Florian Schaub

7.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
131 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Florian Schaub is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Florian Schaub has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 47 papers in Information Systems and 35 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Florian Schaub's work include Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (74 papers), User Authentication and Security Systems (27 papers) and Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (23 papers). Florian Schaub is often cited by papers focused on Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (74 papers), User Authentication and Security Systems (27 papers) and Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (23 papers). Florian Schaub collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Florian Schaub's co-authors include Frank Kargl, Michael Weber, Norman Sadeh, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Benjamin Zimmerman, Alessandro Acquisti, Yixin Zou, Shomir Wilson, Bastian Könings and Jonathan Petit and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials and IEEE Communications Magazine.

In The Last Decade

Florian Schaub

125 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Alexa, Are You Listening?

2018 362 citations Florian Schaub et al. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction profile →
Nudges for Privacy and Security

2017 317 citations Alessandro Acquisti, Lorrie Faith Cranor et al. profile →
Pseudonym Schemes in Vehicular Networks: A Survey

2014 311 citations Florian Schaub et al. profile →
Your Location has been Shared 5,398 Times!

2015 215 citations Florian Schaub, Norman Sadeh et al. profile →
(Un)informed Consent

2019 211 citations Christine Utz, Martin Degeling et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Florian Schaub United States	38	2.4k	1.5k	1.5k	716	675	131	4.5k
Blase Ur United States	33	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	726 0.5×	494 0.7×	211 0.3×	85	3.4k
Apu Kapadia United States	31	1.2k 0.5×	827 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	354 0.5×	220 0.3×	109	3.2k
Serge Egelman United States	37	2.8k 1.2×	2.9k 1.9×	1.1k 0.8×	558 0.8×	125 0.2×	95	5.1k
Rebecca E. Grinter United States	48	1.6k 0.7×	2.7k 1.8×	948 0.6×	2.5k 3.5×	325 0.5×	111	7.0k
Alfred Kobsa United States	38	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	659 0.9×	81 0.1×	136	4.9k
Patrick Gage Kelley United States	27	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	781 0.5×	433 0.6×	78 0.1×	74	3.2k
Jaime Teevan United States	43	1.1k 0.5×	3.7k 2.5×	2.5k 1.7×	913 1.3×	110 0.2×	152	7.8k
Steve Whittaker United States	53	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	4.0k 5.5×	132 0.2×	193	9.3k
M. Angela Sasse United Kingdom	29	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	478 0.3×	905 1.3×	103 0.2×	164	4.4k
W. Keith Edwards United States	39	996 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	602 0.4×	1.8k 2.5×	217 0.3×	112	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Florian Schaub

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Florian Schaub

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Florian Schaub

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schaub, Florian, et al.. (2025). Ads that Talk Back: Implications and Perceptions of Injecting Personalized Advertising into LLM Chatbots. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies. 9(4). 1–47.

Im, Jane, et al.. (2024). User-Centric Textual Descriptions of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Ad Tracking and Analytics. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. 2025(1). 379–398. 1 indexed citations

Schaub, Florian, et al.. (2024). Automated Detection and Analysis of Data Practices Using A Real-World Corpus. 4567–4574.

Zou, Yixin, et al.. (2024). Encouraging Users to Change Breached Passwords Using the Protection Motivation Theory. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 31(5). 1–45. 3 indexed citations

Zou, Yixin, et al.. (2024). Unfulfilled Promises of Child Safety and Privacy: Portrayals and Use of Children in Smart Home Marketing. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 8(CSCW1). 1–29. 5 indexed citations

Utz, Christine, et al.. (2023). Privacy Rarely Considered: Exploring Considerations in the Adoption of Third-Party Services by Websites. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. 2023(1). 5–28. 10 indexed citations

Mayer, Peter, et al.. (2023). Awareness, Intention, (In)Action: Individuals’ Reactions to Data Breaches. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 30(5). 1–53. 14 indexed citations

Mhaidli, Abraham, et al.. (2023). Shockvertising, Malware, and a Lack of Accountability: Exploring Consumer Risks of Virtual Reality Advertisements and Marketing Experiences. IEEE Security & Privacy. 22(1). 43–52. 2 indexed citations

Schaub, Florian, et al.. (2023). Privacy Now or Never. 1–4. 3 indexed citations

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Schaub, Florian, et al.. (2021). Disparities in Students’ Propensity to Consent to Learning Analytics. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. 32(3). 564–608. 26 indexed citations

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McDonald, Allison, et al.. (2021). "It's stressful having all these phones": Investigating Sex Workers' Safety Goals, Risks, and Practices Online. USENIX Security Symposium. 375–392. 5 indexed citations

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Zou, Yixin & Florian Schaub. (2019). Beyond Mandatory: Making Data Breach Notifications Useful for Consumers. IEEE Security & Privacy. 17(2). 67–72. 13 indexed citations

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Mhaidli, Abraham, Yixin Zou, & Florian Schaub. (2019). "We Can't Live Without Them!" App Developers' Adoption of Ad Networks and Their Considerations of Consumer Risks.. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 225–244. 15 indexed citations

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Frik, Alisa, et al.. (2019). Privacy and Security Threat Models and Mitigation Strategies of Older Adults. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 21–40. 49 indexed citations

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Harkous, Hamza, Kassem Fawaz, Rémi Lebret, et al.. (2018). Polisis: Automated Analysis and Presentation of Privacy Policies Using Deep Learning. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 531–548. 19 indexed citations

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Zou, Yixin, et al.. (2018). I've got nothing to lose: consumers' risk perceptions and protective actions after the equifax data breach. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 197–216. 24 indexed citations

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Sathyendra, Kanthashree Mysore, Florian Schaub, Shomir Wilson, & Norman Sadeh. (2016). Automatic extraction of opt-out choices from privacy policies. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 270–275. 14 indexed citations

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Schaub, Florian, et al.. (2016). Drone-based Privacy Interfaces: Opportunities and Challenges. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 8 indexed citations

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Gluck, Joshua, Florian Schaub, Amy L. Friedman, et al.. (2016). How Short Is Too Short? Implications of Length and Framing on the Effectiveness of Privacy Notices. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 321–340. 38 indexed citations

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Wilson, Shomir, Florian Schaub, Frederick Liu, et al.. (2016). The Creation and Analysis of a Website Privacy Policy Corpus. 1330–1340. 164 indexed citations

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