Safiya Noble

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Safiya Noble is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Library and Information Sciences and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Safiya Noble has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Library and Information Sciences and 3 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Safiya Noble's work include Library Science and Information Literacy (4 papers), Library Science and Administration (4 papers) and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (3 papers). Safiya Noble is often cited by papers focused on Library Science and Information Literacy (4 papers), Library Science and Administration (4 papers) and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (3 papers). Safiya Noble collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Switzerland. Safiya Noble's co-authors include Brendesha M. Tynes, Miriam E. Sweeney, Nicole A. Cooke, Sarah Roberts, Sharla Alegria, Kelly Joyce, Taylor M. Cruz, Benjamin Shestakofsky, Steve Hoffman and Susan E. Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, interactions and Feminist Media Studies.

In The Last Decade

Safiya Noble

23 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Algorithms of Oppression 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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. Algorithms of Oppression
    2018 1.5k citations Safiya Noble profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Safiya Noble United States 10 859 526 358 314 263 26 2.1k
Michael Zimmer United States 21 1.1k 1.3× 178 0.3× 498 1.4× 354 1.1× 331 1.3× 78 2.0k
David Beer United Kingdom 22 1.5k 1.8× 419 0.8× 518 1.4× 136 0.4× 257 1.0× 70 2.9k
Eli Pariser United States 4 1.7k 2.0× 196 0.4× 1.4k 3.9× 502 1.6× 484 1.8× 4 3.2k
Taina Bucher Norway 14 1.4k 1.7× 571 1.1× 744 2.1× 267 0.9× 218 0.8× 28 2.5k
Christian Sandvig United States 19 1.2k 1.4× 505 1.0× 516 1.4× 365 1.2× 342 1.3× 37 2.4k
Tony Doyle United States 10 553 0.6× 579 1.1× 103 0.3× 327 1.0× 200 0.8× 24 1.9k
Mary L. Gray United States 18 928 1.1× 315 0.6× 211 0.6× 209 0.7× 132 0.5× 44 1.9k
Catherine D’Ignazio United States 20 516 0.6× 294 0.6× 120 0.3× 189 0.6× 177 0.7× 53 1.6k
Leopoldina Fortunati Italy 22 984 1.1× 143 0.3× 603 1.7× 217 0.7× 173 0.7× 117 2.1k
Mark Andrejevic Australia 26 1.7k 2.0× 298 0.6× 745 2.1× 179 0.6× 249 0.9× 104 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Safiya Noble

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Fields of papers citing papers by Safiya Noble

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Safiya Noble

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Safiya Noble. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Safiya Noble 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 Safiya Noble. Safiya Noble 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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Schiebinger, Londa, Mathias Wullum Nielsen, Elena Gissi, et al.. (2025). Guidelines for Intersectional Analysis in Science and Technology: Implementation and Checklist Development. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 51.
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Nielsen, Mathias Wullum, Elena Gissi, Shirin Heidari, et al.. (2025). Intersectional analysis for science and technology. Nature. 640(8058). 329–337. 5 indexed citations
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Bowman, Diana M., et al.. (2024). Introducing the Editorial Board—Part II. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. 43(2). 16–19.
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Noble, Safiya. (2023). Decolonizing standards. Information Services & Use. 43(3-4). 327–333. 3 indexed citations
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Joyce, Kelly, Laurel Smith‐Doerr, Sharla Alegria, et al.. (2021). Toward a Sociology of Artificial Intelligence: A Call for Research on Inequalities and Structural Change. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 7. 105 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya. (2021). The logics of (digital) distortion. interactions. 28(6). 41–45. 1 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya. (2020). Algorithms of Oppression. New York University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya & Sarah Roberts. (2020). Elites tecnológicas, meritocracia e mitos pós raciais no Vale do Silício. 22(1). 1 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya. (2020). Tech Won't Save Us. 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya. (2018). Algorithms of Oppression. 1532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Noble, Safiya. (2018). Critical Surveillance Literacy in Social Media: Interrogating Black Death and Dying Online. Black Camera. 9(2). 147–147. 9 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya & Brendesha M. Tynes. (2016). The Intersectional Internet: Race, Sex, Class, and Culture Online. 123 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya & Brendesha M. Tynes. (2016). The Intersectional Internet. 63 indexed citations
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Roberts, Sarah & Safiya Noble. (2016). Empowered to Name, Inspired to Act: Social Responsibility and Diversity as Calls to Action in the LIS Context. Library trends. 64(3). 512–532. 36 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya, et al.. (2014). Changing Course: Collaborative Reflections of Teaching/Taking "Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Information Professions". Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 55(3). 212–222. 8 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Miriam E., et al.. (2014). Social Justice in Library and Information Science. 16 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya. (2014). Teaching Trayvon. The Black Scholar. 44(1). 12–29. 23 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya. (2012). Searching for black girls: old traditions in new media. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 7 indexed citations
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Noble, Safiya. (2009). Black Feminist Thought as a Contribution to Community Informatics. 2 indexed citations

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