--- title: "Melissa Terras — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Melissa Terras, University of Edinburgh: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2025), h-index 33 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melissa-terras/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melissa-terras/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Melissa Terras # Melissa Terras Melissa Terras has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2025, 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 [Beatrice Alex](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/), [Benjamin Bach](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-bach/), [Lucy Havens](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lucy-havens/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5033582512) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6496-3197) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55238524) · [**h-index 33**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5033582512) · [311 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5033582512) · [3,694 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5033582512&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melissa-terras/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 7 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melissa-terras/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9375](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/94/#star-9375) 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=Melissa+Terras) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Melissa+Terras) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Melissa+Terras) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Melissa+Terras) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 2018–2026 · 113 papersEmployment*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) · [🎓**University College London** London · United Kingdom 2004–2024 · 77 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-college-london/) · [🔬**Centre for Digital Humanities** London 2012–2017 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/02a0c6v45) · [🎓**Faculty of Design** Ljubljana · Slovenia 2022–2024 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/04bw0hg47) · [🤝**READ-COOP SCE** Innsbruck · Austria 2025 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/03aw0g009) · [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom 1999–2002 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) 🏛️**Kirkcaldy High School** Fife · [United Kingdom](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/united-kingdom/) Education 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 · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Social Sciences · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Safety Research · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Gender Studies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/gender-studies/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [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 · 2 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/melissa-terras/year/2025/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melissa-terras/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[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. 2. **[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. ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Beatrice Alex](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/beatrice-alex/) ×2 - [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 ## 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/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 7 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melissa-terras/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026