Meryl Alper ORCID iD

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This author is included in the Autistic Autism Scholarship Project because of their contribution to three academic works co-authored with two people identified as autistic.

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Publication overview

Autistic Autism Scholarship Project publications

Number of publications in the project: 3
Number of publications with a cited bibliography: 3
Number of publications with an identified autistic co-author: 3

Collaborations and cited bibliographies

Number of publication co-authors identified as autistic: 3 (distinct: 2)
Number of cited references with an identified autistic author: 14
Number of cited authors identified as autistic: 15 (distinct: 12)

Frequent co-authors

Ellen Simpson 2
Jess Rauchberg 2
Kristen Harrison* 2
Alyssa M. Alcorn 1
Jennifer A. Manganello 1
Josh Guberman* 1
Rachel F Rodgers 1
Rachel R. Romeo 1

Publications by year

1
2023
1
2024
1
2025

Publication types

Article 2
Book chapter 1

3 publications

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Meryl Alper, Rachel F Rodgers, Jess Rauchberg, Ellen Simpson, Kristen Harrison* (2025). “Actually an ED and not just a quirky aspect of autism”: TikTok as a forum and mediator of autistic food issues and eating disorders. New Media & Society, 28(7), 3255-3273.

Publication date: 25 Jun 2025 Added to AutiHub: 11 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 5 (20.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 5 / 76 (6.6%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 6 / 242 (2.5%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 6 / 216 (2.8%)
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Meryl Alper, Alyssa M. Alcorn, Kristen Harrison* , Jennifer A. Manganello, Rachel R. Romeo (2024). Digital Media and Neurodevelopmental Differences. In Handbook of Children and Screens (pp. 55-60). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Publication date: 5 Dec 2024 Added to AutiHub: 11 Sep 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 5 (20.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 3 / 31 (9.7%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 3 / 97 (3.1%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 3 / 93 (3.2%)
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Meryl Alper, Jess Rauchberg, Ellen Simpson, Josh Guberman* , Sarah Feinberg (2023). TikTok as algorithmically mediated biographical illumination: Autism, self-discovery, and platformed diagnosis on #autisktok. New Media & Society, 27(3), 1378-1396.

Publication date: 19 Aug 2023 Added to AutiHub: 17 Aug 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 5 (20.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 6 / 101 (5.9%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 6 / 205 (2.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 5 / 192 (2.6%)
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