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Computational Text Analysis

Computational Text Analysis is a methodological approach within digital humanities and political communication research that employs algorithmic, quantitative, and automated techniques to process, interpret, and derive meaningful patterns from large-scale textual data, distinguishing it from traditional qualitative content analysis through its reliance on computational scalability and formalized linguistic representation.

976

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70.5K

Citations

2.7K

Authors

1.1K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

620

Variants

Automated Text Analysis

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Publications

976

The Psychological Meaning of Words: LIWC and Computerized Text Analysis Methods

Yla Tausczik, James W. Pennebaker · Journal of Language and Social Psychology · 2009 · 5.8K citations

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Text as Data: The Promise and Pitfalls of Automatic Content Analysis Methods for Political Texts

Justin Grimmer, Brandon Stewart · Political Analysis · 2013 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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Techniques and applications for sentiment analysis

Ronen Feldman · Communications of the ACM · 2013 · 1.5K citations

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Computational linguistics in 1990

Hans Karlgren · 1990 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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A Topic Modeling Comparison Between LDA, NMF, Top2Vec, and BERTopic to Demystify Twitter Posts

Roman Egger, Joanne Yu · Frontiers in Sociology · 2022 · 886 citations · Full text

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Authors

2.7K

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    Kenneth Benoit

    Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. AK
    Amir Karami

    University of South Carolina, United States

    6 publications · 144 citations

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  3. NC
    Nello Cristianini

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 235 citations

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  4. KM
    Kathleen M. Carley

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    5 publications · 201 citations

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  5. MD
    Morteza Dehghani

    University of Southern California, United States

    5 publications · 325 citations

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    13 h-index

    35 publications

    5.7K citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    852 citations

  6. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    442 citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 27 publications · 957 citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    12 publications · 618 citations

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  3. Big Data & Society

    11 publications · 893 citations

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  4. Communication Methods and Measures

    CMM · 10 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. Procedia Computer Science

    9 publications · 911 citations

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