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Lorrie Faith Cranor 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 Lorrie Faith Cranor sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 380 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lorrie Faith Cranor 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 Lorrie Faith Cranor sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 111 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2019 - Andrew Carnegie Fellow
  • 2016 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to privacy engineering
  • 2014 - ACM Fellow For contributions to research and education in usable privacy and security.
  • 2006 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Lorrie Faith Cranor is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within social sciences and computer science, with a particular focus on privacy, security, and data protection.

The main fields of study for Cranor include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Computer Science

Subfields of study where their work is concentrated include:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Information Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Signal Processing

The core research topics addressed by Cranor are:

  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • User Authentication and Security Systems
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Spam and Phishing Detection

Significant recent publications include:

  • "Okay, whatever": An Evaluation of Cookie Consent Interfaces, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Do or do not, there is no try: User engagement may not improve security outcomes, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • An Empirical Analysis of Data Deletion and Opt-Out Choices on 150 Websites, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Methods and Risk Representation in Usable Privacy and Security Research, 2021, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • Understanding Challenges for Developers to Create Accurate Privacy Nutrition Labels, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Cranor frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
  • Communications of the ACM
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Security & Privacy
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Alessandro Acquisti
  • Eman Salem Alashwali
  • Hana Habib
  • Eleanor Young
  • Yuvraj Agarwal

Awards received by Cranor include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2020
  • Andrew Carnegie Fellow, 2019
  • IEEE Fellow, 2016, for contributions to privacy engineering
  • ACM Fellow, 2014, for contributions to research and education in usable privacy and security
  • ACM Senior Member, 2006

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study

    Janice Y. Tsai;Serge Egelman;Lorrie Cranor;Alessandro Acquisti

  • Cantina: a content-based approach to detecting phishing web sites

    Yue Zhang;Jason I. Hong;Lorrie F. Cranor

  • Who falls for phish?: a demographic analysis of phishing susceptibility and effectiveness of interventions

    Steve Sheng;Mandy Holbrook;Ponnurangam Kumaraguru;Lorrie Faith Cranor

  • You've been warned: an empirical study of the effectiveness of web browser phishing warnings

    Serge Egelman;Lorrie Faith Cranor;Jason Hong

  • The platform for privacy preferences 1.0 (p3p1.0) specification

    Lorrie Cranor;Marc Langheinrich;Massimo Marchiori

  • Privacy in e-commerce: examining user scenarios and privacy preferences

    Mark S. Ackerman;Lorrie Faith Cranor;Joseph Reagle

  • Anti-Phishing Phil: the design and evaluation of a game that teaches people not to fall for phish

    Steve Sheng;Bryant Magnien;Ponnurangam Kumaraguru;Alessandro Acquisti

  • The platform for privacy preferences

    Joseph Reagle;Lorrie Faith Cranor

  • "I regretted the minute I pressed share": a qualitative study of regrets on Facebook

    Yang Wang;Gregory Norcie;Saranga Komanduri;Alessandro Acquisti

  • Security and Usability: Designing Secure Systems that People Can Use

    Lorrie Faith Cranor;Simson Garfinkel

  • CANTINA+: A Feature-Rich Machine Learning Framework for Detecting Phishing Web Sites

    Guang Xiang;Jason Hong;Carolyn P. Rose;Lorrie Cranor

  • A "nutrition label" for privacy

    Patrick Gage Kelley;Joanna Bresee;Lorrie Faith Cranor;Robert W. Reeder

  • Are your participants gaming the system?: screening mechanical turk workers

    Julie S. Downs;Mandy B. Holbrook;Steve Sheng;Lorrie Faith Cranor

  • Crying wolf: an empirical study of SSL warning effectiveness

    Joshua Sunshine;Serge Egelman;Hazim Almuhimedi;Neha Atri

  • Nudges for Privacy and Security: Understanding and Assisting Users’ Choices Online

    Alessandro Acquisti;Idris Adjerid;Rebecca Balebako;Laura Brandimarte

  • Engineering Privacy

    S. Spiekermann;L.F. Cranor

  • Guess Again (and Again and Again): Measuring Password Strength by Simulating Password-Cracking Algorithms

    P. G. Kelley;S. Komanduri;M. L. Mazurek;R. Shay

  • Of passwords and people: measuring the effect of password-composition policies

    Saranga Komanduri;Richard Shay;Patrick Gage Kelley;Michelle L. Mazurek

  • Teaching Johnny not to fall for phish

    Ponnurangam Kumaraguru;Steve Sheng;Alessandro Acquisti;Lorrie Faith Cranor

  • Beyond Concern: Understanding Net Users' Attitudes About Online Privacy

    Lorrie Faith Cranor;Joseph Reagle;Mark S. Ackerman

  • Security and Usability

    Lorrie Cranor;Simson Garfinkel

  • The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study.

    Lorrie Faith Cranor;Serge Egelman;Janice Y. Tsai;Alessandro Acquisti

Frequent Co-Authors

Lujo Bauer
Lujo Bauer Carnegie Mellon University
Norman Sadeh
Norman Sadeh Carnegie Mellon University
Alessandro Acquisti
Alessandro Acquisti Carnegie Mellon University
Patrick Gage Kelley
Patrick Gage Kelley University of New Mexico
Blase Ur
Blase Ur University of Chicago
Nicolas Christin
Nicolas Christin Carnegie Mellon University
Jason Hong
Jason Hong Carnegie Mellon University
Shane Greenstein
Shane Greenstein Harvard University
Serge Egelman
Serge Egelman International Computer Science Institute
Michael K. Reiter
Michael K. Reiter Duke University

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