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Researcher · Queen's University · Canada

David A. Lyon

David A. Lyon publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Privacy, Security, and Data Protection, Global Security and Public Health and Social Media and Politics.

ORCID 0000-0002-1927-3565 OpenAlex
World rank
#46,909
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#1,285
of 183,316
Works
114
Citations
5.9k
Citations per work
52.2
h-index
35
i10-index 50Top 1.4% in Sociology and Political Science
David A. Lyon

What does David A. Lyon research?

David A. Lyon's work is mostly in Social Sciences (59%), Arts and Humanities (4%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (3%).

Social Sciences: 73 works · 63.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 67 works · 59.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 48 works · 42.5% of their workCommunication: 11 works · 9.3% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 works · 7.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 5 works · 4.5% of their workPhilosophy: 5 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 35 works · 30.4% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 3.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 works · 3.2% of their workPlant Science: 4 works · 3.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 3 works · 2.8% of their workHealth Professions: 3 works · 2.8% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 3 works · 2.8% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid A. Lyon114works
Life Sciences3%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences64%

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 Sciences6759.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities54.5%
  2. Everything else3530.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.2%
    1. Health Professions32.8%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science42% of their works
  2. 2Communication9% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy4% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science3% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David A. Lyon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Surveillance, Online Social Networks, Privacy Concerns, Global Health, Securitization, Digital Divide, Immigration and Politics.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Surveillance362 topics
  2. Online Social Networks311 topic
  3. Privacy Concerns311 topic
  4. Global Health131 topic
  5. Securitization131 topic
  6. Digital Divide81 topic
  7. Immigration81 topic
  8. Politics81 topic
  9. Social Media81 topic
  10. Agenda Setting51 topic
  11. Criminal Law51 topic
  12. Ethics51 topic
  13. European Union51 topic
  14. Fairness51 topic
  15. Media Framing51 topic
  16. Forensic Toxicology41 topic
  17. Medical Chemistry41 topic

Where does David A. Lyon work?

David A. Lyon's main affiliation in the publication record is Queen's University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does David A. Lyon have?

OpenAlex counts 114 works and 5,947 citations for David A. Lyon, an h-index of 35, ranking #46,909 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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