--- title: "Lujain Ibrahim · University of Oxford — author profile and papers" description: "Lujain Ibrahim, University of Oxford: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-ibrahim/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-ibrahim/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Lujain Ibrahim # Lujain Ibrahim Lujain Ibrahim has 2 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Myra Cheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/myra-cheng/), [Cinoo Lee](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cinoo-lee/), [Dan Jurafsky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-jurafsky/). 2 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5088109643) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0395-784X) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5088109643) · [29 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5088109643) · [216 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5088109643&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-ibrahim/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 49 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-ibrahim/cited-by/) · [7 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5726](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/58/#star-5726) 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=Lujain+Ibrahim) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Lujain+Ibrahim) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Lujain+Ibrahim) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Lujain+Ibrahim) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom 2024–2026 · 15 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) · [🏢**Google DeepMind** London · United Kingdom 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google-deepmind/) · [🎓**New York University Abu Dhabi** Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates 2020–2023 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-york-university-abu-dhabi/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 9 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Social Sciences · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Safety Research · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-ibrahim/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-ibrahim/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[ELEPHANT: Measuring and understanding social sycophancy in LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/cheng-2025-elephant-measuring-understanding-social-sycophancy/)** *(2025 · 188 citations)* Earlier sycophancy research checks whether an LLM drops a factual answer to agree with a belief the user states outright. 2. **[Thinking beyond the anthropomorphic paradigm benefits LLM research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ibrahim-2026-thinking-beyond-anthropomorphic-paradigm-benefits/)** *(2026 · 8 citations)* This position paper examines how the habit of describing LLMs in human terms shapes NLP research, and argues that the field relies on it too heavily. ## All works 9 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. **[ELEPHANT: Measuring and understanding social sycophancy in LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/cheng-2025-elephant-measuring-understanding-social-sycophancy/) [Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/science/)**Myra Cheng, Sunny Yu, Cinoo Lee, et al.*2025 · 188 citations* 2. **[Thinking beyond the anthropomorphic paradigm benefits LLM research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ibrahim-2026-thinking-beyond-anthropomorphic-paradigm-benefits/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Lujain Ibrahim, Myra Cheng*2026 · 8 citations* 3. **[Measuring and Mitigating (Over)reliance to Build Human-Compatible AI ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aies.v9i2.43225) Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society · no summary yet**Lujain Ibrahim et al.*2026 · 7 citations* 4. **[Sycophantic AI makes human interaction feel more effortful and less satisfying over time ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07912) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Lujain Ibrahim et al.*2026 · 6 citations* 5. **[Verbalizing LLMs' assumptions to explain and control sycophancy ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.03058) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Myra Cheng et al.*2026 · 2 citations* 6. **[Verbalizing LLMs' Assumptions About the User to Calibrate Expectations and Reduce Sycophancy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3798611) Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) · no summary yet**Myra Cheng et al.*2026 · 1 citation* 7. **[Offloading Score: Measuring AI Reliance Through Counterfactual Workflows ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29392) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Vishakh Padmakumar et al.*2026 · 1 citation* 8. **[LLMs as Oracles: Reliance on LLMs for Subjective Personal Questions ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.14849) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Myra Cheng et al.*2026* 9. **[Warning labels shift perceptions of sycophantic AI, but not its influence ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21317) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Lujain Ibrahim et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Myra Cheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/myra-cheng/) ×2 - [Cinoo Lee](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cinoo-lee/) - [Dan Jurafsky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-jurafsky/) - [Sunny Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sunny-yu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/science/): [Science 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/science/2025/) - Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) - Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 49 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [15 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujain-ibrahim/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026