--- title: "Nikita Soni · Stony Brook University — author profile and papers" description: "Nikita Soni, Stony Brook University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nikita-soni/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nikita-soni/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Nikita Soni # Nikita Soni Nikita Soni has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/); often with [Hansen Andrew Schwartz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hansen-andrew-schwartz/), [Niranjan Balasubramanian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/niranjan-balasubramanian/), [Dikshya Mohanty](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dikshya-mohanty/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5139794971) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0238-9844) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5139794971) · [5 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139794971) · [31 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139794971&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nikita-soni/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 26 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nikita-soni/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9896](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/99/#star-9896) 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=Nikita+Soni) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Nikita+Soni) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Nikita+Soni) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Nikita+Soni) ## Affiliations [🎓**Stony Brook University** Stony Brook · United States 2024–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stony-brook-university/) 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 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nikita-soni/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[SemEval-2026 Task 2: Predicting Variation in Emotional Valence and Arousal over Time from Ecological Essays](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/soni-2026-semeval-2026-task-2-predicting/)** *(2026 · 25 citations)* This shared task addresses a gap in affect research. Most NLP emotion datasets rely on outside annotators who judge what a social media post seems to express, not what the writer actually felt. The organizers release a longitudinal English dataset from U.S. service-industry workers. Over 14-day phases from 2021 to… 2. **[Addressing the Ecological Fallacy in Larger LMs with Human Context](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/soni-2026-addressing-ecological-fallacy-larger-lms/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Standard LM training treats each text as an independent sample, even when many texts come from the same writer. ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Hansen Andrew Schwartz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hansen-andrew-schwartz/) ×2 - [Niranjan Balasubramanian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/niranjan-balasubramanian/) ×2 - [Dikshya Mohanty](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dikshya-mohanty/) - [Lyle Ungar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lyle-ungar/) - [Saif Mohammad](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/saif-mohammad/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning (CoNLL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/conll/): [CoNLL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/conll/2026/) - [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/): [SemEval 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 26 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [12 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nikita-soni/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026