Eszter Hargittai: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Eszter Hargittai's h-index is 82 (140 i10-index, 50,114+ total citations across 232+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of September 2026. Eszter Hargittai is affiliated with Professor, Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich.
Eszter Hargittai is a researcher affiliated with Professor, Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, specializing in Internet skills, digital inequality, digital literacy. Their work has been cited 50,114 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Eszter Hargittai's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 232 indexed publications. Of these, 18 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 82
- i10-Index
- 140
- Total Citations
- 50,114
- Citing Countries
- 57
As of September 2026.
Eszter Hargittai has an h-index of 82 and 50,114 total citations across 232 publications, with research cited by institutions in 57 countries.
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Second-level digital divide
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The researcher established a foundational framework for analyzing digital inequality by examining the divergence between actual and perceived online skills, particularly regarding gender and age demographics.
The researcher established a foundational framework for understanding status-specific internet usage patterns, significantly advancing the study of digital inequality and later extending this analysis to older adult populations.
The researcher established a foundational framework for analyzing cross-national Internet connectivity disparities and their policy implications, as evidenced by highly cited seminal and follow-up works.
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About Eszter Hargittai's research
Eszter Hargittai is a researcher in Internet skills, digital inequality and digital literacy at Professor, Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich. Their work has been cited 50,114 times across 232 publications (h-index 82), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Second-level digital divide” (2002), has accumulated 4,271 citations. Other influential works include “Social implications of the Internet” (2001) with 3,844 citations and “Digital inequality: From unequal access to differentiated use” (2004) with 2,974 citations.
Citations of Eszter Hargittai's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
