--- title: "Beatrice Alex — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Beatrice Alex, Heriot-Watt University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2008–2025), h-index 35 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Beatrice Alex # Beatrice Alex Beatrice Alex has 3 papers in our library, in 2008–2025, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/); often with [Benjamin Bach](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-bach/), [Lucy Havens](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lucy-havens/), [Melissa Terras](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melissa-terras/). 3 papers in our library · 2008–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5043179000) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7279-1476) · [**h-index 35**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5043179000) · [174 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5043179000) · [5,721 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5043179000&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 39 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8416](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/85/#star-8416) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Beatrice+Alex) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Beatrice+Alex) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Beatrice+Alex) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Beatrice+Alex) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 2005–2026 · 97 papersEmployment · Senior Lecturer*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) · [🎓**Heriot-Watt University** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 2026 · 4 papersEmployment since 2026 · Professor, Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/heriot-watt-university/) · [🎓**Imperial College London** London · United Kingdom 2021–2024 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/imperial-college-london/) · [🔬**The Alan Turing Institute** London · United Kingdom 2018–2019 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/the-alan-turing-institute/) · [🔬**International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium** Oxford 2022–2023 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/00e372137) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 4 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Social Sciences · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Safety Research · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Gender Studies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/gender-studies/) · [Political Science and International Relations · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/political-science-and-international-relations/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Bias, fairness & safety · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/year/2025/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/year/2022/) ### 2000s [**2008** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/year/2008/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Comparing Corpus-based to Web-based Lookup Techniques for Automatic English Inclusion Detection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alex-2008-comparing-corpus-based-web-based/)** *(2008 · 15 citations)* The paper asks whether a Web-based lookup is really needed to spot English words embedded in German text, or whether static corpora could do the same job. 2. **[Uncertainty and Inclusivity in Gender Bias Annotation: An Annotation Taxonomy and Annotated Datasets of British English Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/havens-2022-uncertainty-inclusivity-gender-bias-annotation/)** *(2022 · 14 citations)* Work on gender bias in NLP often defines gender and bias loosely, assumes only two genders, and treats annotations as having one correct answer. 3. **[Investigating the Capabilities and Limitations of Machine Learning for Identifying Bias in English Language Data with Information and Heritage Professionals](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/havens-2025-investigating-capabilities-limitations-machine-learning/)** *(2025 · 2 citations)* Cultural heritage institutions (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) increasingly review old catalog descriptions for harmful language, but doing this by hand across millions of records is slow. ## All works 5 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Exploring the boundaries: gene and protein identification in biomedical text ↗](https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-6-s1-s5) BMC Bioinformatics · no summary yet**Jenny Rose Finkel et al.*2005 · 127 citations* 2. **[An Unsupervised System for Identifying English Inclusions in German Text ↗](https://aclanthology.org/P05-2023/) Proceedings of the ACL Student Research Workshop · no summary yet**Alex, Beatrice*2005 · 28 citations* 3. **[Comparing Corpus-based to Web-based Lookup Techniques for Automatic English Inclusion Detection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alex-2008-comparing-corpus-based-web-based/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Beatrice Alex*2008 · 15 citations* 4. **[Uncertainty and Inclusivity in Gender Bias Annotation: An Annotation Taxonomy and Annotated Datasets of British English Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/havens-2022-uncertainty-inclusivity-gender-bias-annotation/) [Workshop on Gender Bias in Natural Language Processing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/gebnlp/)**Lucy Havens, Melissa Terras, Benjamin Bach, et al.*2022 · 14 citations* 5. **[Investigating the Capabilities and Limitations of Machine Learning for Identifying Bias in English Language Data with Information and Heritage Professionals](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/havens-2025-investigating-capabilities-limitations-machine-learning/) [CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/chi-conference-on-human-factors-in-computing-systems/)**Lucy Havens, Benjamin Bach, Melissa Terras, et al.*2025 · 2 citations* ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Benjamin Bach](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-bach/) ×2 - [Lucy Havens](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lucy-havens/) ×2 - [Melissa Terras](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melissa-terras/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/chi-conference-on-human-factors-in-computing-systems/): [CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/chi-conference-on-human-factors-in-computing-systems/2025/) - [Workshop on Gender Bias in Natural Language Processing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/gebnlp/): [Workshop on Gender Bias in Natural Language Processing 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/gebnlp/2022/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2008](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2008/) - BMC Bioinformatics - Proceedings of the ACL Student Research Workshop ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 39 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [10 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026