Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection is a research topic within Artificial Intelligence. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 26.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the automated detection of hate speech, offensive language, and cyberbullying in social media platforms such as Twitter. It explores various techniques including machine learning, natural language processing, and deep learning to identify and categorize abusive content, with a specific emphasis on mitigating online harassment and promoting online safety.
- Hate Speech
- Detection
- Social Media
- Cyberbullying
- Offensive Language
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Online Harassment
- Deep Learning
- Research works
- 18k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 26.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +208% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.5k and 976 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.5k works
- 2 India 976 works
- 3 China 471 works
- 4 United Kingdom 419 works
- 5 Indonesia 400 works
- 6 Germany 322 works
- 7 Türkiye 284 works
- 8 Spain 247 works
- 9 Australia 205 works
- 10 Canada 178 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham publishes the most Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection research, followed by Binus University and University of Amsterdam.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 36 works
- 2 Binus UniversityIndonesia 33 works
- 3 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 30 works
- 4 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 29 works
- 5 University of MichiganUnited States 28 works
- 6 Chittagong University of Engineering & TechnologyBangladesh 27 works
- 7 University of WashingtonUnited States 25 works
- 8 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 25 works
- 9 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 25 works
- 10 Delhi Technological UniversityIndia 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection include Philip S. Yu and Jure Leskovec.
- 1 Philip S. Yu United States 6.6k citations
- 2 Jure Leskovec United States 4.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection research done?
The largest centres of Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chittagong, Bloomington and Greater Noida.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ChittagongBD · 46.5 works17×
- BloomingtonUS · 21.6 works6.5×
- Greater NoidaIN · 27.5 works5.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Amsterdam, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Vienna score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of AmsterdamNetherlands | 80.4 | 58.0% | 7.6× | 30 | +122.7% |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States | 70.8 | 46.1% | 8.1× | 25 | +127.4% |
| 3 | University of ViennaAustria | 65.5 | 55.0% | 4.4× | 16 | +179.1% |
| 4 | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayIreland | 64.4 | 40.7% | 10.2× | 14 | — |
| 5 | Indiana University BloomingtonUnited States | 63.8 | 49.4% | 6.2× | 14 | +813.6% |
| 6 | Northeastern UniversityUnited States | 62.8 | 59.5% | 5.2× | 12 | +150.0% |
| 7 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany | 61.9 | 58.4% | 2.9× | 14 | +278.1% |
| 8 | Cornell UniversityUnited States | 61.8 | 52.9% | 2.6× | 20 | +243.4% |
| 9 | University of WashingtonUnited States | 59.3 | 56.8% | 3.3× | 25 | +65.2% |
| 10 | University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States | 59.3 | 54.3% | 2.9× | 16 | +392.5% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 208% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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