2026 David Lyon: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	44	4036	3726	241	229	122	12282

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

Publications

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Social Sciences and Humanities

4036

3726

241

229

122

12282

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

12282

World Ranking

4036

National Ranking

241

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

David Lyon is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Social Sciences. Within these disciplines, Lyon has contributed notably to subfields such as Plant Science, Sociology and Political Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including:

Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Genetics and Plant Breeding
Genetic diversity and population structure
Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
Plant Gene Expression Analysis
Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

Recent publications by David Lyon include:

"Breedbase: a digital ecosystem for modern plant breeding," 2022, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
"A Solanum lycopersicoides reference genome facilitates insights into tomato specialized metabolism and immunity," 2022, The Plant Journal
"Surveillance," 2022, Internet Policy Review
"A Solanum lycopersicoides reference genome facilitates biological discovery in tomato," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Young Lives and Imagined Futures: Insights from Archived Data," 2020, White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)

Frequent co-authors associated with Lyon's research include:

Lukas A. Mueller
Adrian F. Powell
Bryan J Ellerbrock
Isaak Tecle
Naama Menda

Publication venues where Lyon's work regularly appears include:

Surveillance & Society
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
The Plant Journal
Internet Policy Review
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In 2008, Lyon was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, awarded by the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

Surveillance Society: Monitoring Everyday Life

David Lyon

1233
Citations
Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society

David Lyon

1054
Citations
Surveillance Studies: An Overview

David Lyon

928
Citations
Surveillance, Snowden, and Big Data: Capacities, consequences, critique

David Lyon

672
Citations
Surveillance as social sorting : privacy, risk, and digital discrimination

David Lyon

630
Citations
After Snowden: Rethinking the Impact of Surveillance

Zygmunt Bauman;Didier Bigo;Paulo Esteves;Elspeth Guild

560
Citations
Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies

Kirstie Ball;Kevin Haggerty;David Lyon

500
Citations
Surveillance After September 11

David Lyon

494
Citations
Liquid Surveillance: A Conversation

Zygmunt Bauman;David Lyon

346
Citations
The Information Society: Issues and Illusions

David Lyon

319
Citations
Surveillance Studies: understanding visibility, mobility and the phenetic fix.

David Lyon

304
Citations
Theorizing surveillance: the panopticon and beyond

David Lyon

275
Citations
Surveillance as social sorting : Computer codes and mobile bodies

David Lyon

239
Citations
Jesus in Disneyland: Religion in Postmodern Times

David Lyon

239
Citations
An electronic panopticon? A sociological critique of surveillance theory

David Lyon

196
Citations
Surveillance as Social Sorting : Privacy, Risk and Automated Discrimination

David Lyon

184
Citations
Everyday Surveillance: Personal data and social classifications

David Lyon

184
Citations
A Report on the Surveillance Society

David Murakami Wood;Kirstie Ball;David Lyon;Clive Norris

183
Citations
Surveillance and control in Israel/Palestine : population, territory, and power

Elia Zureik;David Lyon;Yasmeen Abu-Laban

182
Citations
Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance

David Lyon

166
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Zygmunt Bauman University of Leeds

Stephen Graham Newcastle University

External Links

Personal website of David Lyon Google Scholar page

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