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D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
65
Citations
17941
World Ranking
1026
National Ranking
478

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
63
Citations
17424
World Ranking
1733
National Ranking
559

Rob Kling 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 Rob Kling sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 247 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rob Kling 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 Rob Kling sits on this spectrum.

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: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rob Kling is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their academic profile indicates an engagement primarily within this institution, which provides a context for their research activities and scholarly contributions.

The data available does not include recent papers, coauthors, publication venues, fields of study, subfields, or main topics of work. There is no record of book publications or awards attributed to Rob Kling in the current dataset.

Due to the absence of specific publications, topics, or research themes, further detail about the focus areas or scholarly output cannot be provided. The profile is limited to the institutional affiliation and the confirmation that the individual is currently living.

Best Publications

  • Social Analyses of Computing: Theoretical Perspectives in Recent Empirical Research

    Rob Kling

  • Reconceptualizing users as social actors in information systems research

    Roberta Lamb;Rob Kling

  • The Web of Computing: Computer Technology as Social Organization

    Rob Kling;Walt Scacchi

  • Students' frustrations with a Web-based distance education course

    Noriko Hara;Rob Kling

  • Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning

    Sasha Barab;Rob Kling;James H. Gray;Roy Pea

  • What Is Social Informatics and Why Does It Matter

    Rob Kling

  • Students' Distress with a Web-based Distance Education Course:

    Noriko Hara;Rob Kling

  • Learning About Information Technologies and Social Change: The Contribution of Social Informatics

    Rob Kling

  • Computerization and controversy: value conflicts and social choices

    Charles Dunlop;Rob Kling

  • Does technology drive history? The dilemma of technological determinism

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  • Not just a matter of time: field differences and the shaping of electronic media in supporting scientific communication

    Rob Kling;Geoffrey McKim

  • The control of information systems developments after implementation

    Rob Kling;Suzanne Iacono

  • Cooperation, coordination and control in computer-supported work

    Rob Kling

  • A bit more to it: scholarly communication forums as socio-technical interaction networks

    Rob Kling;Geoffrey McKim;Adam King

  • Students’ Distress with a Web-based Distance Education Course: An Ethnographic Study of Participants' Experiences

    Noriko Hara;Rob Kling

  • Understanding and Communicating Social Informatics: A Framework for Studying and Teaching the Human Contexts of Information and Communication Technologies

    Steve Sawyer;Howard Rosenbaum;Rob Kling

  • Group Behavior and Learning in Electronic Forums: A Sociotechnical Approach

    Rob Kling;Christina Courtright

  • IT and organizational change in digital economies: a socio-technical approach

    Rob Kling;Roberta Lamb

  • Computerization and social transformations

    Rob Kling

  • Defining the boundaries of computing across complex organizations

    R. Kling

  • Not Just a Matter of Time: Field Differences and the Shaping of Electronic Media

    Rob Kling;Geoffrey McKim

Frequent Co-Authors

Walt Scacchi
Walt Scacchi University of California, Irvine
Noriko Hara
Noriko Hara Indiana University
Sasha A. Barab
Sasha A. Barab Arizona State University
John Leslie King
John Leslie King University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kenneth L. Kraemer
Kenneth L. Kraemer University of California, Irvine
Joey F. George
Joey F. George Iowa State University
Jay F. Nunamaker
Jay F. Nunamaker University of Arizona
Ramesh Sharda
Ramesh Sharda Oklahoma State University
Steve Sawyer
Steve Sawyer Syracuse University
Stephen J. Lepore
Stephen J. Lepore Temple University

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