Abigail Z. Jacobs

Physics and Astronomy · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2011Rising activity

Complex Network Analysis Techniques Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Computational and Text Analysis Methods Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Publications

Citations

493

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2011

In context

Among 950 mid career Physics and Astronomy PIs within our index

Citations: 493cohort median 1,187

Publications / year (recent): 3.6cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 50% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 7 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Legitimacy practices, algorithms, and the new bureaucratic quantification
Big Data & Society · 2026
Validating LLMs in social science: Epistemic threats and emerging norms
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026
Validating LLMs in social science: Epistemic threats and emerging norms
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026
Unsafe at any AUC: Unlearned Lessons from Sociotechnical Disasters for Responsible AI
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026
Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement Challenge
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025
The Measured Body
Issues in Science and Technology · 2025
Making Bodies: Assumptions in the Design and Validation of Motion Capture Technology
Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society · 2025
An archival perspective on pretraining data
Patterns · 2024
The Cadaver in the Machine: The Social Practices of Measurement and Validation in Motion Capture Technology
2024
Algorithmic Transparency and Participation through the Handoff Lens: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Adoption of Differential Privacy
2024
Algorithmic Transparency and Participation through the Handoff Lens: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Census Bureau's Adoption of Differential Privacy
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
Evaluating Generative AI Systems is a Social Science Measurement Challenge
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
The Cadaver in the Machine: The Social Practices of Measurement and Validation in Motion Capture Technology
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
Machine Unlearning Doesn't Do What You Think: Lessons for Generative AI Policy and Research
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
An Empirical Analysis of Racial Categories in the Algorithmic Fairness Literature
2023

Publishes in

arXiv (Cornell University)×14
Management Science×1
Patterns×1
CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder)×1
Issues in Science and Technology×1

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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