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D-Index
86
Citations
30448
World Ranking
257
National Ranking
21

Neil Selwyn 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 Neil Selwyn sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 363 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Neil Selwyn 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 Neil Selwyn sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Neil Selwyn is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and focuses research efforts primarily within the social sciences and computer science domains. Their work bridges interdisciplinary fields related to education, technology, and societal impacts.

The scientist's research contributions cover topics such as:

  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Educational Assessment and Improvement
  • Digital Education and Society
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Media and Politics

Subfields of study consistently explored include:

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems
  • Education
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Information Systems and Management

Neil Selwyn has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Postdigital Science and Education
  • Learning Media and Technology
  • Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence
  • New Media & Society
  • Research in Education

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mark Andrejevic
  • Luci Pangrazio
  • Bronwyn Cumbo
  • Chris O'Neill
  • Xin Gu

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Neil Selwyn feature topics intersecting artificial intelligence, education, and digital society:

  • "The future of AI and education: Some cautionary notes" (2022), European Journal of Education
  • "A necessary evil? The rise of online exam proctoring in Australian universities" (2021), Media International Australia
  • "Banning mobile phones from classrooms-An opportunity to advance understandings of technology addiction, distraction and cyberbullying" (2020), British Journal of Educational Technology
  • "Assessment in the age of artificial intelligence" (2022), Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (co-authored by Zachari Swiecki)
  • "The impact of generative artificial intelligence on socioeconomic inequalities and policy making" (2024), PNAS Nexus (co-authored by Valerio Capraro)

Their book publications cover critical perspectives on technology and data literacy, including:

  • Education and Technology (2021), Bloomsbury Academic eBooks
  • Critical Data Literacies (2023), The MIT Press
  • The Cambridge Handbook of Facial Recognition in the Modern State (2024), Cambridge University Press

Best Publications

  • Reconsidering Political and Popular Understandings of the Digital Divide

    Neil Selwyn

  • Faceworking: Exploring Students' Education-Related Use of "Facebook".

    Neil Selwyn

  • The digital native – myth and reality

    Neil Selwyn

  • Education and Technology: Key Issues and Debates

    Neil Selwyn

  • What works and why? Student perceptions of ‘useful’ digital technology in university teaching and learning

    Michael Henderson;Neil Selwyn;Rachel Aston

  • The use of computer technology in university teaching and learning: a critical perspective

    Neil Selwyn

  • Older adults' use of information and communications technology in everyday life

    Neil Selwyn;Stephen Gorard;John Furlong;Louise Madden

  • Looking beyond learning: notes towards the critical study of educational technology

    Neil Selwyn

  • The information aged: A qualitative study of older adults' use of information and communications technology

    Neil Selwyn

  • Apart from technology: understanding people’s non-use of information and communication technologies in everyday life

    Neil Selwyn

  • Distrusting Educational Technology: Critical Questions for Changing Times

    Neil Selwyn

  • Schools and Schooling in the Digital Age: A Critical Analysis

    Neil Selwyn

  • Web 2.0 applications as alternative environments for informal learning: a critical review

    Neil Selwyn

  • Students' attitudes toward computers: validation of a computer attitude scale for 16--19 education

    Neil Selwyn

  • More than tools? Making sense of the ongoing digitizations of higher education

    Linda Castañeda;Neil Selwyn

  • Digital division or digital decision? A study of non-users and low-users of computers

    Neil Selwyn

  • Should Robots Replace Teachers?: AI and the Future of Education

    Neil Selwyn

  • An Investigation of Differences in Undergraduates' Academic Use of the Internet.

    Neil Selwyn

  • Twenty years of online teacher communities: A systematic review of formally-organized and informally-developed professional learning groups

    Annika Lantz-Andersson;Mona Lundin;Neil Selwyn;Neil Selwyn

  • Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Information Technology and the Learning Society

    Neil Selwyn;Stephen Gorard;John Furlong

  • Is Technology Good for Education

    Neil Selwyn

  • Data entry: towards the critical study of digital data and education

    Neil Selwyn

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Gorard
Stephen Gorard Durham University
Carey Jewitt
Carey Jewitt University College London
Neil Mercer
Neil Mercer University of Cambridge
Rebecca Eynon
Rebecca Eynon University of Oxford
Phillip Brown
Phillip Brown Cardiff University
Dragan Gasevic
Dragan Gasevic Monash University

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