Friedolin Merhout

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Friedolin Merhout is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Friedolin Merhout has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Communication and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Friedolin Merhout's work include Social Media and Politics (4 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (2 papers). Friedolin Merhout is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (4 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (2 papers). Friedolin Merhout collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Italy. Friedolin Merhout's co-authors include Christopher A. Bail, Alexander Volfovsky, M. B. Fallin Hunzaker, Marcus Mann, Lisa P. Argyle, Haohan Chen, Taylor Brown, Jaemin Lee, Brian Guay and D. Sunshine Hillygus and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Friedolin Merhout

7 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization

2018 904 citations Christopher A. Bail, Lisa P. Argyle et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Friedolin Merhout

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Alexander Volfovsky United States

Marcus Mann United States

Taylor Brown United States

Lisa P. Argyle United States

M. B. Fallin Hunzaker United States

Alexandra Siegel United States

Kevin Munger United States

Robert Faris United States

Alberto Ardèvol‐Abreu Spain

Marco Bastos Ireland

Alexander Volfovsky United States

Friedolin Merhout

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646 ×1.0

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282 ×1.0

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211 ×1.0

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228 ×1.1

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Citations per year, relative to Friedolin Merhout Friedolin Merhout (= 1×) peers Alexander Volfovsky

Countries citing papers authored by Friedolin Merhout

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Fields of papers citing papers by Friedolin Merhout

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Friedolin Merhout. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Friedolin Merhout. The network helps show where Friedolin Merhout may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Friedolin Merhout

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Friedolin Merhout. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Friedolin Merhout 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 Friedolin Merhout. Friedolin Merhout is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Power, Séamus A., et al.. (2025). Is multiculturalism as American as apple pie? A survey of attitudes toward ethnic and religious diversity in the United States. Ethos. 53(4).

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Guay, Brian, et al.. (2023). Reducing political polarization in the United States with a mobile chat platform. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(9). 1454–1461. 24 indexed citations

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Jahani, Eaman, Natalie M. Gallagher, Friedolin Merhout, et al.. (2022). An Online experiment during the 2020 US–Iran crisis shows that exposure to common enemies can increase political polarization. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 19304–19304. 7 indexed citations

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Merhout, Friedolin & Joshua Doyle. (2019). Socioeconomic Status and Diet Quality in College Students. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 51(9). 1107–1112. 23 indexed citations

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Bail, Christopher A., Brian Guay, D. Sunshine Hillygus, et al.. (2019). Assessing the Russian Internet Research Agency’s impact on the political attitudes and behaviors of American Twitter users in late 2017. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(1). 243–250. 132 indexed citations

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Bail, Christopher A., Lisa P. Argyle, Taylor Brown, et al.. (2018). Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(37). 9216–9221. 904 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bail, Christopher A., Friedolin Merhout, & Peng Ding. (2018). Using Internet search data to examine the relationship between anti-Muslim and pro-ISIS sentiment in U.S. counties. Science Advances. 4(6). 18 indexed citations

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Bail, Christopher A., Lisa P. Argyle, Taylor Brown, et al.. (2018). Exposure to Opposing Views can Increase Political Polarization: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment on Social Media. SocArXiv (OSF Preprints). 11 indexed citations

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