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D-Index
44
Citations
12282
World Ranking
4035
National Ranking
241

David Lyon 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 David Lyon sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 122 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Lyon 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 David Lyon 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: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society

    David Lyon

  • Surveillance Studies: An Overview

    David Lyon

  • Surveillance, Snowden, and Big Data: Capacities, consequences, critique

    David Lyon

  • Surveillance as social sorting : privacy, risk, and digital discrimination

    David Lyon

  • After Snowden: Rethinking the Impact of Surveillance

    Zygmunt Bauman;Didier Bigo;Paulo Esteves;Elspeth Guild

  • Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies

    Kirstie Ball;Kevin Haggerty;David Lyon

  • Surveillance After September 11

    David Lyon

  • Liquid Surveillance: A Conversation

    Zygmunt Bauman;David Lyon

  • The Information Society: Issues and Illusions

    David Lyon

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

    David Lyon

  • Theorizing surveillance: the panopticon and beyond

    David Lyon

  • Surveillance as social sorting : Computer codes and mobile bodies

    David Lyon

  • Jesus in Disneyland: Religion in Postmodern Times

    David Lyon

  • An electronic panopticon? A sociological critique of surveillance theory

    David Lyon

  • Surveillance as Social Sorting : Privacy, Risk and Automated Discrimination

    David Lyon

  • Everyday Surveillance: Personal data and social classifications

    David Lyon

  • A Report on the Surveillance Society

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

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

    Elia Zureik;David Lyon;Yasmeen Abu-Laban

  • Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance

    David Lyon

Frequent Co-Authors

Zygmunt Bauman
Zygmunt Bauman University of Leeds
Kevin D. Haggerty
Kevin D. Haggerty University of Alberta
Didier Bigo
Didier Bigo Sciences Po
Elspeth Guild
Elspeth Guild University of Liverpool
Stephen Graham
Stephen Graham Newcastle University

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