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Alessandro Flammini

Alessandro Flammini

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
66
Citations
29238
World Ranking
1370
National Ranking
451

Alessandro Flammini publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandro Flammini sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 150 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Alessandro Flammini D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandro Flammini sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alessandro Flammini is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on Physics and Astronomy. Within this broad field, Flammini's work delves deeply into Statistical and Nonlinear Physics as well as Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems, Ecology, and Food Science.

The scientist's main topics of research cover a range of areas related to social dynamics and environmental concerns. These include Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence, Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Misinformation and Its Impacts, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Spam and Phishing Detection, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability.

Flammini has published extensively across various venues. Most frequently, their works appear in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • Earth system science data
  • Sustainability

Their recent publications provide insight into current research themes. Notable papers include:

  • "Political Polarization on Twitter," 2021, Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • "Detecting and Tracking Political Abuse in Social Media," 2021, Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • "Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems: building the evidence base," 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Online misinformation is linked to early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and refusal," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Pre- and post-production processes increasingly dominate greenhouse gas emissions from agri-food systems," 2022, Earth system science data

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Flammini's academic activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Filippo Menczer
  • Francesco N. Tubiello
  • Filippo Radicchi
  • Kevin Karl
  • Daniele Notarmuzi

Best Publications

  • The rise of social bots

    Emilio Ferrara;Onur Varol;Clayton Davis;Filippo Menczer

  • Political Polarization on Twitter

    Michael D. Conover;Jacob Ratkiewicz;Matthew R. Francisco;Bruno Gonçalves

  • ERRATUM: Competition among memes in a world with limited attention

    L. Weng;A. Flammini;A. Vespignani;F. Menczer

  • The spread of low-credibility content by social bots

    Chengcheng Shao;Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia;Onur Varol;Kai-Cheng Yang

  • Online Human-Bot Interactions: Detection, Estimation, and Characterization

    Onur Varol;Emilio Ferrara;Clayton A. Davis;Filippo Menczer

  • Detecting rich-club ordering in complex networks

    V. Colizza;A. Flammini;M. A. Serrano;A. Vespignani

  • BotOrNot: A System to Evaluate Social Bots

    Clayton Allen Davis;Onur Varol;Emilio Ferrara;Alessandro Flammini

  • Global protein function prediction from protein-protein interaction networks

    Alexei Vazquez;Alessandro Flammini;Amos Maritan;Amos Maritan;Alessandro Vespignani

  • Detecting and Tracking Political Abuse in Social Media

    Jacob Ratkiewicz;Michael D. Conover;Mark Meiss;Bruno Goncalves

  • Predicting the Political Alignment of Twitter Users

    Michael D. Conover;Bruno Goncalves;Jacob Ratkiewicz;Alessandro Flammini

  • Competition among memes in a world with limited attention

    L. Weng;A. Flammini;A. Vespignani;A. Vespignani;F. Menczer

  • Modeling of Protein Interaction Networks

    Alexei Vázquez;Alessandro Flammini;Amos Maritan;Alessandro Vespignani

  • Computational Fact Checking from Knowledge Networks

    Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia;Prashant Shiralkar;Luis Mateus Rocha;Luis Mateus Rocha;Johan Bollen

  • Truthy: mapping the spread of astroturf in microblog streams

    Jacob Ratkiewicz;Michael Conover;Mark Meiss;Bruno Gonçalves

  • Defining and identifying Sleeping Beauties in science

    Qing Ke;Emilio Ferrara;Filippo Radicchi;Alessandro Flammini

  • Arming the public with artificial intelligence to counter social bots

    Kai Cheng Yang;Onur Varol;Clayton A. Davis;Emilio Ferrara

  • Detecting and Tracking the Spread of Astroturf Memes in Microblog Streams

    Jacob Ratkiewicz;Michael D. Conover;Mark R. Meiss;Bruno Gonçalves

  • Hoaxy: A Platform for Tracking Online Misinformation

    Chengcheng Shao;Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia;Alessandro Flammini;Filippo Menczer

  • The DARPA Twitter Bot Challenge

    V.S. Subrahmanian;Amos Azaria;Skylar Durst;Vadim Kagan

  • Cooperative and Competitive Spreading Dynamics on the Human Connectome

    Bratislav Mišić;Richard F. Betzel;Azadeh Nematzadeh;Joaquin Goñi

  • The DARPA Twitter Bot Challenge

    V.S. Subrahmanian;Amos Azaria;Skylar Durst;Vadim Kagan

  • Global protein function prediction in protein-protein interaction networks

    A. Vazquez;A. Flammini;A. Maritan;A. Vespignani

Frequent Co-Authors

Filippo Menczer
Filippo Menczer Indiana University
Emilio Ferrara
Emilio Ferrara University of Southern California
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University
Santo Fortunato
Santo Fortunato Indiana University
Yong-Yeol Ahn
Yong-Yeol Ahn Indiana University
Filippo Radicchi
Filippo Radicchi Indiana University
Kristina Lerman
Kristina Lerman University of Southern California
José J. Ramasco
José J. Ramasco Spanish National Research Council
Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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