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Johan Bollen

Physics and Astronomy · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Complex Network Analysis TechniquesMental Health via Writingscientometrics and bibliometrics researchMisinformation and Its ImpactsOpinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Publications

170

Citations

13,691

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

33

Publishing since 1994

Research summary
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Johan Bollen studies how people communicate, feel, and form opinions online, using large datasets from social media and computational models. His work spans measuring mental health and emotion in text, tracking political polarization and misinformation, and analyzing how scientific research spreads and gains impact. Much of the research combines network analysis and computational social science methods.

Computational social science and social media analysisMental health and emotion in languageScientometrics and research impactOpinion dynamics and political polarizationComplex network analysis

Publication activity has been steady with periodic peaks (notably around 2021-2022 and 2025), averaging about eight papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.0/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 5 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 14 publications14222023: 5 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 11 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×6
  • PLoS ONE×5
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×4
  • Scientific Reports×4
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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