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Gustavo S. Mesch

Gustavo S. Mesch

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
46
Citations
9977
World Ranking
3592
National Ranking
19

Gustavo S. Mesch 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 Gustavo S. Mesch sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 145 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gustavo S. Mesch 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 Gustavo S. Mesch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gustavo S. Mesch is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and has contributed extensively to the social sciences, with a focus on sociology, political science, health, communication, clinical psychology, and general health professions. Their research encompasses a range of topics within these fields, particularly centering on the societal impacts of technology and health information dissemination.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Mesch has published in numerous scholarly venues, frequently contributing to:

  • First Monday
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • New Media & Society
  • PLoS ONE
  • Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology

Their recent papers illustrate a spectrum of interests tied closely to digital inequalities, pandemic behaviors, and automation's effects on the workplace. Notable publications include:

  • "Digital inequalities 2.0: Legacy inequalities in the information age" (2020) in First Monday
  • "Digital inequalities 3.0: Emergent inequalities in the information age" (2020) in First Monday
  • "Confidence in social institutions, perceived vulnerability and the adoption of recommended protective behaviors in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020) in Social Science & Medicine
  • "Perceptions about the impact of automation in the workplace" (2020) in Information Communication & Society
  • "The Adoption of Preventive Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China and Israel" (2020) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Mesch often collaborates with researchers such as Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Matías Dodel, Rita Mano, Dennis Rosenberg, and Rana Hijazi, reflecting a pattern of cooperative work that supports interdisciplinary approaches.

The scientist's work intersects critical contemporary issues including digital access disparities, social responses to public health crises, and sociotechnical dynamics affecting adolescents. Their scholarly activity emphasizes both theoretical and applied dimensions of social sciences, with an aim toward understanding how information technologies influence societal structures and health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Digital inequalities and why they matter

    Laura Robinson;Shelia R. Cotten;Hiroshi Ono;Anabel Quan-Haase

  • Social Ties, Environmental Perception, And Local Attachment

    Gustavo S. Mesch;Orit Manor

  • Parental mediation, online activities, and cyberbullying.

    Gustavo S. Mesch

  • The Quality of Online and Offline Relationships: The Role of Multiplexity and Duration of Social Relationships

    Gustavo S. Mesch;Ilan Talmud

  • Parental mediation, peer norms and risky online behavior among adolescents

    Hagit Sasson;Gustavo Mesch

  • Family Relations and the Internet: Exploring a Family Boundaries Approach

    Gustavo S. Mesch

  • Perceptions of risk, lifestyle activities, and fear of crime

    Gustavo S. Mesch

  • Social Relationships and Internet Use among Adolescents in Israel

    Gustavo S. Mesch

  • Social bonds and Internet pornographic exposure among adolescents

    Gustavo S. Mesch

  • Family characteristics and intergenerational conflicts over the Internet

    Gustavo S. Mesch

  • The Family and the Internet: The Israeli Case*

    Gustavo S. Mesch

  • Wired Youth: The Social World of Adolescence in the Information Age

    Gustavo S. Mesch;Ilan Talmud

  • E-mail characteristics, work performance and distress

    Rita S. Mano;Gustavo S. Mesch

  • Social and political determinants of vaccine hesitancy: Lessons learned from the H1N1 pandemic of 2009-2010.

    Gustavo S. Mesch;Kent P. Schwirian

  • Similarity and the Quality of Online and Offline Social Relationships Among Adolescents in Israel

    Gustavo S. Mesch;Ilan Talmud

  • Digital inequalities 2.0: Legacy inequalities in the information age

    Laura Robinson;Jeremy Schulz;Grant Blank;Massimo Ragnedda

  • Minority status and health information search: a test of the social diversification hypothesis.

    Gustavo Mesch;Rita Mano;Judith Tsamir

  • Perceived Discrimination and the Well-being of Immigrant Adolescents

    Gustavo S. Mesch;Hagit Turjeman;Gideon Fishman

  • Internet Connectivity, Community Participation, and Place Attachment: A Longitudinal Study:

    Gustavo S. Mesch;Ilan Talmud

  • Minority Status and the Use of Computer-Mediated Communication: A Test of the Social Diversification Hypothesis

    Gustavo S. Mesch

  • Ethnic Differences in Internet Access: The Role of Occupation and Exposure

    Gustavo S. Mesch;Ilan Talmud

  • Correcting misinformation by health organizations during measles outbreaks: A controlled experiment

    Anat Gesser-Edelsburg;Alon Diamant;Rana Hijazi;Gustavo S. Mesch

Frequent Co-Authors

Anabel Quan-Haase
Anabel Quan-Haase University of Western Ontario
Rainer K. Silbereisen
Rainer K. Silbereisen Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Shelia R. Cotten
Shelia R. Cotten Clemson University
Barry Wellman
Barry Wellman University of Toronto
William H. Dutton
William H. Dutton University of Oxford
Tsvi Kuflik
Tsvi Kuflik University of Haifa
Ami Pedahzur
Ami Pedahzur University of Haifa

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