--- title: "Shaden Shaar · Cornell University — author profile and papers" description: "Shaden Shaar, Cornell University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2020–2021), h-index 17 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shaden-shaar/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shaden-shaar/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Shaden Shaar # Shaden Shaar Shaden Shaar has 2 papers in our library, in 2020–2021, most of them on [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [Giovanni Da San Martino](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/giovanni-da-san-martino/), [Preslav Nakov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/preslav-nakov/), [Dimitar Dimitrov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dimitar-dimitrov/). 2 papers in our library · 2020–2021 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5010323203) · [**h-index 17**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5010323203) · [40 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5010323203) · [1,254 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5010323203&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shaden-shaar/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 144 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shaden-shaar/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4350](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/44/#star-4350) 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=Shaden+Shaar) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Shaden+Shaar) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Shaden+Shaar) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Shaden+Shaar) ## Affiliations [🎓**Cornell University** Ithaca · United States 2022–2026 · 8 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/cornell-university/) · [🎓**Hamad bin Khalifa University** Doha · Qatar 2020–2022 · 21 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hamad-bin-khalifa-university/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2018 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University Qatar** Doha · Qatar 2018 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university-qatar/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 8 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/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) · [Philosophy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2021** 1 paper SemEval-2021 Task 6: Detection of Persuasion Techniques in Texts and Images](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/dimitrov-2021-semeval-2021-task-6-detection/) · [**2020** 1 paper That is a Known Lie: Detecting Previously Fact-Checked Claims](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shaar-2020-that-is-known-lie-detecting/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[That is a Known Lie: Detecting Previously Fact-Checked Claims](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shaar-2020-that-is-known-lie-detecting/)** *(2020 · 193 citations)* The paper argues that a key step in fact-checking has received little research attention: given a check-worthy statement, decide whether a trusted organization has already verified it. 2. **[SemEval-2021 Task 6: Detection of Persuasion Techniques in Texts and Images](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/dimitrov-2021-semeval-2021-task-6-detection/)** *(2021 · 75 citations)* This shared task addresses the automatic identification of propaganda and persuasion devices in memes. Memes carry their message through both overlaid text and the picture, so studying text alone misses part of the signal. Building on SemEval-2020 task 11, which covered news text only, the organisers created a… ## All works 3 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. **[That is a Known Lie: Detecting Previously Fact-Checked Claims](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shaar-2020-that-is-known-lie-detecting/)**Shaden Shaar, Nikolay Babulkov, Giovanni Da San Martino, et al.*[Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/) · 193 citations* 2. **[SemEval-2021 Task 6: Detection of Persuasion Techniques in Texts and Images](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/dimitrov-2021-semeval-2021-task-6-detection/)**Dimitar Dimitrov, Bishr Bin Ali, Shaden Shaar, et al.*[International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/) · 75 citations* 3. **[A Second Pandemic? Analysis of Fake News about COVID-19 Vaccines in Qatar](https://aclanthology.org/2021.ranlp-1.114/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural…**Preslav Nakov et al.*2021 · 33 citations* ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Giovanni Da San Martino](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/giovanni-da-san-martino/) ×2 - [Preslav Nakov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/preslav-nakov/) ×2 - [Dimitar Dimitrov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dimitar-dimitrov/) - [Firoj Alam](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/firoj-alam/) - [Hamed Firooz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hamed-firooz/) ## 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 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2020/) - [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/): [SemEval 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/2021/) - Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent… ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 144 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [7 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shaden-shaar/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026