Ralf De Wolf

1.0k total citations
48 papers, 636 citations indexed

About

Ralf De Wolf is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf De Wolf has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 636 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Communication and 10 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Ralf De Wolf's work include Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (17 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (12 papers). Ralf De Wolf is often cited by papers focused on Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (17 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (12 papers). Ralf De Wolf collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Ralf De Wolf's co-authors include Mariek Vanden Abeele, Lieven De Marez, Jos Pierson, Rich Ling, Ike Picone, Liselot Hudders, Veroline Cauberghe, Bettina Berendt, Koen Ponnet and Stijn Joye and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, New Media & Society and Family Relations.

In The Last Decade

Ralf De Wolf

40 papers receiving 601 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralf De Wolf Belgium 13 445 194 128 104 74 48 636
Kathryn Zickuhr 9 248 0.6× 125 0.6× 171 1.3× 135 1.3× 55 0.7× 10 614
Sandra Cortesi United States 8 450 1.0× 222 1.1× 261 2.0× 75 0.7× 65 0.9× 19 680
Derek Lackaff United States 10 393 0.9× 315 1.6× 50 0.4× 58 0.6× 55 0.7× 16 631
Priya Kumar United States 14 490 1.1× 192 1.0× 388 3.0× 124 1.2× 64 0.9× 39 785
Nili Steinfeld Israel 12 314 0.7× 228 1.2× 75 0.6× 57 0.5× 27 0.4× 39 562
Jessica Morris United Kingdom 3 513 1.2× 214 1.1× 198 1.5× 64 0.6× 66 0.9× 3 661
David R. Brake United Kingdom 6 289 0.6× 182 0.9× 138 1.1× 49 0.5× 40 0.5× 8 434
Tali Gazit Israel 13 305 0.7× 180 0.9× 110 0.9× 52 0.5× 64 0.9× 32 522
Jih‐Hsin Tang Taiwan 9 323 0.7× 155 0.8× 94 0.7× 96 0.9× 46 0.6× 10 508
Qiaolei Jiang China 14 412 0.9× 97 0.5× 149 1.2× 18 0.2× 87 1.2× 23 612

Countries citing papers authored by Ralf De Wolf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralf De Wolf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf De Wolf

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralf De Wolf. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralf De Wolf 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 Ralf De Wolf. Ralf De Wolf 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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Abeele, Mariek Vanden, et al.. (2025). Home maintainer, guardian or companion? Three commentaries on the implications of domestic AI in the household. Family Relations. 74(3). 1098–1108. 1 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2025). Exploring children’s perspectives on parental surveillance in Belgium. Journal of Children and Media. 20(1). 92–110.
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2024). Smarter homes, smarter surveillance? Exploring intimate surveillance practices in modern day households. New Media & Society. 27(11). 6119–6138. 2 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2024). From bliss to burden: An ethnographic inquiry into how social, material and individual obstacles to digital well-being shape everyday life. New Media & Society. 28(1). 212–229. 4 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2024). Algorithmic Decision-Making and Education: The Acceptance of Learning Analytics by Secondary School Students and Parents. Technology Knowledge and Learning. 30(1). 291–306.
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2023). Datafication and algorithmization of education: How do parents and students evaluate the appropriateness of learning analytics?. Education and Information Technologies. 29(7). 8151–8177. 2 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2022). Networked gift-giving: Ethno-religious minority youths’ negotiation of status and social ties in a society of distrust. New Media & Society. 26(7). 4163–4182. 3 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2021). Applying contextual integrity to digital contact tracing and automated triage for hospitals during COVID-19. Technology in Society. 67. 101748–101748. 5 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2021). Covid-19 and tracing methodologies: A lesson for the future society. Health and Technology. 11(5). 1051–1061. 1 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De & Stijn Joye. (2019). Control Responsibility: The Discursive Construction of Privacy, Teens, and Facebook in Flemish Newspapers. International journal of communication. 13. 20. 6 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De. (2019). Contextualizing how teens manage personal and interpersonal privacy on social media. New Media & Society. 22(6). 1058–1075. 54 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De. (2016). Group privacy management strategies and challenges in Facebook: A focus group study among Flemish youth organizations. Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 10(1). 8 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De, Ellen Vanderhoven, Bettina Berendt, Jos Pierson, & Tammy Schellens. (2014). Self-reflection in privacy research on social network sites. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Herich, Lena, et al.. (2014). Patientengruppen mit unterschiedlichem Risikoprofil für eine vorzeitige Erledigung des Maßregelvollzugs (§ 64 StGB). Psychiatrische Praxis. 43(1). 25–31. 11 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De & Jos Pierson. (2013). Researching social privacy on SNS through developing and evaluating alternative privacy technologies. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De. (2013). Over ‘spotted’, ‘hoeren’ en ‘failed’ - pagina's. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University).
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2012). Not all privacy settings are created equal: evaluating social media privacy settings for personal and advertising purposes. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De & Jos Pierson. (2012). Privacy beyond the individual: analyzing group based access control models on social network sites from a user perspective. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations
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Wolf, Ralf De, et al.. (2011). Management der schwergradigen Alveolarproteinose: Wie führt man sicher eine Ein-Lungen-Lavage durch?. Pneumologie. 65(7). 428–431. 3 indexed citations

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