2026 Scott Counts: 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	44	7451	7234	3245	3121	102	10540

Overview

Scott Counts is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States and has a research focus spanning medicine and neuroscience. Their scholarly contributions concentrate on diverse aspects of neurological and molecular biology research, with particular emphasis on Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and neurodegenerative mechanisms.

Their main fields of study include:

Medicine
Neuroscience

Within these areas, their subfields of study cover:

Neurology
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Artificial Intelligence
Cancer Research

Key research topics addressed by Scott Counts comprise:

Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
MicroRNA in disease regulation
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Mental Health Research Topics
Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining

Recent publications authored or coauthored include:

Predicting Depression via Social Media (2021), Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
Not All Moods Are Created Equal! Exploring Human Emotional States in Social Media (2021), Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
Understanding Anti-Vaccination Attitudes in Social Media (2021), Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
MicroRNA-298 reduces levels of human amyloid-β precursor protein (APP), β-site APP-converting enzyme 1 (BACE1) and specific tau protein moieties (2020), Molecular Psychiatry
Clearance of interstitial fluid (ISF) and CSF (CLIC) group-part of Vascular Professional Interest Area (PIA) (2020), Alzheimer's & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Scott Counts include:

John S. Beck
Bryan Maloney
Debomoy K. Lahiri
Ruizhi Wang
Stephen D. Ginsberg

Their publications are often found in these venues:

Alzheimer's & Dementia
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
arXiv (Cornell University)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
PLoS ONE

Best Publications

Predicting Depression via Social Media

Munmun De Choudhury;Michael Gamon;Scott Counts;Eric Horvitz

1973
Citations
Predicting the Speed, Scale, and Range of Information Diffusion in Twitter

Jiang Yang;Scott Counts

623
Citations
Tweeting is believing?: understanding microblog credibility perceptions

Meredith Ringel Morris;Scott Counts;Asta Roseway;Aaron Hoff

612
Citations
Social media as a measurement tool of depression in populations

Munmun De Choudhury;Scott Counts;Eric Horvitz

595
Citations
Predicting postpartum changes in emotion and behavior via social media

Munmun De Choudhury;Scott Counts;Eric Horvitz

574
Citations
Identifying topical authorities in microblogs

Aditya Pal;Scott Counts

524
Citations
Characterizing and predicting postpartum depression from shared facebook data

Munmun De Choudhury;Scott Counts;Eric J. Horvitz;Aaron Hoff

452
Citations
Group-centric location tagging for mobile devices

Scott Counts;Jordan Schwartz;Shelly Farnham

280
Citations
Not All Moods Are Created Equal! Exploring Human Emotional States in Social Media

Munmun De Choudhury;Scott Counts;Michael Gamon

216
Citations
Method for selecting opponent of online game using play style information

Scott Counts;Shelly D Farnham;William B Fulton;Bruce Christopher Phillips

202
Citations
Understanding Anti-Vaccination Attitudes in Social Media

Tanushree Mitra;Scott Counts;James W. Pennebaker

189
Citations
Supporting social presence through lightweight photo sharing on and off the desktop

Scott Counts;Eric Fellheimer

174
Citations
Dynamic group formation for social interaction

Scott Counts;Shelly Farnham;Jordan Schwartz

172
Citations
Implicit group formation around feed content for mobile devices

Scott J. Counts;Shelly D. Farnham;Jordan L K Schwartz

158
Citations
Major life changes and behavioral markers in social media: case of childbirth

Munmun De Choudhury;Scott Counts;Eric Horvitz

154
Citations
Understanding affect in the workplace via social media

Munmun De Choudhury;Scott Counts

137
Citations
Morphing social networks based on user context

Lili Cheng;Scott J. Counts;Danyel Aharon Fisher;Dragos A. Manolescu

133
Citations
Predicting Financial Markets: Comparing Survey, News, Twitter and Search Engine Data

Huina Mao;Scott Counts;Johan Bollen

133
Citations
Mobile social networking as information ground: A case study

Scott Counts;Karen E. Fisher

122
Citations
Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work

Amy Bruckman;Scott Counts;Cliff Lampe;Loren Terveen

116
Citations
Determining physical location based upon received signals

Scott J. Counts;John C. Krumm;Jordan L. K. Schwartz;Steve C. Glenner

107
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Munmun De Choudhury Georgia Institute of Technology

Emre Kiciman Microsoft (United States)

Michael Gamon Microsoft (United States)

Eric Horvitz Microsoft (United States)

danah boyd Microsoft (United States)

Johan Bollen Indiana University

Marc A. Smith Connected Action Consulting Group

Lili Cheng Microsoft (United States)

Cliff Lampe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Mary Czerwinski Microsoft (United States)

External Links

Personal website of Scott Counts Google Scholar page

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