The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Bruns sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 354 publications — 93rd percentile
93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Bruns sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 73 D-Index — 92nd percentile
92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.
Axel Bruns is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia and has an extensive publication record in the social sciences, primarily focused on communication and media studies. Their work bridges various subfields such as communication, sociology and political science, artificial intelligence, statistical and nonlinear physics, and gender studies.
The scientist's research topics predominantly cover social media and politics, media studies and communication, misinformation and its impacts, hate speech and cyberbullying detection, gender, feminism, and media, opinion dynamics and social influence, as well as discourse analysis in language studies.
Frequent co-authors include Daniel Angus, Edward Hurcombe, Ehsan Dehghan, Laura Vodden, and Katharina Esau, with collaboration counts ranging from seven to thirteen joint publications.
Axel Bruns has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:
Selected recent papers illustrate the focus and scope of their work:
These publications indicate a concern with public communication dynamics, misinformation, and the representation of conspiracy theories in digital media environments.
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Axel Bruns;Jean E. Burgess
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Mark Deuze;Axel Bruns;Christoph Neuberger
Peter D. Duffy;Axel Bruns
Stephen Harrington;Tim Highfield;Axel Bruns
Axel Bruns;Jean Burgess
Axel Bruns;Tim Highfield;Jean Burgess
Axel Bruns;Stefan Stieglitz
Tim Highfield;Stephen Harrington;Axel Bruns
Axel Bruns;Sal Humphreys
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Axel Bruns;Tim Highfield;Jean Burgess
Rachel S. Cobcroft;Stephen J. Towers;Judith E. Smith;Axel Bruns
Axel Bruns;Jean Burgess;Kate Crawford;Frances Shaw
Axel Bruns;Jean Burgess
Axel Bruns;Stefan Stieglitz
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Stefan Stieglitz;Linh Dang-Xuan;Axel Bruns;Christoph Neuberger
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Axel Bruns;Gunn Sara Enli;Eli Skogerbo;Anders Olof Larsson
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