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Researcher · University of Toronto · Canada

Barry Wellman

Barry Wellman publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Social Media and Politics, Impact of Technology on Adolescents and Social Capital and Networks.

ORCID 0000-0001-6340-8837 OpenAlex
World rank
#13,034
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#242
of 183,316
Works
312
Citations
39k
Citations per work
124.3
h-index
83
i10-index 167Top 0.1% in Sociology and Political Science
Barry Wellman

What does Barry Wellman research?

Barry Wellman's work is mostly in Social Sciences (52%), Physics and Astronomy (6%), Health Professions (5%).

Social Sciences: 170 works · 54.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 161 works · 51.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 93 works · 29.7% of their workCommunication: 57 works · 18.2% of their workTransportation: 11 works · 3.6% of their workPsychology: 10 works · 3.1% of their workSocial Psychology: 10 works · 3.1% of their workEverything else: 108 works · 34.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 19 works · 6.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 works · 6.1% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 19 works · 6.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 14 works · 4.6% of their workHealth Professions: 14 works · 4.6% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 14 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKBarry Wellman312works
Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences55%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences16151.5%
    2. Psychology103.1%
  2. Everything else10834.7%
    1. Physics and Astronomy196.1%
    1. Health Professions144.6%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science30% of their works
  2. 2Communication18% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions5% of their works
  5. 5Transportation4% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Barry Wellman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Media, Online Communication, Civic Engagement, Social Capital, Trust, Digital Divide, Political Participation and Knowledge Sharing.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Media1663 topics
  2. Online Communication1242 topics
  3. Civic Engagement1232 topics
  4. Social Capital902 topics
  5. Trust902 topics
  6. Digital Divide751 topic
  7. Political Participation751 topic
  8. Knowledge Sharing572 topics
  9. Addiction491 topic
  10. Well-being491 topic
  11. Community481 topic
  12. Networks481 topic
  13. Network Dynamics452 topics
  14. Social Influence452 topics
  15. Organizational Climate421 topic
  16. Virtual Communities421 topic
  17. Community Structure271 topic
  18. Scale-Free Networks271 topic
  19. Neighborhood Effects211 topic
  20. Residential Segregation211 topic
  21. Bounded Confidence181 topic
  22. Opinion Dynamics181 topic
  23. Shared Mental Models151 topic
  24. Team Processes151 topic

Where does Barry Wellman work?

Barry Wellman's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Toronto, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Barry Wellman have?

OpenAlex counts 312 works and 38,794 citations for Barry Wellman, an h-index of 83, ranking #13,034 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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