Kai-Cheng Yang

Most-cited papers

The spread of low-credibility content by social bots
Chengcheng Shao, Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, Onur Varol, Kai-Cheng Yang +2 more
2017Nature Communications1,274 citations Open access
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Scalable and Generalizable Social Bot Detection through Data Selection
Kai-Cheng Yang, Onur Varol, Pik-Mai Hui, F. Menczer
2019AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence426 citations Open access
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Arming the public with artificial intelligence to counter social bots
Kai-Cheng Yang, Onur Varol, Clayton A. Davis, Emilio Ferrara +2 more
2019Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies421 citations Open access
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Online misinformation is linked to early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and refusal
F. Pierri, B. Perry, Matthew R. Deverna, Kai-Cheng Yang +3 more
2021Scientific Reports255 citations Open access
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Detection of Novel Social Bots by Ensembles of Specialized Classifiers
Mohsen Sayyadiharikandeh, Onur Varol, Kai-Cheng Yang, A. Flammini +1 more
2020International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management252 citations Open access
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The COVID-19 Infodemic: Twitter versus Facebook
Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Pierri, Pik-Mai Hui, David Axelrod +3 more
2020Big Data & Society205 citations Open access
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Botometer 101: social bot practicum for computational social scientists
Kai-Cheng Yang, Emilio Ferrara, F. Menczer
2022Journal of Computational Social Science173 citations Open access
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Systematic Evaluation of State Policy Interventions Targeting the US Opioid Epidemic, 2007-2018
Byungkyu Lee, Wanying Zhao, Kai-Cheng Yang, Yong-Yeol Ahn +1 more
2021JAMA Network Open161 citations Open access
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Anatomy of an AI-powered malicious social botnet
Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Menczer
2023Journal of Quantitative Description Digital Media126 citations Open access
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Prevalence of Low-Credibility Information on Twitter During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Kai-Cheng Yang, Christopher Torres-Lugo, F. Menczer
2020ICWSM Workshops125 citations
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Neutral bots probe political bias on social media
Wen Chen, Diogo Pacheco, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Menczer
2020Nature Communications90 citations Open access
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One Year of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation on Twitter: Longitudinal Study
F. Pierri, Matthew R. Deverna, Kai-Cheng Yang, David Axelrod +2 more
2022Journal of Medical Internet Research81 citations Open access
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CoVaxxy: A Collection of English-Language Twitter Posts About COVID-19 Vaccines
Matthew R. Deverna, F. Pierri, B. Truong, John Bollenbacher +6 more
2021International Conference on Web and Social Media69 citations Open access
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Fact-checking information from large language models can decrease headline discernment
Matthew R. Deverna, H. Y. Yan, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Menczer
2023Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America68 citations Open access
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Algorithmic Agents in the Hybrid Media System: Social Bots, Selective Amplification, and Partisan News about COVID-19
Zening Duan, Jianing Li, Josephine Lukito, Kai-Cheng Yang +3 more
2022Human Communication Research56 citations Open access
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Asymmetrical perceptions of partisan political bots
H. Y. Yan, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Menczer, J. Shanahan
2020New Media & Society53 citations Open access
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Accuracy and Political Bias of News Source Credibility Ratings by Large Language Models
Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Menczer
2023Web Science Conference46 citations Open access
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Characteristics and prevalence of fake social media profiles with AI-generated faces
Kai-Cheng Yang, Danishjeet Singh, F. Menczer
2024Journal of Online Trust and Safety38 citations Open access
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Systematic comparison of graph embedding methods in practical tasks
Yi-Jiao Zhang, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Radicchi
2021Physical Review E33 citations Open access
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Bot Electioneering Volume: Visualizing Social Bot Activity During Elections
Kai-Cheng Yang, Pik-Mai Hui, F. Menczer
2019The Web Conference32 citations Open access
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Demystifying Misconceptions in Social Bots Research
S. Cresci, Kai-Cheng Yang, A. Spognardi, R. Di Pietro +2 more
2023Social science computer review29 citations Open access
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Arming the public with AI to counter social bots
Kai-Cheng Yang, Onur Varol, Clayton A. Davis, Emilio Ferrara +2 more
2019arXiv.org25 citations
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Exposure to social bots amplifies perceptual biases and regulation propensity
H. Y. Yan, Kai-Cheng Yang, James Shanahan, F. Menczer
2023Scientific Reports23 citations Open access
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Co-prescription network reveals social dynamics of opioid doctor shopping
B. Perry, Kai-Cheng Yang, Patrick Kaminski, Meltem Odabaş +6 more
2019PLoS ONE23 citations Open access
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BotSlayer: real-time detection of bot amplification on Twitter
Pik-Mai Hui, Kai-Cheng Yang, Christopher Torres-Lugo, Zachary Monroe +4 more
2019Journal of Open Source Software21 citations Open access
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The impact of online misinformation on U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations
F. Pierri, B. Perry, Matthew R. Deverna, Kai-Cheng Yang +3 more
2021arXiv.org19 citations
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CoVaxxy: A global collection of English Twitter posts about COVID-19 vaccines
Matthew R. Deverna, F. Pierri, B. Truong, John Bollenbacher +6 more
2021arXiv.org17 citations
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The Manufacture of Partisan Echo Chambers by Follow Train Abuse on Twitter
Christopher Torres-Lugo, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Menczer
2020International Conference on Web and Social Media17 citations Open access
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A multi-platform collection of social media posts about the 2022 U.S. midterm elections
Matthew R. Deverna, Rachith Aiyappa, Wanying Zhao, Manita Pote +12 more
2023International Conference on Web and Social Media15 citations Open access
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How Twitter data sampling biases U.S. voter behavior characterizations
Kai-Cheng Yang, Pik-Mai Hui, F. Menczer
2020PeerJ Computer Science12 citations Open access
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Neutral Bots Reveal Political Bias on Social Media
Wen Chen, D. Pacheco, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Menczer
2020arXiv.org11 citations
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Post-Post-API Age: Studying Digital Platforms in Scant Data Access Times
Kayo Mimizuka, Megan A. Brown, Kai-Cheng Yang, Josephine Lukito
2025Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10 citations Open access
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BotSlayer: DIY Real-Time Influence Campaign Detection
Pik-Mai Hui, Kai-Cheng Yang, Christopher Torres-Lugo, F. Menczer
2020International Conference on Web and Social Media10 citations Open access
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BiRank: Fast and Flexible Ranking on Bipartite Networks with R and Python
Kai-Cheng Yang, B. Aronson, Yong-Yeol Ahn
2020Journal of Open Source Software9 citations Open access
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Social Bots: Detection and Challenges
Kai-Cheng Yang, Onur Varol, Alexander C. Nwala, Mohsen Sayyadiharikandeh +3 more
2023arXiv.org8 citations
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The Manufacture of Political Echo Chambers by Follow Train Abuse on Twitter
Christopher Torres-Lugo, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Menczer
2020arXiv.org8 citations
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DomainDemo: a dataset of domain-sharing activities among different demographic groups on Twitter
Kai-Cheng Yang, Pranav Goel, Alexi Quintana-Mathé, Luke Horgan +4 more
2025Scientific Data7 citations Open access
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Persona2vec: a flexible multi-role representations learning framework for graphs
Jisung Yoon, Kai-Cheng Yang, Woo-Sung Jung, Yong-Yeol Ahn
2020PeerJ Computer Science7 citations Open access
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Advantage of Being Multicomponent and Spatial: Multipartite Viruses Colonize Structured Populations with Lower Thresholds.
Yi-Jiao Zhang, Zhi-Xi Wu, P. Holme, Kai-Cheng Yang
2019Physical Review Letters7 citations
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Large Language Models Require Curated Context for Reliable Political Fact-Checking - Even with Reasoning and Web Search
Matthew R. Deverna, Kai-Cheng Yang, Harry Yaojun Yan, F. Menczer
2025Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics6 citations
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New means, new measures: Assessing prescription drug seeking indicators over ten years of the opioid epidemic
B. Perry, Meltem Odabaş, Kai-Cheng Yang, Byungkyu Lee +6 more
2021Addiction6 citations Open access
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Introduction to National Internet Observatory
´Alvaro Feal, Jeffrey Gleason, Pranav Goel, J. Radford +6 more
6 citations
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CoVaxxy Tweet IDs data set
Matthew R. Deverna, F. Pierri, B. Truong, John Bollenbacher +6 more
20214 citations
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Election Polls on Social Media: Prevalence, Biases, and Voter Fraud Beliefs
Stephen Scarano, Vijayalakshmi Vasudevan, Mattia Samory, Kai-Cheng Yang +2 more
2024International Conference on Web and Social Media3 citations Open access
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CySoc 2023: 4th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats
Ugur Kursuncu, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Pierri, Matthew R. Deverna +2 more
2023The Web Conference3 citations Open access
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Computational approaches for cyber social threats
F. Pierri, Matthew R. Deverna, Kai-Cheng Yang, Jeremy Blackburn +1 more
2024EPJ Data Science2 citations Open access
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Expansion of cooperatively growing populations: Optimal migration rates and habitat network structures.
Kai-Cheng Yang, Zhi-Xi Wu, Petter Holme, Etsuko Nonaka
2017Physical Review E2 citations
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Network localization governs social contagion dynamics with macro-level reinforcement
Leyang Xue, Kai-Cheng Yang, Peng Cui, Zeng-Ru Di
20251 citations
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Publisher Correction: Neutral bots probe political bias on social media
Wen Chen, Diogo Pacheco, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Menczer
2022Nature Communications1 citations Open access
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Model-free hidden geometry of complex networks.
Yi-Jiao Zhang, Kai-Cheng Yang, F. Radicchi
2020Physical Review E1 citations Open access
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