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Alessandro Flammini

Physics and Astronomy · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1996
Complex Network Analysis TechniquesMisinformation and Its ImpactsOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceSpam and Phishing DetectionSocial Media and Politics

Publications

254

Citations

21,336

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

31

Publishing since 1996

Research summary
AI-generated

Alessandro Flammini studies how information and influence spread through social networks, with a focus on online platforms like Twitter/X. His work combines the mathematics of complex networks with the analysis of misinformation, political polarization, coordinated manipulation campaigns, and automated (bot) accounts. Much of the research aims to detect and understand how false or manipulative content is created and amplified online.

Complex network analysisMisinformation and its spreadSocial media manipulation and bot detectionPolitical polarization and opinion dynamicsCoordinated online influence campaigns

Publication activity has been relatively steady over the last decade, ranging roughly from 7 to 25 papers per year with an average of about 12 in the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,320 established Physics and Astronomy PIs within our index
Citations: 21,336cohort median 4,840
h-index: 62cohort median 34
Publications / year (recent): 12.2cohort median 5.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~5 · 8% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 39 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.2/year recently
2017: 17 publications172018: 13 publications182019: 17 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 25 publications25212022: 16 publications222023: 12 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 11 publications252026: 15 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University 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.
2017: 3 collaborators at the same institution2018: 5 collaborators at the same institution2019: 2 collaborators at the same institution2020: 6 collaborators at the same institution2021: 9 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 3 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×38
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×19
  • Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media×9
  • Sustainability×7
  • Physical review. E×6
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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