Dhiraj Murthy

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Dhiraj Murthy is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Dhiraj Murthy has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 44 papers in Communication and 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Dhiraj Murthy's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (22 papers), Social Media and Politics (20 papers) and Public Relations and Crisis Communication (19 papers). Dhiraj Murthy is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (22 papers), Social Media and Politics (20 papers) and Public Relations and Crisis Communication (19 papers). Dhiraj Murthy collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Dhiraj Murthy's co-authors include Alexander Gross, Scott A. Longwell, Keri K. Stephens, Amelia Acker, Brett W. Robertson, Sanjay Sharma, Grace Kong, Matthew Johnson, Jing Li and Yaguang Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Annual Review of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Dhiraj Murthy

80 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Digital Ethnography 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
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. Digital Ethnography
    2008 488 citations Dhiraj Murthy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dhiraj Murthy United States 25 1.3k 897 321 171 169 84 2.2k
Luke Sloan United Kingdom 18 996 0.8× 537 0.6× 474 1.5× 87 0.5× 234 1.4× 45 1.9k
Jing Zeng Switzerland 22 1.1k 0.8× 558 0.6× 242 0.8× 195 1.1× 86 0.5× 59 1.7k
Brooke Foucault Welles United States 17 650 0.5× 768 0.9× 236 0.7× 322 1.9× 82 0.5× 46 1.6k
Markus Möbius United States 20 1.2k 0.9× 399 0.4× 200 0.6× 147 0.9× 133 0.8× 43 2.4k
S. Mo Jones-Jang United States 23 1.8k 1.4× 1.3k 1.4× 446 1.4× 54 0.3× 203 1.2× 62 2.6k
Michael Zimmer United States 21 1.1k 0.9× 498 0.6× 354 1.1× 88 0.5× 331 2.0× 78 2.0k
Bernie Hogan United Kingdom 20 1.3k 1.0× 680 0.8× 121 0.4× 203 1.2× 154 0.9× 57 2.4k
Gabriel Weimann Israel 27 1.5k 1.1× 794 0.9× 160 0.5× 195 1.1× 263 1.6× 89 2.4k
K. Hazel Kwon United States 23 932 0.7× 718 0.8× 316 1.0× 66 0.4× 141 0.8× 70 1.4k
Avery E. Holton United States 32 1.7k 1.3× 2.3k 2.6× 270 0.8× 349 2.0× 79 0.5× 81 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Dhiraj Murthy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dhiraj Murthy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dhiraj Murthy

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dhiraj Murthy. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dhiraj Murthy based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dhiraj Murthy. Dhiraj Murthy is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ouellette, Rachel R., Ranjan K. Singh, Elise E. DeVito, et al.. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to screen social media content. PeerJ Computer Science. 11. e2710–e2710. 2 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj, et al.. (2025). Examining hurricane–related social media topics longitudinally and at scale: A transformer-based approach. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0316852–e0316852. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Juhan, et al.. (2024). Identifying E-cigarette Content on TikTok: Using a BERTopic Modeling Approach. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 27(1). 91–96. 3 indexed citations
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Kong, Grace, Rachel R. Ouellette, & Dhiraj Murthy. (2024). Generative artificial intelligence and social media: insights for tobacco control. Tobacco Control. 34(6). 846–848. 3 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj, et al.. (2024). AI and journalistic networks: A synergistic approach to disaster damage surveillance. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 116. 105092–105092. 1 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj, Juhan Lee, Hassan Dashtian, & Grace Kong. (2023). Influence of User Profile Attributes on e-Cigarette–Related Searches on YouTube: Machine Learning Clustering and Classification. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. e42218–e42218. 5 indexed citations
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Kong, Grace, et al.. (2022). Understanding e-cigarette content and promotion on YouTube through machine learning. Tobacco Control. 32(6). 739–746. 26 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj, et al.. (2021). CoVerifi: A COVID-19 news verification system. PubMed. 22. 100123–100123. 47 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj. (2020). From Hashtag Activism to Inclusion and Diversity in a Discipline. Communication Culture and Critique. 13(2). 259–264. 7 indexed citations
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Ahn, Jisoo, Yongwoog Andrew Jeon, & Dhiraj Murthy. (2019). Differences in Health-Related Social Media Usage by Organizations and Individuals. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 26(6). 812–820. 5 indexed citations
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Stephens, Keri K., et al.. (2018). Citizens Communicating Health Information: Urging Others in their Community to Seek Help During a Flood.. ISCRAM. 7 indexed citations
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Stephens, Keri K., et al.. (2018). Social Media in Citizen-Led Disaster Response: Rescuer Roles, Coordination Challenges, and Untapped Potential.. 19 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj, et al.. (2018). Heat not burn tobacco promotion on instagram. Addictive Behaviors. 91. 112–118. 20 indexed citations
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Gross, Alexander, Dhiraj Murthy, & Lav R. Varshney. (2017). Pace of Life in Cities and the Emergence of Town Tweeters. SAGE Open. 7(4). 8 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj, Alison Powell, Ramine Tinati, et al.. (2016). Automation, Algorithms, and Politics| Bots and Political Influence: A Sociotechnical Investigation of Social Network Capital. International journal of communication. 10. 20. 26 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj, Alison Powell, Ramine Tinati, et al.. (2016). Bots and political influence: a sociotechnical investigation of social network capital. International journal of communication. 10. 4952–4971. 32 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj, et al.. (2016). Visual Social Media and Big Data. Interpreting Instagram Images Posted on Twitter. 2(2). 113–134. 26 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj & Alexander Gross. (2016). Social media processes in disasters: Implications of emergent technology use. Social Science Research. 63. 356–370. 67 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj, et al.. (2013). Examining the Formation of Swift Trust within a Scientific Global Virtual Team. 353–362. 9 indexed citations
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Murthy, Dhiraj. (2011). NEW MEDIA AND NATURAL DISASTERS. Information Communication & Society. 16(7). 1176–1192. 23 indexed citations

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