Active Knee Bolsters. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 10 indexed citations

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Wilson, Ernest J. & Michael L. Best. (2003). China Versus India: Contrasting Strategies, What Consequences?. Information Technologies and International Development. 1(1). 85–87. 1 indexed citations

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Best, Michael L., et al.. (2001). Comparing Urban and Rural Telecenters Costs. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. 4(1). 1–13. 9 indexed citations

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Best, Michael L.. (1997). Global Changes: Shakespeare and the Student of the Nineties. 24(5). 14–16. 1 indexed citations

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