--- title: "Maria Ryskina — author profile and papers" description: "Maria Ryskina, Vector Institute: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2020–2026), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-ryskina/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-ryskina/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Maria Ryskina # Maria Ryskina Maria Ryskina has 2 papers in our library, in 2020–2026; often with [Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/taylor-berg-kirkpatrick/), [David R. Mortensen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-r-mortensen/), [Ella Rabinovich](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ella-rabinovich/). 2 papers in our library · 2020–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5004582255) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5936-1380) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5004582255) · [24 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5004582255) · [314 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5004582255&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-ryskina/#papers) · [🔗 19 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-ryskina/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #4522](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/46/#star-4522) 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=Maria+Ryskina) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Maria+Ryskina) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Maria+Ryskina) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Maria+Ryskina) ## Affiliations [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2017–2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🔬**Vector Institute** Toronto · Canada 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/vector-institute/) · [🎓**Johns Hopkins University** Baltimore · United States 2021–2022 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/johns-hopkins-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ryskina-2026-sunblock-softblock-analyzing-correlates-neology/) · [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ryskina-2020-neologisms-distributional/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Where New Words Are Born: Distributional Semantic Analysis of Neologisms and Their Semantic Neighborhoods](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ryskina-2020-neologisms-distributional/)** *(2020 · 31 citations)* The paper asks where new words appear in semantic space. Using word vectors trained on two periods of American English (COHA, 1800 to 1989, 385M words, and COCA, 1990 to 2012), the authors take neologisms and compare their semantic neighbourhoods with those of stable control words. Two factors are tested: semantic… 2. **[From sunblock to softblock: Analyzing the correlates of neology in published writing and on social media](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ryskina-2026-sunblock-softblock-analyzing-correlates-neology/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether the semantic factors linked to the birth of new English words (neology) are the same on social media as in edited print. ## Also in our library 1 more work of theirs is in our library without a page here yet; it will appear as we publish them. ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/taylor-berg-kirkpatrick/) ×2 - [David R. Mortensen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-r-mortensen/) - [Ella Rabinovich](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ella-rabinovich/) - [Kyle Mahowald](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kyle-mahowald/) - [Vivek Kulkarni](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vivek-kulkarni/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 19 times (of the 140,884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-ryskina/cited-by/).