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# Workshop on Abusive Language Online 2017 — accepted papers

Workshop on Abusive Language Online 2017 is the 2017 edition of the Workshop on Abusive Language Online, held in Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 2017 (publisher: Association for Computational Linguistics). OpenAlex lists 14 papers of it; our library holds 4 with our summaries. Below: the most cited papers, every accepted paper, and ours with their topics, authors and institutions.

[**14** papers in the proceedings](#all) · [**4** works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-abusive-language-online/2017/#works) · [**2,198** citations of these works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-abusive-language-online/2017/#works)**Vancouver, BC, Canada** where it was held**August 2017** when

## Most cited papers

By their OpenAlex citations; a paper with our summary links to its page here, the others to the original.

1. **[Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Classify Hate-Speech](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gamback-2017-convolutional-neural-networks-classify-hate/)**Björn Gambäck, Utpal Kumar Sikdar*532 citations · our summary*
2. **[Understanding Abuse: A Typology of Abusive Language Detection Subtasks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/waseem-2017-understanding-abuse-typology-abusive-language/)**Zeerak Waseem, Thomas Davidson, Dana Warmsley et al.*474 citations · our summary*
3. **[One-step and Two-step Classification for Abusive Language Detection on Twitter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/park-2017-one-step-two-step-classification/)**Ji Ho Park, Pascale Fung*353 citations · our summary*
4. **[Abusive Language Detection on Arabic Social Media](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mubarak-2017-abusive-language-detection-arabic-social/)**Hamdy Mubarak, Kareem Darwish, Walid Magdy*295 citations · our summary*
5. **[Deep Learning for User Comment Moderation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3004/)**John Pavlopoulos, Prodromos Malakasiotis, Ion Androutsopoulos*112 citations*
6. **[Dimensions of Abusive Language on Twitter ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3001/)**Isobelle Clarke, Jack Grieve*89 citations*
7. **[Legal Framework, Dataset and Annotation Schema for Socially Unacceptable Online Discourse Practices in Slovene ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3007/)**Darja Fišer, Tomaž Erjavec, Nikola Ljubešić*56 citations*
8. **[Rephrasing Profanity in Chinese Text ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3003/)**Hui-Po Su, Zhen-Jie Huang, Hao-Tsung Chang et al.*56 citations*
9. **[Vectors for Counterspeech on Twitter ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3009/)**Lucas Wright, Derek Ruths, Kelly P Dillon et al.*51 citations*
10. **[Technology Solutions to Combat Online Harassment ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3011/)**George Kennedy, Andrew McCollough, Edward Dixon et al.*50 citations*

## All accepted papers (14)

The most cited first; 4 with our summary link to their page here, the others to the original.

1. **[Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Classify Hate-Speech](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gamback-2017-convolutional-neural-networks-classify-hate/)**Björn Gambäck, Utpal Kumar Sikdar*532 citations · our summary*
2. **[Understanding Abuse: A Typology of Abusive Language Detection Subtasks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/waseem-2017-understanding-abuse-typology-abusive-language/)**Zeerak Waseem, Thomas Davidson, Dana Warmsley et al.*474 citations · our summary*
3. **[One-step and Two-step Classification for Abusive Language Detection on Twitter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/park-2017-one-step-two-step-classification/)**Ji Ho Park, Pascale Fung*353 citations · our summary*
4. **[Abusive Language Detection on Arabic Social Media](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mubarak-2017-abusive-language-detection-arabic-social/)**Hamdy Mubarak, Kareem Darwish, Walid Magdy*295 citations · our summary*
5. **[Deep Learning for User Comment Moderation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3004/)**John Pavlopoulos, Prodromos Malakasiotis, Ion Androutsopoulos*112 citations*
6. **[Dimensions of Abusive Language on Twitter ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3001/)**Isobelle Clarke, Jack Grieve*89 citations*
7. **[Legal Framework, Dataset and Annotation Schema for Socially Unacceptable Online Discourse Practices in Slovene ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3007/)**Darja Fišer, Tomaž Erjavec, Nikola Ljubešić*56 citations*
8. **[Rephrasing Profanity in Chinese Text ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3003/)**Hui-Po Su, Zhen-Jie Huang, Hao-Tsung Chang et al.*56 citations*
9. **[Vectors for Counterspeech on Twitter ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3009/)**Lucas Wright, Derek Ruths, Kelly P Dillon et al.*51 citations*
10. **[Technology Solutions to Combat Online Harassment ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3011/)**George Kennedy, Andrew McCollough, Edward Dixon et al.*50 citations*
11. **[Constructive Language in News Comments ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3002/)**Varada Kolhatkar, Maite Taboada*46 citations*
12. **[Detecting Nastiness in Social Media ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3010/)**Niloofar Safi Samghabadi, Suraj Maharjan, Alan Sprague et al.*46 citations*
13. **[Class-based Prediction Errors to Detect Hate Speech with Out-of-vocabulary Words ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3005/)**Joan Serrà, Ilias Leontiadis, Dimitris Spathis et al.*37 citations*
14. **[Illegal is not a Noun: Linguistic Form for Detection of Pejorative Nominalizations ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3014/)**Alexis Palmer, Melissa Robinson, Kristy K. Phillips*8 citations*

## Papers with our summary in our library (4)

The most cited first (OpenAlex citations plus our library's).

1. **[Understanding Abuse: A Typology of Abusive Language Detection Subtasks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/waseem-2017-understanding-abuse-typology-abusive-language/) [Workshop on Abusive Language Online](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-abusive-language-online/)**Zeerak Waseem, Thomas Davidson, Dana Warmsley, et al.*2017 · 697 citations*
2. **[Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Classify Hate-Speech](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gamback-2017-convolutional-neural-networks-classify-hate/) [Workshop on Abusive Language Online](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-abusive-language-online/)**Björn Gambäck, Utpal Kumar Sikdar*2017 · 651 citations*
3. **[One-step and Two-step Classification for Abusive Language Detection on Twitter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/park-2017-one-step-two-step-classification/) [Workshop on Abusive Language Online](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-abusive-language-online/)**Ji Ho Park, Pascale Fung*2017 · 436 citations*
4. **[Abusive Language Detection on Arabic Social Media](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mubarak-2017-abusive-language-detection-arabic-social/) [Workshop on Abusive Language Online](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-abusive-language-online/)**Hamdy Mubarak, Kareem Darwish, Walid Magdy*2017 · 414 citations*

## Top topics

Topics of its works in our library, with the number of works on each.

[Sentiment & emotion (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) · [Semitic languages (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Bias, fairness & safety (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/)

## Fields

[Computer Science (4)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Social Sciences (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/)

## Top authors

Authors with a page who published here most often: their works here, and the citations of those works.

[🧑‍🔬**Dana Warmsley**1 work here · 697 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dana-warmsley/) · [🧑‍🔬**Ingmar Weber**1 work here · 697 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ingmar-weber/) · [🧑‍🔬**Thomas Davidson**1 work here · 697 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/thomas-davidson/) · [🧑‍🔬**Zeerak Waseem**1 work here · 697 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zeerak-waseem/) · [🧑‍🔬**Bjorn Gamback**1 work here · 651 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bjorn-gamback/) · [🧑‍🔬**Ji Ho Park**1 work here · 436 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ji-ho-park/) · [🧑‍🔬**Pascale Fung**1 work here · 436 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pascale-fung/) · [🧑‍🔬**Hamdy Mubarak**1 work here · 414 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hamdy-mubarak/) · [🧑‍🔬**Kareem Darwish**1 work here · 414 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kareem-darwish/) · [🧑‍🔬**Walid Magdy**1 work here · 414 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/walid-magdy/)

## Top institutions

Institutions on the bylines of its works here, by the number of works.

[🎓**Hong Kong University of Science and Technology** Hong Kong · China 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hong-kong-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🎓**Norwegian University of Science and Technology** Trondheim · Norway 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/norwegian-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🎓**Hamad bin Khalifa University** Doha · Qatar 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hamad-bin-khalifa-university/) · [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/)

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