Tim Highfield

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Tim Highfield is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Highfield has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Communication, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Tim Highfield's work include Social Media and Politics (21 papers), Media Studies and Communication (10 papers) and Digital Games and Media (7 papers). Tim Highfield is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (21 papers), Media Studies and Communication (10 papers) and Digital Games and Media (7 papers). Tim Highfield collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Tim Highfield's co-authors include Tama Leaver, Axel Bruns, Jean Burgess, Stephen Harrington, Kate Miltner, Thomas Nicolaï, Crystal Abidin, Peta Mitchell, Jason Wilson and Stefanie Duguay and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, New Media & Society and American Behavioral Scientist.

In The Last Decade

Tim Highfield

30 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Highfield Australia 13 646 591 242 115 114 32 1.3k
Brooke Foucault Welles United States 17 768 1.2× 650 1.1× 322 1.3× 72 0.6× 139 1.2× 46 1.6k
Eden Litt United States 15 770 1.2× 1.1k 1.8× 194 0.8× 96 0.8× 103 0.9× 18 1.5k
Jason Martin United States 10 653 1.0× 1.1k 1.8× 126 0.5× 146 1.3× 69 0.6× 28 1.5k
Mervi Pantti Finland 23 890 1.4× 756 1.3× 208 0.9× 163 1.4× 34 0.3× 63 1.5k
Lois Ann Scheidt United States 8 717 1.1× 575 1.0× 96 0.4× 188 1.6× 155 1.4× 12 1.4k
Johannes Knoll Austria 13 326 0.5× 928 1.6× 267 1.1× 188 1.6× 50 0.4× 21 1.3k
Mike Schmierbach United States 23 587 0.9× 969 1.6× 81 0.3× 298 2.6× 63 0.6× 54 1.5k
Gunn Enli Norway 18 1.4k 2.1× 908 1.5× 222 0.9× 119 1.0× 93 0.8× 44 2.0k
Irene Costera Meijer Netherlands 23 1.2k 1.8× 767 1.3× 234 1.0× 212 1.8× 49 0.4× 62 1.7k
Neta Kligler-Vilenchik Israel 24 981 1.5× 825 1.4× 174 0.7× 121 1.1× 126 1.1× 54 1.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Miltner, Kate & Tim Highfield. (2024). The Possibilities of 'Good' Generative AI in the Cultural and Creative Industries. 1 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim & Kate Miltner. (2023). Platformed solidarity: Examining the performative politics of Twitter hashflags. Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 29(6). 1641–1667. 9 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim. (2016). Social Media and Everyday Politics. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 24(82). 36 indexed citations
4.
Highfield, Tim & Tama Leaver. (2016). Instagrammatics and digital methods: studying visual social media, from selfies and GIFs to memes and emoji. Communication Research and Practice. 2(1). 47–62. 289 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leaver, Tama & Tim Highfield. (2016). Visualising the ends of identity: pre-birth and post-death on Instagram. Information Communication & Society. 21(1). 30–45. 62 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim. (2015). News via Voldemort: Parody accounts in topical discussions on Twitter. New Media & Society. 18(9). 2028–2045. 28 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim & Stefanie Duguay. (2015). "Like a monkey with a miniature cymbal": Cultural practices of repetition in visual social media. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 5. 2 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim, et al.. (2015). Harbouring dissent: Greek independent and social media and the antifascist movement. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim. (2015). Tweeted joke lifespans and appropriated punch lines: Practices around topical humor on social media. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations
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Bruns, Axel & Tim Highfield. (2015). Social media in selected Australian federal and state election campaigns, 2010-15. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology).
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Highfield, Tim, et al.. (2015). FCJ-193 Harbouring Dissent: Greek Independent and Social Media and the Antifascist Movement. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 137–159. 2 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim, et al.. (2014). Occupy Oakland and #oo: Uses of Twitter within the Occupy movement. First Monday. 27 indexed citations
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Enli, Gunn, Anders Olof Larsson, Bente Kalsnes, et al.. (2013). Social Media and Elections: The Use of Twitter in the 2013 Campaigns in Italy, Australia, Germany, and Norway. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 3. 3 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim, Stephen Harrington, & Axel Bruns. (2013). Twitter as a technology for audiencing and fandom : the #Eurovision phenomenon. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 8 indexed citations
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Bruns, Axel, et al.. (2013). #ausvotes Mark Two: Twitter in the 2013 Australian Federal Election. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim, Stephen Harrington, & Axel Bruns. (2013). TWITTER AS A TECHNOLOGY FOR AUDIENCING AND FANDOM. Information Communication & Society. 16(3). 315–339. 172 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim & Axel Bruns. (2012). Confrontation and Cooptation: A Brief History of Australian Political Blogs. Media International Australia. 143(1). 89–98. 11 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim. (2012). Talking of Many Things: Using Topical Networks to Study Discussions in Social Media. Journal of Technology in Human Services. 30(3-4). 204–218. 8 indexed citations
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Highfield, Tim, et al.. (2010). Challenges of Tracking Topical Discussion Networks Online. Social Science Computer Review. 29(3). 340–353. 12 indexed citations
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Bruns, Axel, et al.. (2008). Discussion paper : network and concept maps for the blogosphere. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 4 indexed citations

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