Anja Bechmann

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Anja Bechmann is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Anja Bechmann has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Communication and 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Anja Bechmann's work include Social Media and Politics (13 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (10 papers) and Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (6 papers). Anja Bechmann is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (13 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (10 papers) and Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (6 papers). Anja Bechmann collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Belgium. Anja Bechmann's co-authors include Stine Lomborg, Peter Bjerregaard Vahlstrup, Alexander Bor, Mathias Osmundsen, Michael Bang Petersen, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Kristoffer Laigaard Nielbo, Marina Charquero‐Ballester, Ida A. Nissen and Christian Bech Christensen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Political Science Review and New Media & Society.

In The Last Decade

Anja Bechmann

34 papers receiving 950 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Partisan Polarization Is the Primary Psychological Motivation behind Political Fake News Sharing on Twitter
    2021 276 citations Mathias Osmundsen, Alexander Bor et al. American Political Science Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anja Bechmann Denmark 14 676 412 206 97 82 36 1.0k
Ronald E. Robertson United States 16 775 1.1× 423 1.0× 323 1.6× 133 1.4× 184 2.2× 31 1.2k
Carolin Gerlitz Netherlands 11 669 1.0× 409 1.0× 98 0.5× 80 0.8× 120 1.5× 27 1.2k
Helen Kennedy United Kingdom 19 545 0.8× 279 0.7× 125 0.6× 170 1.8× 99 1.2× 41 1.1k
Mykola Makhortykh Switzerland 18 472 0.7× 339 0.8× 207 1.0× 82 0.8× 137 1.7× 89 910
Stine Lomborg Denmark 17 513 0.8× 327 0.8× 82 0.4× 111 1.1× 88 1.1× 48 1.1k
Nicole M. Krause United States 14 989 1.5× 391 0.9× 208 1.0× 56 0.6× 89 1.1× 19 1.4k
Cornelius Puschmann Germany 18 434 0.6× 428 1.0× 168 0.8× 48 0.5× 109 1.3× 48 912
Judith Moeller Netherlands 16 508 0.8× 474 1.2× 120 0.6× 118 1.2× 61 0.7× 28 847
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen Germany 16 704 1.0× 347 0.8× 228 1.1× 72 0.7× 86 1.0× 30 1.1k
Dag Elgesem Norway 14 415 0.6× 234 0.6× 116 0.6× 75 0.8× 67 0.8× 29 723

Countries citing papers authored by Anja Bechmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anja Bechmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anja Bechmann

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All Works

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Charquero‐Ballester, Marina, et al.. (2024). Emotions on Twitter as crisis imprint in high-trust societies: Do ambient affiliations affect emotional expression during the pandemic?. PLoS ONE. 19(3). e0296801–e0296801. 1 indexed citations
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Bruns, Axel, Anja Bechmann, Marina Charquero‐Ballester, et al.. (2023). REVISITING KEY CONCEPTS IN DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCH: INFLUENCE, POPULISM, PARTISANSHIP, POLARISATION. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research.
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Bechmann, Anja, et al.. (2022). Digital false information at scale in the European Union: Current state of research in various disciplines, and future directions. New Media & Society. 25(10). 2800–2819. 5 indexed citations
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Osmundsen, Mathias, Alexander Bor, Peter Bjerregaard Vahlstrup, Anja Bechmann, & Michael Bang Petersen. (2021). Partisan Polarization Is the Primary Psychological Motivation behind Political Fake News Sharing on Twitter. American Political Science Review. 115(3). 999–1015. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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Charquero‐Ballester, Marina, et al.. (2021). Different types of COVID-19 misinformation have different emotional valence on Twitter. Big Data & Society. 8(2). 38 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja, et al.. (2020). AI and Machine Learning:Internet Research Ethics Guidelines. 2 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja. (2020). Tackling Disinformation and Infodemics Demands Media Policy Changes. Digital Journalism. 8(6). 855–863. 34 indexed citations
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Keller, Tobias, Timothy Graham, Axel Bruns, et al.. (2020). ‘COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOUR’ AND OTHER ONLINE INFLUENCE OPERATIONS IN SOCIAL MEDIA SPACES. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 6 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja & Geoffrey C. Bowker. (2019). Unsupervised by any other name: Hidden layers of knowledge production in artificial intelligence on social media. Big Data & Society. 6(1). 84 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja & Geoffrey C. Bowker. (2017). AI, discrimination and inequality in a 'post' classification era. 1 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja. (2017). Keeping it Real: From Faces and Features to Social Values in Deep Learning Algorithms on Social Media Images. Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 9 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja, et al.. (2016). Data as a Revenue Model : Sharewall as a Payment Methodand Editorial Algorithm in the News Industry. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 38(1). 76–82. 6 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja. (2013). Internet profiling: The economy of data intraoperability on Facebook and Google. MedieKultur Journal of media and communication research. 29(55). 17 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja. (2012). TOWARDS CROSS-PLATFORM VALUE CREATION. Information Communication & Society. 15(6). 888–908. 17 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja. (2012). Towards cross-platform value creation:Four patterns of circulation and control. 1 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja & Stine Lomborg. (2012). Tracking social media data paths:From lurkers to user innovators through open APIs. 3 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja. (2011). Closer Apart?:The Networks of Cross-Media News Production. 1 indexed citations
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Bødker, Susanne & Anja Bechmann. (2007). Seeds of Cross-Media Production. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). 16(6). 539–566. 3 indexed citations
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Bechmann, Anja. (2006). Internet and cross media productions: case studies in two major Danish media organizations. 4(2). 84–107. 18 indexed citations

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