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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 49 2856 2611 1384 1247 133 19639
Computer Science 49 5754 5589 2616 2523 129 19510

Helen Nissenbaum publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Helen Nissenbaum between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Helen Nissenbaum published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2014. 10 of the 154 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2014. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 4 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 7 publications
1985 2025

154 publications in total across all disciplines

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Helen Nissenbaum: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 1
1988 0
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 1
1995 2
1996 1
1997 4
1998 4
1999 4
2000 4
2001 4
2002 5
2003 0
2004 6
2005 4
2006 2
2007 3
2008 1
2009 6
2010 4
2011 10
2012 4
2013 3
2014 14
2015 9
2016 4
2017 9
2018 4
2019 6
2020 6
2021 6
2022 6
2023 3
2024 3
2025 7
Total 154
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Helen Nissenbaum 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 Helen Nissenbaum sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 124–133 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 133 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453 133
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Helen Nissenbaum 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 Helen Nissenbaum sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186 49
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Helen Nissenbaum is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans across social sciences with a strong focus on privacy, security, and data protection. They have contributed extensively to understanding the ethics and social impacts of artificial intelligence as well as topics related to COVID-19 digital contact tracing.

Their recent papers highlight issues at the intersection of technology, society, and privacy. These include:

  • Accountability in an Algorithmic Society: Relationality, Responsibility, and Robustness in Machine Learning (2022, 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency)
  • Disaster privacy/privacy disaster (2020, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology)
  • Individual Acceptance of Using Health Data for Private and Public Benefit: Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021, Harvard Data Science Review)
  • Stop the Spread: A Contextual Integrity Perspective on the Appropriateness of COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates (2022, 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency)
  • An Ethical Highlighter for People-Centric Dataset Creation (2020, arXiv (Cornell University))

Frequent coauthors in their work include Frauke Kreuter, Yan Shvartzshnaider, Frederic Gerdon, Ruben L. Bach, and Stefan Zins.

Helen Nissenbaum's publications often appear in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, IEEE Security & Privacy, and the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology.

Their research addresses subfields including sociology and political science, information systems, safety research, information systems and management, and communication.

Main research topics covered by their work are:

  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Disaster Management and Resilience

Best Publications

  • Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life

    Helen Nissenbaum

  • Privacy as contextual integrity

    Helen Nissenbaum

  • Bias in computer systems

    Batya Friedman;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Commons-based Peer Production and Virtue

    Yochai Benkler;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Shaping the Web: Why the Politics of Search Engines Matters

    Lucas D. Introna;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Digital Disaster, Cyber Security, and the Copenhagen School

    Lene Hansen;Helen Nissenbaum

  • A Contextual Approach to Privacy Online

    Helen Nissenbaum

  • Adnostic: Privacy Preserving Targeted Advertising.

    Vincent Toubiana;Arvind Narayanan;Dan Boneh;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Privacy and contextual integrity: framework and applications

    A. Barth;A. Datta;J.C. Mitchell;H. Nissenbaum

  • Protecting Privacy in an Information Age: The Problem of Privacy in Public

    Helen Nissenbaum

  • Embodying values in technology: Theory and practice

    Mary Flanagan;Daniel C. Howe;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Big data’s end run around anonymity and consent

    Solon Barocas;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Technology, autonomy, and manipulation

    Daniel Susser;Beate Roessler;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Accountability in a computerized society

    Helen Nissenbaum

  • Computers, ethics & social values

    Deborah G. Johnson;Helen Nissenbaum

  • How computer systems embody values

    H. Nissenbaum

  • Online Manipulation: Hidden Influences in a Digital World

    Daniel Susser;Beate Roessler;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good: Frameworks for Engagement

    Julia I. Lane;Victoria Stodden;Stefan Bender;Helen Fay Nissenbaum

  • Values at Play in Digital Games

    Mary Flanagan;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Values at play: design tradeoffs in socially-oriented game design

    Mary Flanagan;Daniel C. Howe;Helen Nissenbaum

  • Privacy in Context

    Helen Nissenbaum

Frequent Co-Authors

Batya Friedman
Batya Friedman University of Washington
Lakshminarayanan Subramanian
Lakshminarayanan Subramanian New York University
Edward W. Felten
Edward W. Felten Princeton University
Prateek Mittal
Prateek Mittal Princeton University
Anupam Datta
Anupam Datta Carnegie Mellon University
Serge Egelman
Serge Egelman International Computer Science Institute
John C. Mitchell
John C. Mitchell Stanford University
Arvind Narayanan
Arvind Narayanan Princeton University
Nick Feamster
Nick Feamster University of Chicago
Dan Boneh
Dan Boneh Stanford University

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