Isabelle Freiling

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 642 citations indexed

About

Isabelle Freiling is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabelle Freiling has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 642 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Communication and 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Isabelle Freiling's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (9 papers), Social Media and Politics (6 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 papers). Isabelle Freiling is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (9 papers), Social Media and Politics (6 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 papers). Isabelle Freiling collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Isabelle Freiling's co-authors include Nicole M. Krause, Dominique Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele, Becca Beets, Jörg Matthes, Kaiping Chen, Luye Bao, Shiyu Yang, Todd P. Newman and Noah Weeth Feinstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Isabelle Freiling

14 papers receiving 606 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.

Fact-checking as risk communication: the multi-layered risk of misinformation in times of COVID-19

2020 252 citations Nicole M. Krause, Isabelle Freiling et al. Journal of Risk Research profile →
Believing and sharing misinformation, fact-checks, and accurate information on social media: The role of anxiety during COVID-19

2021 145 citations Isabelle Freiling, Nicole M. Krause et al. New Media & Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Isabelle Freiling United States	10	512	218	97	93	59	17	642
Kenneth M. Winneg United States	14	374 0.7×	267 1.2×	51 0.5×	77 0.8×	79 1.3×	29	659
Anfan Chen China	14	371 0.7×	215 1.0×	111 1.1×	82 0.9×	53 0.9×	32	556
Rachel Young United States	17	400 0.8×	189 0.9×	77 0.8×	120 1.3×	76 1.3×	44	757
Sedona Chinn United States	10	659 1.3×	356 1.6×	70 0.7×	107 1.2×	106 1.8×	26	882
Becca Beets United States	6	253 0.5×	99 0.5×	63 0.6×	58 0.6×	18 0.3×	13	378
Marcus Messner United States	14	632 1.2×	500 2.3×	139 1.4×	227 2.4×	92 1.6×	28	970
Nicoleta Corbu Romania	13	500 1.0×	360 1.7×	117 1.2×	57 0.6×	60 1.0×	45	670
Caleb Everett United States	13	369 0.7×	105 0.5×	149 1.5×	129 1.4×	23 0.4×	39	941
Niels G. Mede Switzerland	11	463 0.9×	160 0.7×	69 0.7×	58 0.6×	30 0.5×	30	588
John Funchion United States	8	650 1.3×	219 1.0×	193 2.0×	179 1.9×	41 0.7×	17	736

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabelle Freiling

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17 of 17 papers shown

Freiling, Isabelle, et al.. (2025). Religious values and confidence in science: Perceived tensions and common ground. PLoS ONE. 20(9). e0332477–e0332477.

Krause, Nicole M., Isabelle Freiling, & Dietram A. Scheufele. (2025). Our changing information ecosystem for science and why it matters for effective science communication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(27). e2400928121–e2400928121. 3 indexed citations

Freiling, Isabelle & Jörg Matthes. (2024). Redefining the boundaries of citizen social science to avoid a repackaging of common social science methods. Technology in Society. 78. 102627–102627.

Freiling, Isabelle, Michael A. Cacciatore, Leona Yi-Fan Su, et al.. (2024). Communicating About Renewable Energy With Satire: The Influence of Gentle and Harsh Humor Tones on Perceived Message Credibility and Information Reliance. Science Communication. 47(4). 471–496.

Freiling, Isabelle, Nicole M. Krause, & Dietram A. Scheufele. (2023). Science and Ethics of “Curing” Misinformation. The AMA Journal of Ethic. 25(3). E228–237. 17 indexed citations

Freiling, Isabelle, Marlis Stubenvoll, & Jörg Matthes. (2023). Support for misinformation regulation on social media: It is the perceived harm of misinformation that matters, not the perceived amount. Policy & Internet. 15(4). 731–749. 4 indexed citations

Freiling, Isabelle & Jörg Matthes. (2023). Correcting climate change misinformation on social media: Reciprocal relationships between correcting others, anger, and environmental activism. Computers in Human Behavior. 145. 107769–107769. 7 indexed citations

Beets, Becca, Luye Bao, Dietram A. Scheufele, et al.. (2022). Public engagement: Faculty lived experiences and perspectives underscore barriers and a changing culture in academia. PLoS ONE. 17(6). e0269949–e0269949. 15 indexed citations

Krause, Nicole M., Isabelle Freiling, & Dietram A. Scheufele. (2022). The “Infodemic” Infodemic: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding of Truth-Claims and the Need for (Not) Combatting Misinformation. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 700(1). 112–123. 42 indexed citations

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Bao, Luye, Isabelle Freiling, Emily L. Howell, et al.. (2021). Polarized platforms? How partisanship shapes perceptions of “algorithmic news bias”. New Media & Society. 25(11). 2833–2854. 16 indexed citations

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Freiling, Isabelle, Nicole M. Krause, Dietram A. Scheufele, & Dominique Brossard. (2021). Believing and sharing misinformation, fact-checks, and accurate information on social media: The role of anxiety during COVID-19. New Media & Society. 25(1). 141–162. 145 indexed citations breakdown →

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Freiling, Isabelle, Nicole M. Krause, Dietram A. Scheufele, & Kaiping Chen. (2021). The Science of Open (Communication) Science: Toward an Evidence-Driven Understanding of Quality Criteria in Communication Research. Journal of Communication. 20 indexed citations

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Scheufele, Dietram A., Nicole M. Krause, Isabelle Freiling, & Dominique Brossard. (2021). What we know about effective public engagement on CRISPR and beyond. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(22). 63 indexed citations

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Krause, Nicole M., Dietram A. Scheufele, Isabelle Freiling, & Dominique Brossard. (2021). The Trust Fallacy. American Scientist. 109(4). 226–226. 20 indexed citations

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Scheufele, Dietram A., Nicole M. Krause, & Isabelle Freiling. (2021). Misinformed about the “infodemic?” Science’s ongoing struggle with misinformation.. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 10(4). 522–526. 32 indexed citations

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Krause, Nicole M., Isabelle Freiling, Becca Beets, & Dominique Brossard. (2020). Fact-checking as risk communication: the multi-layered risk of misinformation in times of COVID-19. Journal of Risk Research. 23(7-8). 1052–1059. 252 indexed citations breakdown →

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Freiling, Isabelle. (2019). Detecting misinformation in online social networks: A think-aloud study on user strategies. Studies in Communication and Media. 8(4). 471–496. 6 indexed citations

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