2026 Barry Wellman: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	87	227	14	264	62231

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Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Barry Wellman was affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily focused on social sciences, with a significant concentration on sociology and political science. Wellman contributed notably to various subfields including transportation, clinical psychology, statistical and nonlinear physics, and demography.

Wellman's main research topics encompassed social capital and networks, digital economy and work transformation, complex network analysis techniques, transportation planning and optimization, social media and politics, impact of technology on adolescents, and migration, health, and trauma.

Throughout their career, Wellman coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

Anabel Quan-Haase (4 publications)
Laura Robinson (3 publications)
Jeremy Schulz (3 publications)
Molly-Gloria Harper (3 publications)
Grant Blank (2 publications)

Their scholarly output appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, notably:

American Behavioral Scientist (3 publications)
First Monday (2 publications)
Journal of Transport Geography (1 publication)
Journal of Social Work (1 publication)
Information Communication & Society (1 publication)

Selected recent papers include:

"Digital inequalities 2.0: Legacy inequalities in the information age," 2020, First Monday
"Digital inequalities 3.0: Emergent inequalities in the information age," 2020, First Monday
"A comparative study of social interaction frequencies among social network members in five countries," 2021, Journal of Transport Geography
"Unaccompanied minors' needs and the child welfare response," 2020, Journal of Social Work
"The differential impact of network connectedness and size on researchers' productivity and influence," 2020, Information Communication & Society

Wellman was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007, affiliated with the Academy of Social Sciences. Their work contributed to broader understanding in their fields through interdisciplinary approaches spanning sociology, network analysis, and digital studies.

Best Publications

Different Strokes from Different Folks: Community Ties and Social Support

Barry Wellman;Scot Wortley

3127
Citations
Networked: The New Social Operating System

Lee Rainie;Barry Wellman

2973
Citations
Does the Internet Increase, Decrease, or Supplement Social Capital? : Social Networks, Participation, and Community Commitment

Barry Wellman;Anabel Quan Haase;James Witte;Keith Hampton

2951
Citations
The Community Question: The Intimate Networks of East Yorkers

Barry Wellman

2813
Citations
Studying Online Social Networks

Laura Garton;Caroline Haythornthwaite;Barry Wellman

2538
Citations
Physical Place and Cyberplace: The Rise of Personalized Networking

Barry Wellman

2453
Citations
Computer Networks as Social Networks: Collaborative Work, Telework, and Virtual Community

Barry Wellman;Janet Salaff;Dimitrina Dimitrova;Laura Garton

2134
Citations
Structural analysis: From method and metaphor to theory and substance.

Barry Wellman

2051
Citations
Net-Surfers Don’t Ride Alone: Virtual Communities as Communities

Barry Wellman;Milena Gulia

2000
Citations
The Internet in everyday life

Barry Wellman;Caroline A. Haythornthwaite

1633
Citations
Neighboring in Netville: How the Internet Supports Community and Social Capital in a Wired Suburb

Keith Hampton;Barry Wellman

1473
Citations
Computer Networks As Social Networks

Barry Wellman

1427
Citations
Network Analysis: Some Basic Principles

Barry Wellman

1340
Citations
The Social Affordances of the Internet for Networked Individualism

Barry Wellman;Anabel Quan-Haase;Jeffrey Boase;Wenhong Chen

1316
Citations
Social Structures: A Network Approach.

Peter V. Marsden;Barry Wellman;S. D. Berkowitz

1293
Citations
Networks In The Global Village: Life In Contemporary Communities

Barry Wellman

1286
Citations
An electronic group is virtually a social network.

Barry Wellman

1258
Citations
Sousveillance: Inventing and Using Wearable Computing Devices for Data Collection in Surveillance Environments.

Steve Mann;Jason Nolan;Barry Wellman

1223
Citations
Networks, Neighborhoods, and Communities Approaches to the Study of the Community Question

Barry Wellman;Barry Leighton

1212
Citations
Social Network Analysis: An Introduction 1

Alexandra Marin;Barry Wellman

1169
Citations
Social Structures: A Network Approach.

James R. Lincoln;Barry Wellman;S. D. Berkowitz

18
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith N. Hampton Michigan State University

Caroline Haythornthwaite Syracuse University

TA Theo Arentze Eindhoven University of Technology

Harry Timmermans Eindhoven University of Technology

Shelia R. Cotten Clemson University

Gustavo S. Mesch University of Haifa

Ronald S. Burt University of Chicago

Lee Sproull New York University

Robert E. Kraut Carnegie Mellon University

J. Jill Suitor Purdue University West Lafayette

External Links

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