Matthew Edwards

955 total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 487 citations indexed

About

Matthew Edwards is a scholar working on Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Edwards has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 487 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Information Systems, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Matthew Edwards's work include Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (18 papers), Spam and Phishing Detection (13 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (8 papers). Matthew Edwards is often cited by papers focused on Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (18 papers), Spam and Phishing Detection (13 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (8 papers). Matthew Edwards collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and United States. Matthew Edwards's co-authors include Awais Rashid, Stephan Lewandowsky, Almog Simchon, Rajiv Ramdhany, Ruzanna Chitchyan, Muhammad Ali Babar, Faheem Ullah, Paul Rayson, Benjamin Green and Alistair Baron and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and ACM Computing Surveys.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Edwards

48 papers receiving 463 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.

  1. The persuasive effects of political microtargeting in the age of generative artificial intelligence
    2024 51 citations Almog Simchon, Matthew Edwards et al. PNAS Nexus profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew Edwards United Kingdom 12 230 116 114 103 103 53 487
Seung-Hyun Kim South Korea 9 146 0.6× 98 0.8× 54 0.5× 128 1.2× 61 0.6× 58 407
G. Geethakumari India 13 286 1.2× 207 1.8× 238 2.1× 202 2.0× 164 1.6× 56 612
Mohammad Maifi Hasan Khan United States 16 347 1.5× 135 1.2× 332 2.9× 179 1.7× 77 0.7× 51 753
Marthie Grobler Australia 12 310 1.3× 117 1.0× 103 0.9× 164 1.6× 116 1.1× 92 535
Erin Kenneally United States 9 243 1.1× 123 1.1× 160 1.4× 190 1.8× 141 1.4× 38 538
Angela Sasse United Kingdom 9 231 1.0× 135 1.2× 73 0.6× 56 0.5× 67 0.7× 27 502
Affan Yasin China 13 320 1.4× 79 0.7× 79 0.7× 122 1.2× 89 0.9× 45 523
Imam Much Ibnu Subroto Indonesia 9 171 0.7× 53 0.5× 77 0.7× 156 1.5× 51 0.5× 42 450
Sebastian Tschiatschek Austria 12 137 0.6× 163 1.4× 44 0.4× 276 2.7× 77 0.7× 40 614
Shrirang Mare United States 12 250 1.1× 188 1.6× 98 0.9× 79 0.8× 117 1.1× 34 507

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew Edwards

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Edwards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Edwards

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simchon, Almog, et al.. (2025). Warning people that they are being microtargeted fails to eliminate persuasive advantage. Communications Psychology. 3(1). 15–15. 3 indexed citations
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Simchon, Almog, Matthew Edwards, & Stephan Lewandowsky. (2024). The persuasive effects of political microtargeting in the age of generative artificial intelligence. PNAS Nexus. 3(2). pgae035–pgae035. 51 indexed citations breakdown →
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Robinson, Jemima & Matthew Edwards. (2024). Fraudsters target the elderly: Behavioural evidence from randomised controlled scam-baiting experiments. Security Journal. 37(4). 1173–1196. 5 indexed citations
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Tahaei, Mohammad, et al.. (2024). Community Security Champions: Studying the Most Influential Users on Security Stack Exchange. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 93–104.
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Edwards, Matthew, et al.. (2023). Pump, Dump, and then What? The Long-Term Impact of Cryptocurrency Pump-and-Dump Schemes. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1–17.
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Edwards, Matthew, et al.. (2023). Online sextortion: Characteristics of offences from a decade of community reporting. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100038–100038. 4 indexed citations
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Simchon, Almog, Adam Sutton, Matthew Edwards, & Stephan Lewandowsky. (2023). Online reading habits can reveal personality traits: towards detecting psychological microtargeting. PNAS Nexus. 2(6). pgad191–pgad191. 7 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew, et al.. (2023). Temporal Constraints in Online Dating Fraud Classification. Explore Bristol Research. 535–542. 1 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew, Emma Williams, Claudia Peersman, & Awais Rashid. (2022). Characterising Cybercriminals: A Review. arXiv (Cornell University). 7 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew, et al.. (2020). The Best Laid Plans or Lack Thereof: Security Decision-Making of Different Stakeholder Groups. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 48(5). 1515–1528. 13 indexed citations
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Boiko, Olga, Matthew Edwards, Steffen Zschaler, Simon Miles, & Anne Marie Rafferty. (2020). Interprofessional barriers in patient flow management: an interview study of the views of emergency department staff involved in patient admissions. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 35(3). 334–342. 11 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew, Guillermo Suárez‐Tangil, Claudia Peersman, et al.. (2018). The Geography of Online Dating Fraud. Research Portal (King's College London). 9 indexed citations
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Lee, David, et al.. (2018). Analysing Forests Using Dense Point Clouds. 4. 1–6. 5 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew, Michael Hayes, & Richard D. Green. (2018). Error Distribution of Estimated Checkerboard Corner Location. 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew, et al.. (2018). Calibration for Camera-Motion Capture Extrinsics. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew, Claudia Peersman, & Awais Rashid. (2017). Scamming the Scammers. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1291–1299. 13 indexed citations
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Gurrera, Ronald J., et al.. (2014). Preparing Residents in Training to Become Health-Care Leaders: A Pilot Project. Academic Psychiatry. 38(6). 701–705. 8 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew, et al.. (2014). Trends in Musical Theatre Voice: An Analysis of Audition Requirements for Singers. Journal of Voice. 28(3). 324–327. 17 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew, et al.. (2011). Arrange-A-Space. 1495–1500. 5 indexed citations
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Hansen, J. F., Matthew Edwards, A. R. Miles, et al.. (2003). Laboratory Simulations of Supernova Shockwave Propagation and ISM Interaction. 1 indexed citations

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