Nora McDonald

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Nora McDonald is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Nora McDonald has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 9 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Nora McDonald's work include Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (10 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (8 papers) and Social Media and Politics (6 papers). Nora McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (10 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (8 papers) and Social Media and Politics (6 papers). Nora McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Nora McDonald's co-authors include Andrea Forte, Sarita Schoenebeck, Sean Goggins, Aditya Johri, Helena M. Mentis, Shimei Pan, Rachel Greenstadt, Nazanin Andalibi, Nicola Dell and Morgan G. Ames and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, New Media & Society and ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction.

In The Last Decade

Nora McDonald

30 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Reliability and Inter-rater Reliability in Qualitative Re... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2025 200 400 600
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. Reliability and Inter-rater Reliability in Qualitative Research
    2019 683 citations Nora McDonald, Andrea Forte et al. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction profile →
  2. Generative artificial intelligence in higher education: Evidence from an analysis of institutional policies and guidelines
    2025 58 citations Nora McDonald, Aditya Johri et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →

Peers

Nora McDonald
Shion Guha United States
Os Keyes United States
Alexandra To United States
Niloufar Salehi United States
Austin L. Toombs United States
Kristen Vaccaro United States
Robin Brewer United States
Aditya Vashistha United States
Morgan Klaus Scheuerman United States
Asimina Vasalou United Kingdom
Shion Guha United States
Nora McDonald
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Countries citing papers authored by Nora McDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nora McDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nora McDonald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nora McDonald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nora McDonald 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 Nora McDonald. Nora McDonald 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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McDonald, Nora, et al.. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence in higher education: Evidence from an analysis of institutional policies and guidelines. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100121–100121. 58 indexed citations breakdown →
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McDonald, Nora, et al.. (2025). Analysis of Generative AI Policies in Computing Course Syllabi. 18–24. 3 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora, et al.. (2025). Engineering Educators' Perspectives on the Impact of Generative AI in Higher Education. 1–10. 2 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora, et al.. (2024). Threat Modeling Healthcare Privacy in the United States. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction.
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McDonald, Nora, Rachel Greenstadt, & Andrea Forte. (2023). Intersectional Thinking about PETs: A Study of Library Privacy. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. 2023(2). 480–495. 5 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora, Aaron K. Massey, & Foad Hamidi. (2023). Elicitation and Empathy with AI-enhanced Adaptive Assistive Technologies (AATs). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(2). 78–99. 8 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora & Helena M. Mentis. (2023). 'Don't Fall for This': Communications about Cybersafety from the AARP. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 7(CSCW2). 1–21. 3 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora & Helena M. Mentis. (2021). Building for ‘We’: Safety Settings for Couples with Memory Concerns. 1–11. 15 indexed citations
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Tseng, Emily, Rosanna Bellini, Nora McDonald, et al.. (2020). The Tools and Tactics Used in Intimate Partner Surveillance: An Analysis of Online Infidelity Forums. arXiv (Cornell University). 1893–1909. 14 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora & Shimei Pan. (2020). Intersectional AI. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 4(CSCW2). 1–19. 25 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora & Andrea Forte. (2020). The Politics of Privacy Theories: Moving from Norms to Vulnerabilities. Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium). 1–14. 66 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora, Benjamin Mako Hill, Rachel Greenstadt, & Andrea Forte. (2019). Privacy, Anonymity, and Perceived Risk in Open Collaboration. 1–12. 14 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora, et al.. (2014). MODELING DISTRIBUTED COLLABORATION ON GITHUB. Advances in Complex Systems. 17(07n08). 1450024–1450024. 11 indexed citations
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McDonald, Nora, et al.. (2014). Sifting signal from noise: A new perspective on the meaning of tweets about the “big game”. New Media & Society. 18(2). 293–312. 6 indexed citations
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Rode, Jennifer A., et al.. (2012). Rethinking the smart closet as an opportunity to enhance the social currency of clothing. 183–192. 4 indexed citations

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