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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.

World rank
#3,730
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#90
of 38,960
Works
74
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
19.7

What does Barry Wellman research?

Sociology and Political Science: 30.3%Communication: 18.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6.7%Demography: 4.5%other fields: 40.5%30%top field
Sociology and Political Science30.3%Communication18.0%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6.7%Demography4.5%other fields40.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science30% of their works
  2. 2Communication18% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics7% of their works
  4. 4Demography4% of their works
  5. 5Computer Networks and Communications3% of their works
  6. 6Transportation2% 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, Digital Divide, Social Capital, Trust, Addiction and Deliberative Democracy.

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 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Media213 topics
  2. Online Communication182 topics
  3. Civic Engagement162 topics
  4. Digital Divide143 topics
  5. Social Capital102 topics
  6. Trust102 topics
  7. Addiction91 topic
  8. Deliberative Democracy91 topic
  9. Economic Development92 topics
  10. Political Participation91 topic
  11. Well-being91 topic
  12. Community71 topic
  13. Networks71 topic
  14. Network Dynamics62 topics
  15. Social Influence62 topics
  16. Internet52 topics
  17. Community Structure41 topic
  18. Scale-Free Networks41 topic
  19. Knowledge Sharing31 topic
  20. Older Adults31 topic
  21. Technology Use31 topic
  22. Virtual Communities31 topic
  23. Bounded Confidence21 topic
  24. ICT21 topic
  25. Opinion Dynamics21 topic
  26. Telecommunications21 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?

Science Explorer counts 74 works and 1,461 citations for Barry Wellman, ranking #3,730 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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