Mert Can Çakmak Data-verified

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Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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8 h-index 27 pubs 126 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Mert Can Çakmak's research at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock focuses on analyzing biases within online platforms, particularly YouTube's recommendation algorithms. His work investigates how these systems influence content exposure, examining factors such as emotion, morality, and network dynamics, with specific studies looking at China-Uyghur content and YouTube Shorts recommendations. Çakmak also explores methods to improve the efficiency of social media research, including the adoption of parallel processing for rapid transcript generation in multimedia-rich online environments. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 8, with 26 total publications and 122 total citations. Key collaborators include Nitin Agarwal, Diwash Poudel, Billy Spann, and Obianuju Okeke, all from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 27
  • Citations: 126

Selected Publications

  • Simulating User Watch-Time to Investigate Bias in YouTube Shorts Recommendations (2026)
  • Policy-Aware Generative AI for Safe, Auditable Data Access Governance (2025)
  • Investigating Algorithmic Bias in YouTube Shorts (2025)
  • Beyond the Click: How YouTube Thumbnails Shape User Interaction and Algorithmic Recommendations (2025)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Influence of symbolic content on recommendation bias: analyzing YouTube’s algorithm during Taiwan’s 2024 election (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Examining the Impact of Symbolic Content on YouTube’s Recommendation System (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Unveiling Bias in YouTube Shorts: Analyzing Thumbnail Recommendations and Topic Dynamics (2024)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The bias beneath: analyzing drift in YouTube’s algorithmic recommendations (2024)
    13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Emotion Assessment of YouTube Videos using Color Theory (2024)
    16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Examining Multimodel Emotion Assessment and Resonance with Audience on YouTube (2024)
    17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • High-Speed Transcript Collection on Multimedia Platforms: Advancing Social Media Research through Parallel Processing (2024)
    11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating Bias and Fairness in AI: An Analysis of YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithm and its Impact on Geopolitical Discourse (2024)
  • Investigating Bias in YouTube Recommendations: Emotion, Morality, and Network Dynamics in China-Uyghur Content (2024)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Analyzing Bias in Recommender Systems: A Comprehensive Evaluation of YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm (2023)
    11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Adopting Parallel Processing for Rapid Generation of Transcripts in Multimedia-rich Online Information Environment (2023)
    14 citations DOI OpenAlex

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