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Pnina Fichman

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2011Rising activity
Social Media and PoliticsKnowledge Management and SharingHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionWikis in Education and CollaborationMisinformation and Its Impacts

Publications

107

Citations

825

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
AI-generated

Pnina Fichman studies how people behave and interact on social media and other online platforms, with a strong focus on trolling (deliberately provocative or harmful online behavior), including politically motivated and gender-based trolling. Her work uses a 'social informatics' lens, meaning she examines the interplay between technology and its social contexts, covering topics like fake news, online communities, and public reactions to political and social issues. Recent projects also explore perceptions of artificial intelligence in hiring and online support communities.

Online trolling and cyberbullyingPolitical communication on social mediaSocial informatics and socio-technical systemsMisinformation and fake newsOnline communities and knowledge sharing

Publication activity has been broadly steady over the decade, averaging about seven papers per year over the last five years, with a notable spike in 2023.

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

In context
Among 988 mid career Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 825cohort median 317
h-index: 13cohort median 8
Publications / year (recent): 6.8cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 89% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 20 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.8/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 16 publications16232024: 5 publications242025: 8 publications252026: 2 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: 1 collaborator at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 1 collaborator at the same institution2020: 1 collaborator at the same institution2021: 1 collaborator at the same institution2022: 1 collaborator at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 1 collaborator at the same institution2025: 2 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology×11
  • Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences/Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences×11
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×6
  • Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology×4
  • Social Informatics×3
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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