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D-Index
50
Citations
17207
World Ranking
2690
National Ranking
194

Jean Burgess 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 Jean Burgess sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 207 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean Burgess 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 Jean Burgess sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jean Burgess is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the social sciences, with contributions spanning sociology and political science, communication, information systems, human-computer interaction, and marketing.

Their work covers several topics related to media and technology, including:

  • Social Media and Politics
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media

Burgess has a significant publication record in various venues. They have published extensively in the AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, with eight publications in this venue alone. Other frequent venues include:

  • Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (2 publications)
  • New Media & Society (2 publications)
  • Journal of Rural Studies (1 publication)
  • Nature Human Behaviour (1 publication)

Recent significant papers include:

  • "Australian farmers left behind in the digital economy - Insights from the Australian Digital Inclusion Index" (2020, Journal of Rural Studies)
  • "The future of human behaviour research" (2022, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "EVERYDAY DATA CULTURES" (2021, AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research)
  • "Safety for Whom? Investigating How Platforms Frame and Perform Safety and Harm Interventions" (2022, Social Media + Society)
  • "What's "Up Next"? Investigating Algorithmic Recommendations on YouTube Across Issues and Over Time" (2021, Media and Communication)

In addition to articles, Burgess has contributed to book publications, including a title published by New York University Press eBooks:

  • "Twitter" (2020, 86 citations)

Collaborative work is an important part of Burgess's academic output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel Angus
  • Nicholas Carah
  • Abdul Karim Obeid
  • Mark Andrejevic
  • Michelle Riedlinger

Best Publications

  • YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture

    Jean E. Burgess;Joshua B. Green

  • The walkthrough method: An approach to the study of apps

    Ben Light;Jean Burgess;Stefanie Duguay

  • Hearing Ordinary Voices: Cultural Studies, Vernacular Creativity and Digital Storytelling

    Jean Burgess

  • The use of Twitter hashtags in the formation of ad hoc publics

    Axel Bruns;Jean E. Burgess

  • RESEARCHING NEWS DISCUSSION ON TWITTER: New methodologies

    Axel Bruns;Jean Burgess

  • The Arab Spring and Social Media Audiences English and Arabic Twitter Users and Their Networks

    Axel Bruns;Tim Highfield;Jean Burgess

  • The SAGE Handbook of Social Media

    Jean Burgess;Alice Marwick;Thomas Poell

  • The Arab Spring and Its Social Media Audiences: English and Arabic Twitter Users and Their Networks

    Axel Bruns;Tim Highfield;Jean Burgess

  • #qldfloods and @QPSMedia: Crisis communication on Twitter in the 2011 South East Queensland floods - Research Report

    Axel Bruns;Jean Burgess;Kate Crawford;Frances Shaw

  • 'All your chocolate rain are belong to us'?: Viral video, YouTube and the dynamics of participatory culture

    Jean Burgess

  • #qldfloods and @QPSMedia: Crisis Communication on Twitter in the 2011 South East Queensland Floods

    Axel Bruns;Jean Burgess

  • The entrepreneurial vlogger: Participatory culture beyond the professional/amateur divide

    Jean E. Burgess;Joshua B. Green

  • The politics of twitter data

    Cornelius Puschmann;Jean Burgess

  • Consumer co-creation and situated creativity

    Jason D. Potts;John Hartley;John A. Banks;Jean E. Burgess

  • Twitter hashtags from ad hoc to calculated publics

    Axel Bruns;Jean Burgess

  • Vernacular creativity and new media

    Jean Elizabeth Burgess

  • Technology facilitated coercive control: domestic violence and the competing roles of digital media platforms

    Molly Dragiewicz;Jean Burgess;Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández;Michael Salter

  • Everyday Creativity as Civic Engagement: A Cultural Citizenship View of New Media

    Jean E. Burgess;Marcus Foth;Helen G. Klaebe

  • Twitter and Society

    Katrin Weller;Axel Bruns;Jean Burgess;Merja Mahrt

  • Mapping sociocultural controversies across digital media platforms: one week of #gamergate on Twitter, YouTube, and Tumblr

    Jean Burgess;Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez

  • Metaphors of Big Data

    Cornelius Puschmann;Jean Burgess

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel Bruns
Axel Bruns Queensland University of Technology
Larissa Hjorth
Larissa Hjorth RMIT University
Marcus Foth
Marcus Foth Queensland University of Technology
Kate Crawford
Kate Crawford Microsoft (United States)
Stuart Cunningham
Stuart Cunningham Queensland University of Technology
Terry Flew
Terry Flew University of Sydney
Thomas Poell
Thomas Poell University of Amsterdam
Alice E. Marwick
Alice E. Marwick University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jason Potts
Jason Potts RMIT University
Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers University of North Texas

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