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Caroline Haythornthwaite

Caroline Haythornthwaite

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
53
Citations
20627
World Ranking
2230
National Ranking
1075

Computer Science

D-Index
53
Citations
20541
World Ranking
4690
National Ranking
2179

Caroline Haythornthwaite publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Caroline Haythornthwaite sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 170 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Caroline Haythornthwaite D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Caroline Haythornthwaite sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Caroline Haythornthwaite is affiliated with Syracuse University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily situated in social sciences and computer science, with a focus on communication, information systems, sociology and political science, education, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The main research topics pursued by Haythornthwaite include expert finding and Q&A systems, wikis in education and collaboration, online and blended learning, software engineering research, misinformation and its impacts, complex network analysis techniques, and hate speech and cyberbullying detection.

Haythornthwaite has published in various scholarly venues. Among the frequent publication channels are:

  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
  • Social Media + Society
  • The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Learning

Recent papers by Haythornthwaite include:

  • "Learning with Comments: An Analysis of Comments and Community on Stack Overflow" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • "Coding and Classifying Knowledge Exchange on Social Media: a Comparative Analysis of the #Twitterstorians and AskHistorians Communities" (2020), published in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
  • "Moderation, Networks, and Anti-Social Behavior Online" (2023), published in Social Media + Society
  • "Online Social Networking" (2024), published in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • "Social Media as Fragile State" (2024), published in Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Frequent collaborators include Anatoliy Gruzd, Subhasree Sengupta, Priya Kumar, Deena Abul-Fottouh, and Philip Mai. Notably, Anatoliy Gruzd has coauthored multiple works with Haythornthwaite.

Best Publications

  • Studying Online Social Networks

    Laura Garton;Caroline Haythornthwaite;Barry Wellman

  • Social networks and Internet connectivity effects

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

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

    Barry Wellman;Janet Salaff;Dimitrina Dimitrova;Laura Garton

  • The Internet in everyday life

    Barry Wellman;Caroline A. Haythornthwaite

  • Social network analysis: An approach and technique for the study of information exchange☆

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Strong, Weak, and Latent Ties and the Impact of New Media.

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Community Development Among Distance Learners: Temporal and Technological Dimensions

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Michelle M. Kazmer;Jennifer Robins;Susan Shoemaker

  • Work, friendship, and media use for information exchange in a networked organization

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Barry Wellman

  • The Internet in Everyday Life: An Introduction

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Haythornthwaite Wellman

  • E-learning Theory and Practice

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Richard N.L. Andrews

  • Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Online Personal Networks Size, Composition and Media Use among Distance Learners

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Motivation for Open Collaboration: Crowd and Community Models and the Case of OpenStreetMap

    Nama R. Budhathoki;Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Open Learning Analytics: an integrated modularized platform

    George Siemens;Dragan Gašević;Caroline Haythornthwaite;Shane Dawson

  • Crowds and communities: Light and heavyweight models of peer production

    Caroline A. Haythornthwaite

  • Studying On-Line Social Networks

    Laura Garton;Caroline Haythornthwaite;Barry Wellman

  • Building Virtual Communities: Building Social Networks Via Computer Networks: Creating and Sustaining Distributed Learning Communities

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  • The SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Richard Andrews;Jude Fransman;Eric M. Meyers

  • FACILITATING COLLABORATION IN ONLINE LEARNING

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Enabling Community Through Social Media

    Anatoliy Gruzd;Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • The strength and the impact of new media

    C. Haythornthwaite

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry Wellman
Barry Wellman University of Toronto
Maarten de Laat
Maarten de Laat University of South Australia
Shane Dawson
Shane Dawson University of South Australia
Eric M. Meyers
Eric M. Meyers University of British Columbia
Geoffrey C. Bowker
Geoffrey C. Bowker University of California, Irvine
Bertram C. Bruce
Bertram C. Bruce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dragan Gasevic
Dragan Gasevic Monash University
Simon Buckingham Shum
Simon Buckingham Shum University of Technology Sydney
Nicholas C. Burbules
Nicholas C. Burbules University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joseph F. Porac
Joseph F. Porac New York University

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