Leaderboards/Digital Media and Philosophy

Digital Media and Philosophy

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Aparajita Bhandari
University of Waterloo
2
Andreas Schellewald
Goldsmiths University of London
3
Niko Pajkovic
Toronto Metropolitan University
4
Yin Shuoshuo
Nankai University
5
Benjamin N. Jacobsen
University of York
6
Andrew C. Dwyer
American Board of Internal Medicine
7
Jian Lin
Chinese University of Hong Kong
8
Rachael Garrett
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
9
Kelley Cotter
Pennsylvania State University
10
Netta Ofer
University of Colorado Boulder

Rising Stars Papers

1
Tracing as a Strategy for Orienting to Nonhuman Perspectives
Designing Interactive Systems Conference|2024
21 cit.
2
If you’re reading this, it’s meant for you: The reflexive ambivalence of algorithmic conspirituality
Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies|2024
13 cit.
3
The Logic of the Synthetic Supplement in Algorithmic Societies
Theory Culture & Society|2024
11 cit.
4
In the Moment of Glitch: Engaging with Misalignments in Ethical Practice
Unknown Journal|2025
9 cit.
5
"We happen to be different and different is not bad": Designing for Intersectional Fat-Positive Information-Seeking
Unknown Journal|2024
8 cit.
6
Friction in Processual Ethics: Reconfiguring Ethical Relations in Interdisciplinary Research
Unknown Journal|2025
8 cit.
7
Five Political Provocations for Soma Design: A Relational Perspective on Emotion and Politics
Unknown Journal|2024
6 cit.
8
Machine Learning, Synthetic Data, and the Politics of Difference
Theory Culture & Society|2025
6 cit.
9
Deepfakes and the promise of algorithmic detectability
European Journal of Cultural Studies|2024
5 cit.
10
Technology is a wish your heart makes: How Disney harnesses practical magic discourse to legitimize MyMagic+
New Media & Society|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Sara Bimo
York University
2
Johanna Mercurio
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3
Patrick Heiberg Kapsch
University of Copenhagen
4
Ariana Meléndez-Moran
Universidad de Costa Rica
5
Margaret Drouhard
Salesforce (United States)
6
Nick Seaver
Tufts University
7
Yuqi Cui
National Laboratory of the Rockies
8
Louise Amoore
Durham University
9
Cherie Lacey
University of Auckland
10
Mirela Alistar
University of Colorado Boulder

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Why’s Everyone on TikTok Now? The Algorithmized Self and the Future of Self-Making on Social Media
Social Media + Society|2022
418 cit.
2
A Versatile Molten‐Salt Induction Strategy to Achieve Efficient CsPbI<sub>3</sub> Perovskite Solar Cells with a High Open‐Circuit Voltage &gt;1.2 V
Advanced Materials|2022
163 cit.
3
Learning to like TikTok . . . and not: Algorithm awareness as process
New Media & Society|2022
115 cit.
4
Machine learning political orders
Review of International Studies|2022
100 cit.
5
Designing with Alganyl
Unknown Journal|2022
68 cit.
6
ReClaym our Compost: Biodegradable Clay for Intimate Making
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems|2022
64 cit.
7
SCOBY BREASTPLATE: SLOWLY GROWING A MICROBIAL INTERFACE
Unknown Journal|2023
63 cit.
8
A world model: On the political logics of generative AI
Political Geography|2024
62 cit.
9
Felt Experiences with Kombucha Scoby: Exploring First-person Perspectives with Living Matter
Unknown Journal|2023
53 cit.
10
Bio-Digital Calendar: Attuning to Nonhuman Temporalities for Multispecies Understanding
Unknown Journal|2024
49 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Javier Lezaun
Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography
2
Jonathan Potter
Andrews University
3
Andrew Feenberg
San Diego State University
4
Jack Zipes
University of Minnesota
5
Rob Kitchin
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
6
Kristina Höök
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
7
Jakob Svensson
Bank of England
8
Petar Jandrić
University of Applied Health Sciences
9
Frédéric Fol Leymarie
McGill University
10
Leyland Pitt
Simon Fraser University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The real-time city? Big data and smart urbanism
GeoJournal|2013
2.5k cit.
2
Big Data, new epistemologies and paradigm shifts
Big Data & Society|2014
2.3k cit.
3
Service Quality: A Measure of Information Systems Effectiveness
MIS Quarterly|1995
1.8k cit.
4
Eight Questions about Corruption
The Journal of Economic Perspectives|2005
1.7k cit.
5
Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? Firm level evidence
Journal of Development Economics|2006
1.7k cit.
6
Thinking critically about and researching algorithms
Information Communication & Society|2016
1.1k cit.
7
Local Capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|2004
1.1k cit.
8
Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a Cross Section of Firms
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|2003
1.1k cit.
9
Political budget cycles: Do they differ across countries and why?
Journal of Public Economics|2006
959 cit.
10
Foreign aid and rent-seeking
Journal of International Economics|2000
864 cit.

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