2026 Jussara M. Almeida: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	54	4517	4388	16	16	270	13421

Jussara M. Almeida publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jussara M. Almeida sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 270 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Jussara M. Almeida D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jussara M. Almeida sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jussara M. Almeida is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research spans the intersection of social sciences and computer science, with significant contributions to sociology and political science, information systems, artificial intelligence, computer networks and communications, and transportation.

The main topics addressed in Almeida's work include:

Misinformation and Its Impacts
Spam and Phishing Detection
Social Media and Politics
Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
Psychological and Educational Research Studies

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Almeida are:

"Infodemics and health misinformation: a systematic review of reviews," 2022, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
"On the cost-effectiveness of neural and non-neural approaches and representations for text classification: A comprehensive comparative study," 2021, Information Processing & Management
"A hierarchical network-oriented analysis of user participation in misinformation spread on WhatsApp," 2021, Information Processing & Management
"A Dataset of Fact-Checked Images Shared on WhatsApp During the Brazilian and Indian Elections," 2020, Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
"On network backbone extraction for modeling online collective behavior," 2022, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Almeida include:

Carlos H. G. Ferreira
Ana Paula Couto da Silva
Fabrício Benevenuto
Júlio C. S. Reis
Marcos André Gonçalves

Almeida's publications often appear in venues such as:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
arXiv (Cornell University)
Information Processing & Management
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
PLoS ONE

Best Publications

Summary cache: a scalable wide-area web cache sharing protocol

Li Fan;Pei Cao;Jussara Almeida;Andrei Z. Broder

4218
Citations
Using early view patterns to predict the popularity of youtube videos

Henrique Pinto;Jussara M. Almeida;Marcos A. Gonçalves

519
Citations
The tube over time: characterizing popularity growth of youtube videos

Flavio Figueiredo;Fabrício Benevenuto;Jussara M. Almeida

379
Citations
Detecting spammers and content promoters in online video social networks

Fabrício Benevenuto;Tiago Rodrigues;Virgílio Almeida;Jussara Almeida

307
Citations
Analysis of educational media server workloads

Jussara M. Almeida;Jeffrey Krueger;Derek L. Eager;Mary K. Vernon

305
Citations
Identifying user behavior in online social networks

Marcelo Maia;Jussara Almeida;Virgílio Almeida

278
Citations
(Mis)Information Dissemination in WhatsApp: Gathering, Analyzing and Countermeasures

Gustavo Resende;Philipe Melo;Hugo Sousa;Johnnatan Messias

250
Citations
Analyzing client interactivity in streaming media

Cristiano P. Costa;Italo S. Cunha;Alex Borges;Claudiney V. Ramos

237
Citations
Characterizing a spam traffic

Luiz Henrique Gomes;Cristiano Cazita;Jussara M. Almeida;Virgílio Almeida

216
Citations
A Picture of Instagram is Worth More Than a Thousand Words: Workload Characterization and Application

Thiago H. Silva;Pedro O. S. Vaz de Melo;Jussara M. Almeida;Juliana Salles

183
Citations
Identifying video spammers in online social networks

Fabricio Benevenuto;Tiago Rodrigues;Virgilio Almeida;Jussara Almeida

152
Citations
We know where you live: privacy characterization of foursquare behavior

Tatiana Pontes;Marisa Vasconcelos;Jussara Almeida;Ponnurangam Kumaraguru

149
Citations
Joint admission control and resource allocation in virtualized servers

Jussara Almeida;Virgílio Almeida;Danilo Ardagna;ítalo Cunha

143
Citations
Resource Management in the Autonomic Service-Oriented Architecture

J. Almeida;V. Almeida;D. Ardagna;C. Francalanci

141
Citations
Measuring the Behavior of a World-Wide Web Server

Jussara M. Almeida;Virgilio Almeida;David J. Yates

137
Citations
The effects of wide-area conditions on WWW server performance

Erich M. Nahum;Marcel-Catalin Rosu;Srinivasan Seshan;Jussara Almeida

132
Citations
Video interactions in online video social networks

Fabrício Benevenuto;Tiago Rodrigues;Virgilio Almeida;Jussara Almeida

128
Citations
Understanding video interactions in youtube

Fabricio Benevenuto;Fernando Duarte;Tiago Rodrigues;Virgilio A.F. Almeida

125
Citations
Self-Adaptive SLA-Driven Capacity Management for Internet Services

B. Abrahao;V. Almeida;J. Almeida;A. Zhang

123
Citations
Large-scale study of city dynamics and urban social behavior using participatory sensing

Thiago H. Silva;Pedro O. S. Vaz De Melo;Jussara M. Almeida;Antonio A. F. Loureiro

123
Citations
Detecting Spammers and Content Promoters in Online Video Social Networks

Fabricio Benevenuto;Tiago Rodrigues;Jussara Almeida;Marcos Goncalves

42
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcos André Gonçalves Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Virgilio Almeida Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Fabrício Benevenuto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Antonio A. F. Loureiro Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Wagner Meira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Danilo Ardagna Polytechnic University of Milan

Luís M. A. Bettencourt University of Chicago

Marco Mellia Polytechnic University of Turin

Edleno Silva de Moura Federal University of Amazonas

Nivio Ziviani Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

External Links

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