Axel Bruns

13.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
214 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Axel Bruns is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Bruns has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Communication, 86 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 25 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Axel Bruns's work include Social Media and Politics (100 papers), Media Studies and Communication (65 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (31 papers). Axel Bruns is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (100 papers), Media Studies and Communication (65 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (31 papers). Axel Bruns collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and Singapore. Axel Bruns's co-authors include Jean Burgess, Stefan Stieglitz, Tim Highfield, Stephen Harrington, Peter D. Duffy, Sal Humphreys, Edward Hurcombe, Folker Hanusch, Katrin Weller and Linh Dang-Xuan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Pharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Axel Bruns

198 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

After the ‘APIcalypse’: social media platforms and their fight against critical scholarly research

2019 221 citations Axel Bruns Information Communication & Society profile →
Are Filter Bubbles Real

2019 180 citations Axel Bruns QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) profile →
‘Corona? 5G? or both?’: the dynamics of COVID-19/5G conspiracy theories on Facebook

2020 175 citations Axel Bruns, Stephen Harrington et al. Media International Australia profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Bruns

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Untangling the Furball: A Practice Mapping Approach to the Analysis of Multimodal Interactions in Social Networks 2025 ·Social Media + Society ·Axel Bruns, (unknown), (unknown), Ehsan Dehghan, (unknown)	2
2	Detecting Online Community Practices with Large Language Models: A Case Study of Pro-Ukrainian Publics on Twitter 2024 ·(unknown), (unknown), Stephen Wan, Ehsan Dehghan, Axel Bruns	2
3	Evaluation of Indicators for Simulation's Prediction Quality of Material Demand in Matrix Production Systems 2023 ·Procedia Computer Science ·(unknown), Axel Bruns, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Bauernhansl	0
4	REVISITING KEY CONCEPTS IN DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCH: INFLUENCE, POPULISM, PARTISANSHIP, POLARISATION 2023 ·AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research ·Axel Bruns, Anja Bechmann, Marina Charquero‐Ballester, (unknown), Jennifer Stromer‐Galley, Brian McKernan, Fabio Giglietto, Nicola Righetti, (unknown), (unknown), Katharina Esau, (unknown), (unknown)	0
5	From “the” public sphere to a network of publics: towards an empirically founded model of contemporary public communication spaces 2023 ·Communication Theory ·Axel Bruns	35
6	Filtro burbuja 2022 ·Axel Bruns	2
7	Academic explanatory journalism and emerging COVID-19 science: how social media accounts amplify The Conversation’s preprint coverage 2022 ·Media International Australia ·Alice Fleerackers, Michelle Riedlinger, Axel Bruns, Jean Burgess	3
8	Soft power, sharp power? Exploring RT ’s dual role in Russia’s diplomatic toolkit 2022 ·Information Communication & Society ·(unknown), Axel Bruns, Edward Hurcombe, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	13
9	Twitter Campaigning Strategies in Australian Federal Elections 2013–2019 2021 ·Social Media + Society ·Axel Bruns, Daniel Angus, Timothy Graham	4
10	Walking Through Twitter: Sampling a Language-Based Follow Network of Influential Twitter Accounts 2021 ·Social Media + Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Cornelius Puschmann, Axel Bruns	7
11	‘Corona? 5G? or both?’: the dynamics of COVID-19/5G conspiracy theories on Facebook breakdown → 2020 ·Media International Australia ·Axel Bruns, Stephen Harrington, Edward Hurcombe	175
12	Analysing scholarly contributions to public debate with social media issue mapping: a case study of the Australia Day controversy 2019 ·Communication Research and Practice ·Jean Burgess, Axel Bruns, (unknown)	2
13	Political Journalists and Their Social Media Audiences: New Power Relations 2019 ·Media and Communication ·Axel Bruns, Christian Nuernbergk	28
14	Social Media in Australian Federal Elections: Comparing the 2013 and 2016 Campaigns 2018 ·Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly ·Axel Bruns, Brenda Moon	20
15	Social bots in a commercial context - A case study on SoundCloud 2018 ·Journal of the Association for Information Systems ·Björn Roß, Florian Brachten, Stefan Stieglitz, Patrik Wikström, Brenda Moon, (unknown), Axel Bruns	5
16	Twitter and Society 2014 ·Katrin Weller, Axel Bruns, Jean Burgess, Merja Mahrt, (unknown)	176
17	G4C2C : enabling citizen engagement at arms' length from government 2010 ·QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) ·Axel Bruns, Adam Swift	4
18	Who controls the means of produsage 2008 ·QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) ·Axel Bruns	1
19	Wikinews: The Next Generation of Online News? 2006 ·Creative Industries Faculty ·Axel Bruns	7
20	Wikis in Teaching and Assessment: The M/Cyclopedia Project 2005 ·Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·Axel Bruns, Sal Humphreys	32

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