Philipp Lorenz-Spreen

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Philipp Lorenz-Spreen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Communication and 12 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Philipp Lorenz-Spreen's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (18 papers), Social Media and Politics (13 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (12 papers). Philipp Lorenz-Spreen is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (18 papers), Social Media and Politics (13 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (12 papers). Philipp Lorenz-Spreen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United Kingdom. Philipp Lorenz-Spreen's co-authors include Ralph Hertwig, Stephan Lewandowsky, Igor M. Sokolov, Michele Starnini, Fabian Baumann, Lisa Oswald, Stefan M. Herzog, Philipp Hövel, Sune Lehmann and Bjarke Mønsted and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Philipp Lorenz-Spreen

28 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.

Modeling Echo Chambers and Polarization Dynamics in Social Networks

2020 229 citations Fabian Baumann, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

2022 137 citations Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Lisa Oswald et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen Germany	16	704	356	347	228	86	30	1.1k
Lisa P. Argyle United States	6	726 1.0×	258 0.7×	587 1.7×	304 1.3×	45 0.5×	19	1.3k
Alexander Volfovsky United States	10	770 1.1×	282 0.8×	646 1.9×	228 1.0×	59 0.7×	30	1.2k
Friedolin Merhout United States	7	764 1.1×	275 0.8×	650 1.9×	204 0.9×	54 0.6×	8	1.1k
Elizabeth Dubois Canada	14	741 1.1×	214 0.6×	691 2.0×	178 0.8×	83 1.0×	47	1.4k
Marcus Mann United States	6	768 1.1×	241 0.7×	579 1.7×	179 0.8×	36 0.4×	12	1.1k
Steve Rathje United States	17	889 1.3×	112 0.3×	442 1.3×	327 1.4×	40 0.5×	27	1.2k
Ronald E. Robertson United States	16	775 1.1×	102 0.3×	423 1.2×	323 1.4×	184 2.1×	31	1.2k
Anja Bechmann Denmark	14	676 1.0×	80 0.2×	412 1.2×	206 0.9×	82 1.0×	36	1.0k
Nir Grinberg United States	8	1.1k 1.6×	225 0.6×	577 1.7×	368 1.6×	232 2.7×	13	1.3k
M. B. Fallin Hunzaker United States	5	734 1.0×	246 0.7×	562 1.6×	172 0.8×	33 0.4×	6	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Philipp Lorenz-Spreen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philipp Lorenz-Spreen

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Moussaïd, Mehdi, et al.. (2025). The evolution of online news headlines. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 12(1).

Grüning, David Joachim, et al.. (2024). A framework for promoting online prosocial behavior via digital interventions. Communications Psychology. 2(1). 6–6. 2 indexed citations

Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp, et al.. (2024). DeGroot-Based Opinion Formation Under a Global Steering Mechanism. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 11(3). 4040–4057. 2 indexed citations

Burton, Jason W., et al.. (2024). Public attitudes towards social media field experiments. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 26110–26110. 2 indexed citations

Tump, Alan Novaes, et al.. (2024). Susceptibility to online misinformation: A systematic meta-analysis of demographic and psychological factors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(47). e2409329121–e2409329121. 17 indexed citations

Feuerriegel, Stefan, Renée DiResta, Josh A. Goldstein, et al.. (2023). Research can help to tackle AI-generated disinformation. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(11). 1818–1821. 25 indexed citations

Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp, et al.. (2023). Modelling opinion dynamics under the impact of influencer and media strategies. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 19375–19375. 17 indexed citations

Kozyreva, Anastasia, Stefan M. Herzog, Stephan Lewandowsky, et al.. (2023). Resolving content moderation dilemmas between free speech and harmful misinformation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(7). e2210666120–e2210666120. 64 indexed citations

Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp, Lisa Oswald, Stephan Lewandowsky, & Ralph Hertwig. (2022). A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(1). 74–101. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

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Garrett, Paul Michael, Joshua P. White, Simon Dennis, et al.. (2022). Papers Please - Predictive Factors of National and International Attitudes Toward Immunity and Vaccination Passports: Online Representative Surveys. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 8(7). e32969–e32969. 7 indexed citations

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Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp, et al.. (2022). When Does an Individual Accept Misinformation? An Extended Investigation Through Cognitive Modeling. Computational Brain & Behavior. 5(2). 244–260. 20 indexed citations

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Tump, Alan Novaes, et al.. (2022). Time pressure reduces misinformation discrimination ability but does not alter response bias. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 22416–22416. 13 indexed citations

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Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp, Lisa Oswald, Stephan Lewandowsky, & Ralph Hertwig. (2021). A Systematic Review of Worldwide Causal and Correlational Evidence on Digital Media and Democracy. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 22 indexed citations

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Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp, Michael Geers, Thorsten Pachur, et al.. (2021). Boosting people’s ability to detect microtargeted advertising. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 15541–15541. 33 indexed citations

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Kozyreva, Anastasia, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Stephan Lewandowsky, et al.. (2021). Psychological factors shaping public responses to COVID-19 digital contact tracing technologies in Germany. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 18716–18716. 24 indexed citations

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Kozyreva, Anastasia, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Ralph Hertwig, Stephan Lewandowsky, & Stefan M. Herzog. (2021). Public attitudes towards algorithmic personalization and use of personal data online: evidence from Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 8(1). 72 indexed citations

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Baumann, Fabian, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Igor M. Sokolov, & Michele Starnini. (2020). Modeling Echo Chambers and Polarization Dynamics in Social Networks. Physical Review Letters. 124(4). 48301–48301. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp, Stephan Lewandowsky, Cass R. Sunstein, & Ralph Hertwig. (2020). How behavioural sciences can promote truth, autonomy and democratic discourse online. Nature Human Behaviour. 4(11). 1102–1109. 134 indexed citations

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Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp, Bjarke Mønsted, Philipp Hövel, & Sune Lehmann. (2019). Accelerating dynamics of collective attention. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1759–1759. 138 indexed citations

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Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp, et al.. (2018). Tracking online topics over time: understanding dynamic hashtag communities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 9–9. 11 indexed citations

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