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Kristina Lerman

Physics and Astronomy · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1990
Complex Network Analysis TechniquesOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceMisinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and PoliticsTopic Modeling

Publications

1,908

Citations

12,303

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

37

Publishing since 1990

Research summary
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Kristina Lerman studies how people behave and interact on social media and online networks, using computational methods like machine learning and network analysis. Recent work examines topics such as the spread of hate speech and misinformation, emotional dynamics in online communities, body image concerns on platforms like TikTok, and using biological signals (eye movements, brain activity) to detect depression and suicidal ideation.

Social media behavior and online communitiesHate speech, toxicity, and misinformationComplex network analysisMachine learning for mental health signalsHuman-AI interaction and language models

Publication activity has been steady over the past five years (averaging about 32 per year), with a one-time spike in the recorded 2020 count.

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

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

9 earlier awards
  • NSF 1360058Sep 2014 – Aug 2017 · $180k awarded

    SciSIP: Knowledge Networks and the Dynamics of Innovation

  • NSF 1217605Sep 2012 – Aug 2016 · $450k awarded

    CIF: Small: BCSP: Rethinking Network Structure: The Role of Interactions in the Analysis of Network Structure

  • NSF 0915678Sep 2009 – Aug 2013 · $476k awarded

    NetSE: Small: Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks

  • NSF 0753124Sep 2008 – Aug 2012 · $600k awarded

    INTEROP: Rapid Deployment of Humanitarian Assistance Social Networks for ad hoc Geospatial Data Sharing (GeoNets)

  • NSF 0812677Sep 2008 – Aug 2012 · $450k awarded

    III-COR-small: Harvesting Concept Hierarchies from Social Data

  • NSF 0968370Aug 2010 – Jul 2012 · $250k awarded

    SoCS: A Mathematical Framework for Modeling Behavior of Diverse Groups

  • NSF 0535182Jun 2006 – May 2009 · $268k awarded

    Formal Framework for Analysis of Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems (ADAPT2)

  • NSF 0413321Nov 2004 – Oct 2008

    Automatic Synthesis and Optimization of Controllers for Multi-Robot Coordination

  • NSF 0074790Sep 2000 – Aug 2002 · $68k awarded

    POWRE: Mathematical Modeling of Multi-Agent Systems

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,320 established Physics and Astronomy PIs within our index
Citations: 12,303cohort median 4,840
h-index: 58cohort median 34
Publications / year (recent): 32.0cohort median 5.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 86% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 73 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 32.0/year recently
2017: 28 publications172018: 31 publications182019: 23 publications192020: 1419 publications1419202021: 39 publications212022: 25 publications222023: 32 publications232024: 56 publications242025: 30 publications252026: 17 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: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 2 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Harvard Dataverse×1389
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×124
  • Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media×26
  • Lecture notes in computer science×11
  • PLoS ONE×4
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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