--- title: "Francesca Toni — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Francesca Toni, Imperial College London: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2020–2021), h-index 43 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francesca-toni/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francesca-toni/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Francesca Toni # Francesca Toni Francesca Toni has 2 papers in our library, in 2020–2021; often with [Piyawat Lertvittayakumjorn](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/piyawat-lertvittayakumjorn/). 2 papers in our library · 2020–2021 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5078354590) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8194-1459) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58207653) · [**h-index 43**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5078354590) · [453 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5078354590) · [8,399 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5078354590&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francesca-toni/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 294 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francesca-toni/cited-by/) · [12 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4919](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/50/#star-4919) 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=Francesca+Toni) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Francesca+Toni) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Francesca+Toni) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Francesca+Toni) ## Affiliations [🎓**Imperial College London** London · United Kingdom 1992–2026 · 334 papersEducationEmployment 2000–2005 · Governors' Lecturer, ComputingEmployment 2005–2008 · Senior Lecturer, ComputingEmployment 2008–2013 · Reader, Computing*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/imperial-college-london/) · [🎓**University of Pisa** Pisa · Italy 1984–2005 · 7 papersEducation 1984–1990 · Laurea, Scienze dell'Informazione](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-pisa/) · [🏢**Pfizer** Paris · France 2011–2012 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/02c9yny10) · [🏥**Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph** Paris · France 2013–2020 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/046bx1082) · [🎓**Sapienza University of Rome** Rome · Italy 2009–2012 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/sapienza-university-of-rome/) · [🎓**University of London** London · United Kingdom 1991–1995Education 1991–1995](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-london/) 🏛️**University of London, Imperial College London** London · [United Kingdom](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/united-kingdom/) 1991–1995Education 1991–1995 · PhD, Computing From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 9 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 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) · [Software · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/software/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francesca-toni/year/2021/) · [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francesca-toni/year/2020/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Explainable Automated Fact-Checking for Public Health Claims](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kotonya-2020-explainable-automated-fact-checking-public/)** *(2020 · 314 citations)* Automated fact-checking research has mostly targeted political statements, and few systems justify their verdicts. 2. **[Explanation-Based Human Debugging of NLP Models: A Survey](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lertvittayakumjorn-2021-explanation-based-human-debugging-nlp/)** *(2021 · 77 citations)* The survey examines explanation-based human debugging (EBHD), meaning the use of model explanations so that people can find and repair defects in trained NLP models. ## All works 14 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Explainable Automated Fact-Checking for Public Health Claims](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kotonya-2020-explainable-automated-fact-checking-public/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Neema Kotonya, Francesca Toni*2020 · 314 citations* 2. **[Explainable Automated Fact-Checking: A Survey ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2020.coling-main.474/) Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Computational Linguistics · no summary yet**Neema Kotonya, Francesca Toni*2020 · 156 citations* 3. **[Identifying attack and support argumentative relations using deep learning ↗](https://aclanthology.org/D17-1144/) Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing · no summary yet**Oana Cocarascu, Francesca Toni*2017 · 82 citations* 4. **[On Computing Explanations in Argumentation ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v29i1.9420) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Xiuyi Fan, Francesca Toni*2015 · 80 citations* 5. **[Human-grounded Evaluations of Explanation Methods for Text Classification ↗](https://aclanthology.org/D19-1523/) Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and the 9th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (EMNLP-IJCNLP) · no summary yet**Piyawat Lertvittayakumjorn, Francesca Toni*2019 · 78 citations* 6. **[Explanation-Based Human Debugging of NLP Models: A Survey](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lertvittayakumjorn-2021-explanation-based-human-debugging-nlp/) [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/)**Piyawat Lertvittayakumjorn, Francesca Toni*2021 · 77 citations* 7. **[Argumentation for Explainable Scheduling ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v33i01.33012752) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Kristijonas Čyras et al.*2019 · 55 citations* 8. **[Explanation for Case-Based Reasoning via Abstract Argumentation ↗](https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-686-6-243) Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications · no summary yet**Ccaron yras Kristijonas, Ken Satoh, Francesca Toni*2016 · 24 citations* 9. **[How well do SOTA legal reasoning models support abductive reasoning? ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06912) arXiv:2304.06912 · no summary yet**Ha-Thanh Nguyen et al.*2023 · 18 citations* 10. **[Black-Box Analysis: GPTs Across Time in Legal Textual Entailment Task ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05501) arXiv:2309.05501 · no summary yet**Ha-Thanh Nguyen et al.*2023 · 10 citations* 11. **[Beyond Logic Programming for Legal Reasoning ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.16632) arXiv:2306.16632 · no summary yet**Ha-Thanh Nguyen et al.*2023 · 7 citations* 12. **[Learning Case Relevance in Case-Based Reasoning with Abstract Argumentation ↗](https://doi.org/10.3233/faia230950) JURIX 2023 — Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (IOS Press, FAIA) · no summary yet**Guilherme Paulino-Passos, Francesca Toni*2023 · 4 citations* 13. **[LawGiBa – Combining GPT, Knowledge Bases, and Logic Programming in a Legal Assistance System ↗](https://doi.org/10.3233/faia230991) JURIX 2023 — Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (IOS Press, FAIA) · no summary yet**Ha Thanh Nguyen et al.*2023 · 3 citations* 14. **[Argumentative LLMs for Legal Information Entailment ↗](https://doi.org/10.3233/faia251582) JURIX 2025 — Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (IOS Press, FAIA) · no summary yet**Charlie Lindsay et al.*2025* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Piyawat Lertvittayakumjorn](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/piyawat-lertvittayakumjorn/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - JURIX 2025 — Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (IOS Press, FAIA) ×3 - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/) ×2: [EMNLP 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2020/) - Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence ×2 - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/): [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2021/) - Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications - Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and the 9th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (EMNLP-IJCNLP) - Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Computational Linguistics ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 294 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [36 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/francesca-toni/cited-by/). 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