World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
37
Citations
9281
World Ranking
8252
National Ranking
2276

Kate Starbird publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kate Starbird sits on this spectrum.

38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38 publications 804+

This scientist: 83 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Kate Starbird D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kate Starbird sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kate Starbird is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of social sciences and computer science, with significant contributions to understanding misinformation, social media dynamics, and political communication.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Computer Science

Within these fields, Starbird has worked extensively in related subfields such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Systems
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Their research topics cover a variety of areas in social media and misinformation, including:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Public Relations and Crisis Communication
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Media Influence and Politics

Starbird has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers, some of which include:

  • "Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation", 2022, published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Cross-Platform Disinformation Campaigns: Lessons Learned and Next Steps", 2020, published in Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
  • "#Unconfirmed: Classifying Rumor Stance in Crisis-Related Social Media Messages", 2021, published in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • "Influence and Improvisation: Participatory Disinformation during the 2020 US Election", 2023, published in Social Media + Society
  • "On the Misinformation Beat", 2020, published in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

The venues where Starbird frequently publishes include:

  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Quantitative Description Digital Media

Frequent collaborators in their research projects are:

  • Emma S. Spiro
  • Joseph S. Schafer
  • Andrew Beers
  • Jevin D. West
  • Morgan Wack

Best Publications

  • Microblogging during two natural hazards events: what twitter may contribute to situational awareness

    Sarah Vieweg;Amanda L. Hughes;Kate Starbird;Leysia Palen

  • "Voluntweeters": self-organizing by digital volunteers in times of crisis

    Kate Starbird;Leysia Palen

  • Chatter on the red: what hazards threat reveals about the social life of microblogged information

    Kate Starbird;Leysia Palen;Amanda L. Hughes;Sarah Vieweg

  • (How) will the revolution be retweeted?: information diffusion and the 2011 Egyptian uprising

    Kate Starbird;Leysia Palen

  • Rumors, False Flags, and Digital Vigilantes: Misinformation on Twitter after the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing

    Kate Starbird;Jim Maddock;Mania Orand;Peg Achterman

  • Pass It On?: Retweeting in Mass Emergency

    Kate Starbird;Leysia Palen

  • Disinformation as Collaborative Work: Surfacing the Participatory Nature of Strategic Information Operations

    Kate Starbird;Ahmer Arif;Tom Wilson

  • Examining the Alternative Media Ecosystem Through the Production of Alternative Narratives of Mass Shooting Events on Twitter

    Kate Starbird

  • Disinformation’s spread: bots, trolls and all of us

    Kate Starbird

  • Connected Through Crisis: Emotional Proximity and the Spread of Misinformation Online

    Y. Linlin Huang;Kate Starbird;Mania Orand;Stephanie A. Stanek

  • Tweak the Tweet: Leveraging Microblogging Proliferation with a Prescriptive Syntax to Support Citizen Reporting

    Kate Starbird;Jeannie A. Stamberger

  • Twitter‐based information distribution during the 2009 Red River Valley flood threat

    Leysia Palen;Kate Starbird;Sarah Vieweg;Amanda Hughes

  • Acting the Part: Examining Information Operations Within #BlackLivesMatter Discourse

    Ahmer Arif;Leo Graiden Stewart;Kate Starbird

  • Learning from the crowd: Collaborative filtering techniques for identifying on-the-ground Twitterers during mass disruptions.

    Kate Starbird;Grace Muzny;Leysia Palen

  • Working and sustaining the virtual "Disaster Desk"

    Kate Starbird;Leysia Palen

  • "Beacons of hope" in decentralized coordination: learning from on-the-ground medical twitterers during the 2010 Haiti earthquake

    Aleksandra Sarcevic;Leysia Palen;Joanne White;Kate Starbird

  • Characterizing Online Rumoring Behavior Using Multi-Dimensional Signatures

    Jim Maddock;Kate Starbird;Haneen J. Al-Hassani;Daniel E. Sandoval

  • Designing for the deluge: understanding & supporting the distributed, collaborative work of crisis volunteers

    Camille Cobb;Ted McCarthy;Annuska Perkins;Ankitha Bharadwaj

  • From Situational Awareness to Actionability: Towards Improving the Utility of Social Media Data for Crisis Response

    Himanshu Zade;Kushal Shah;Vaibhavi Rangarajan;Priyanka Kshirsagar

  • A Closer Look at the Self-Correcting Crowd: Examining Corrections in Online Rumors

    Ahmer Arif;John J. Robinson;Stephanie A. Stanek;Elodie S. Fichet

  • How Information Snowballs: Exploring the Role of Exposure in Online Rumor Propagation

    Ahmer Arif;Kelley Shanahan;Fang-Ju Chou;Yoanna Dosouto

  • Keeping Up with the Tweet-dashians: The Impact of 'Official' Accounts on Online Rumoring

    Cynthia Andrews;Elodie Fichet;Yuwei Ding;Emma S. Spiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Leysia Palen
Leysia Palen University of Colorado Boulder
Ann Bostrom
Ann Bostrom University of Washington
Filippo Menczer
Filippo Menczer Indiana University
Prasenjit Mitra
Prasenjit Mitra Pennsylvania State University
Ingmar Weber
Ingmar Weber Saarland University
Jennifer Golbeck
Jennifer Golbeck University of Maryland, College Park
Brent Hecht
Brent Hecht Northwestern University
Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman University of Maryland, College Park
Linda K. Nozick
Linda K. Nozick Cornell University
Loren Terveen
Loren Terveen University of Minnesota

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Expanding your knowledge in Engineering and Technology opens doors to dynamic, high-growth careers. Many students today are also exploring specialized and affordable online programs in related fields to boost their career flexibility.

For example, pursuing an online real estate degree can enhance your understanding of property technology and management, valuable for those interested in smart cities or infrastructure development.

The surge in digital products has created strong demand for those with training from ui ux degree programs. Skills learned here pair well with an engineering foundation, making you well-suited for roles in tech innovation and user-centered design.

Graduates often pursue tech-oriented management roles, and a project management degree jobs guide can help you explore opportunities to lead cross-functional engineering teams and drive projects to successful completion.

If you’re interested in cutting-edge technology, a masters in cryptocurrency can position you at the forefront of blockchain, fintech, and digital currency innovation—sectors rapidly shaping the future of engineering and tech careers.

Best Scientists Citing Kate Starbird

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles