Matthew Baum

12.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
93 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Matthew Baum is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Baum has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 31 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 30 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Matthew Baum's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (29 papers), Media Influence and Politics (26 papers) and Social Media and Politics (23 papers). Matthew Baum is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (29 papers), Media Influence and Politics (26 papers) and Social Media and Politics (23 papers). Matthew Baum collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Netherlands. Matthew Baum's co-authors include David A. Lake, Tim Groeling, Philip Potter, David Lazer, Adam J. Berinsky, Emily Thorson, Brendan Nyhan, Steven A. Sloman, Cass R. Sunstein and Yochai Roberts Benkler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Baum

88 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

The science of fake news

2018 2.3k citations David Lazer, Matthew Baum et al. Science profile →
The Invisible Hand of Democracy

2001 593 citations Matthew Baum et al. profile →
Prevalence and Correlates of Long COVID Symptoms Among US Adults

2022 229 citations Roy H. Perlis, Mauricio Santillana et al. JAMA Network Open profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Baum United States	32	4.6k	2.6k	1.9k	798	702	93	7.2k
Adam J. Berinsky United States	36	6.8k 1.5×	2.6k 1.0×	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	691 1.0×	78	10.1k
Jason Reifler United Kingdom	36	6.3k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	330 0.5×	100	8.4k
Joshua A. Tucker United States	44	6.1k 1.3×	4.0k 1.5×	3.2k 1.7×	1.6k 2.0×	411 0.6×	168	9.2k
Jonathan Nagler United States	39	3.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	255 0.4×	112	6.8k
Brendan Nyhan United States	40	9.4k 2.0×	4.6k 1.8×	2.0k 1.1×	2.5k 3.1×	947 1.3×	92	12.3k
Rens Vliegenthart Netherlands	47	3.9k 0.8×	3.5k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	591 0.7×	119 0.2×	209	6.9k
Dhavan V. Shah United States	57	6.4k 1.4×	6.6k 2.5×	1.7k 0.9×	864 1.1×	201 0.3×	209	11.6k
David Rothschild United States	21	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	382 0.2×	997 1.2×	619 0.9×	67	4.8k
W. Russell Neuman United States	22	2.9k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	266 0.3×	149 0.2×	58	5.2k
Stuart Soroka United States	43	4.2k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.8×	438 0.5×	76 0.1×	125	8.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew Baum

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Baum

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Baum

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20 of 20 papers shown

Costello, Harry, Matthew Baum, Cameron Watson, et al.. (2025). A national survey of neuropsychiatry training experiences. BJPsych Bulletin. 50(2). 114–119.

Baum, Matthew, Adam J. Berinsky, Allison J. B. Chaney, et al.. (2025). Short-term exposure to filter-bubble recommendation systems has limited polarization effects: Naturalistic experiments on YouTube. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(8). e2318127122–e2318127122. 1 indexed citations

Druckman, James, Katherine Ognyanova, Matthew Baum, et al.. (2025). Characterizing population-level changes in human behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(37). e2500655122–e2500655122. 1 indexed citations

Perlis, Roy H., Faith M. Gunning, Mauricio Santillana, et al.. (2025). Irritability and Social Media Use in US Adults. JAMA Network Open. 8(1). e2452807–e2452807. 1 indexed citations

Druckman, James, Katherine Ognyanova, Alauna Safarpour, et al.. (2025). Representation in science and trust in scientists in the USA. Nature Human Behaviour. 10(3). 476–491.

Jaywant, Abhishek, Faith M. Gunning, Lauren E. Oberlin, et al.. (2024). Cognitive Symptoms of Post–COVID-19 Condition and Daily Functioning. JAMA Network Open. 7(2). e2356098–e2356098. 18 indexed citations

Solomonov, Nili, Jon Green, Alexi Quintana, et al.. (2023). A 50-state survey study of thoughts of suicide and social isolation among older adults in the United States. Journal of Affective Disorders. 334. 43–49. 8 indexed citations

Baum, Matthew, James Druckman, Matthew Simonson, Jennifer Lin, & Roy H. Perlis. (2023). The Political Consequences of Depression: How Conspiracy Beliefs, Participatory Inclinations, and Depression Affect Support for Political Violence. American Journal of Political Science. 68(2). 575–594. 9 indexed citations

Green, Jon, James Druckman, Matthew Baum, et al.. (2023). Media use and vaccine resistance. PNAS Nexus. 2(5). pgad146–pgad146. 13 indexed citations

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Green, Jon, James Druckman, Matthew Baum, et al.. (2022). Using General Messages to Persuade on a Politicized Scientific Issue. British Journal of Political Science. 53(2). 698–706. 16 indexed citations

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Perlis, Roy H., Katherine Ognyanova, Mauricio Santillana, et al.. (2022). Association of Major Depressive Symptoms With Endorsement of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Among US Adults. JAMA Network Open. 5(1). e2145697–e2145697. 28 indexed citations

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Perlis, Roy H., Matthew Simonson, Jon Green, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of Firearm Ownership Among Individuals With Major Depressive Symptoms. JAMA Network Open. 5(3). e223245–e223245. 12 indexed citations

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Perlis, Roy H., Katherine Ognyanova, Alexi Quintana, et al.. (2021). Gender‐specificity of resilience in major depressive disorder. Depression and Anxiety. 38(10). 1026–1033. 13 indexed citations

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Benedictis-Kessner, Justin De, Matthew Baum, Adam J. Berinsky, & Teppei Yamamoto. (2019). Persuading the Enemy: Estimating the Persuasive Effects of Partisan Media with the Preference-Incorporating Choice and Assignment Design. American Political Science Review. 113(4). 902–916. 48 indexed citations

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Lazer, David, Matthew Baum, Yochai Roberts Benkler, et al.. (2018). The science of fake news. Science. 359(6380). 1094–1096. 2305 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baum, Matthew, Dara Kay Cohen, & Yuri Zhukov. (2018). Does Rape Culture Predict Rape? Evidence from U.S. Newspapers, 2000–2013. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 13(3). 263–289. 13 indexed citations

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Baum, Matthew & Philip Potter. (2015). War and Democratic Constraint. Princeton University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Baum, Matthew & Yuri Zhukov. (2015). Filtering revolution. Journal of Peace Research. 52(3). 384–400. 58 indexed citations

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Baum, Matthew, et al.. (2008). In the Eye of the Beholder: How Information Shortcuts Shape Individual Perceptions of Bias in the Media. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 3(1). 1–31. 74 indexed citations

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Baum, Matthew. (2007). Soft News and Foreign Policy: How Expanding the Audience Changes the Policies. Japanese Journal of Political Science. 8(1). 115–145. 18 indexed citations

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