{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2328635703","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tifs.2016.2529591","title":"Seed-Based De-Anonymizability Quantification of Social Networks","display_name":"Seed-Based De-Anonymizability Quantification of Social Networks","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-02-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2328635703","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tifs.2016.2529591","mag":"2328635703"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tifs.2016.2529591","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tifs.2016.2529591","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S61310614","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security","issn_l":"1556-6013","issn":["1556-6013","1556-6021"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058611515","display_name":"Shouling Ji","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-372X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130701444","display_name":"Georgia Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zkghx44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Shouling Ji","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101414940","display_name":"Weiqing Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-3654"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130701444","display_name":"Georgia Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zkghx44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Weiqing Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009102659","display_name":"Neil Zhenqiang Gong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9900-9309"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173911158","display_name":"Iowa State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04rswrd78","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Neil Zhenqiang Gong","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015619835","display_name":"Prateek Mittal","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4057-0118"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20089843","display_name":"Princeton University","ror":"https://ror.org/00hx57361","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Prateek Mittal","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20089843"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033073212","display_name":"Raheem Beyah","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9188-3464"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130701444","display_name":"Georgia Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zkghx44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Raheem Beyah","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5058611515"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":7.7125,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":31,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97294158,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"11","issue":"7","first_page":"1398","last_page":"1411"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11045","display_name":"Privacy, Security, and Data Protection","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11598","display_name":"Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting","score":0.998199999332428,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.818562924861908},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-network","display_name":"Social network (sociolinguistics)","score":0.6150544285774231},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vulnerability","display_name":"Vulnerability (computing)","score":0.6085347533226013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-sharing","display_name":"Information sharing","score":0.49048182368278503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.4834202527999878},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-network-analysis","display_name":"Social network analysis","score":0.4583728611469269},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-publishing","display_name":"Data publishing","score":0.43406394124031067},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.4301999509334564},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media","display_name":"Social media","score":0.3754761219024658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.29555225372314453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/publishing","display_name":"Publishing","score":0.20832830667495728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.19174635410308838}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.818562924861908},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4727928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17164759","display_name":"Social network (sociolinguistics)","level":3,"score":0.6150544285774231},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95713431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q631425","display_name":"Vulnerability (computing)","level":2,"score":0.6085347533226013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776854237","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6031064","display_name":"Information sharing","level":2,"score":0.49048182368278503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.4834202527999878},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114713312","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7551269","display_name":"Social network analysis","level":3,"score":0.4583728611469269},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781396290","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17051824","display_name":"Data publishing","level":3,"score":0.43406394124031067},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.4301999509334564},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.3754761219024658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.29555225372314453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151719136","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3972943","display_name":"Publishing","level":2,"score":0.20832830667495728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.19174635410308838},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tifs.2016.2529591","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tifs.2016.2529591","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S61310614","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security","issn_l":"1556-6013","issn":["1556-6013","1556-6021"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":31,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1875112053","https://openalex.org/W1968752677","https://openalex.org/W1971157729","https://openalex.org/W1973556323","https://openalex.org/W1973980096","https://openalex.org/W1977036924","https://openalex.org/W1987487032","https://openalex.org/W1998091733","https://openalex.org/W2013863451","https://openalex.org/W2019735187","https://openalex.org/W2034610473","https://openalex.org/W2044490483","https://openalex.org/W2052806235","https://openalex.org/W2102086994","https://openalex.org/W2104355163","https://openalex.org/W2107553473","https://openalex.org/W2124849257","https://openalex.org/W2129406249","https://openalex.org/W2143445293","https://openalex.org/W2150941206","https://openalex.org/W2153204928","https://openalex.org/W2155154949","https://openalex.org/W2159675343","https://openalex.org/W2163263459","https://openalex.org/W2168433392","https://openalex.org/W2175523054","https://openalex.org/W2405355070","https://openalex.org/W2911978475","https://openalex.org/W4229685528","https://openalex.org/W4238452917","https://openalex.org/W6758947373"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2153689444","https://openalex.org/W4362644772","https://openalex.org/W2952662149","https://openalex.org/W2994727564","https://openalex.org/W2793616590","https://openalex.org/W2183090405","https://openalex.org/W2075666982","https://openalex.org/W2065835655","https://openalex.org/W3160699245","https://openalex.org/W2782955270"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1,138],"paper,":[2],"we":[3,50,95,133],"implement":[4],"the":[5,10,28,32,39,56,66,102,113,135,150],"first":[6],"comprehensive":[7],"quantification":[8],"of":[9,16,55,58,86,137,152],"perfect":[11],"de-anonymizability":[12,15,57],"and":[13,37,44,70,82,100,117,156,158,171],"partial":[14],"real-world":[17,60],"social":[18,61,74,79,88,124],"networks":[19,62],"with":[20],"seed":[21,121],"information":[22],"under":[23],"general":[24],"scenarios,":[25],"which":[26],"provides":[27],"theoretical":[29],"foundation":[30],"for":[31,68],"existing":[33],"structure-based":[34],"de-anonymization":[35,42,106,115,157],"attacks":[36],"closes":[38],"gap":[40],"between":[41],"practice":[43],"theory.":[45],"Based":[46],"on":[47,146],"our":[48],"quantification,":[49],"conduct":[51],"a":[52,73,78,87,123],"large-scale":[53],"evaluation":[54],"24":[59],"by":[63],"quantitatively":[64],"showing":[65],"conditions":[67],"perfectly":[69,128],"partially":[71,130],"de-anonymizing":[72],"network,":[75],"how":[76,83],"de-anonymizable":[77],"network":[80,89,125],"is,":[81],"many":[84],"users":[85],"can":[90,108,126],"be":[91,109,127],"successfully":[92],"de-anonymized.":[93,131],"Furthermore,":[94],"show":[96],"that":[97],"both":[98],"theoretically":[99],"experimentally,":[101],"overall":[103],"structural":[104,153,165],"information-based":[105],"attack":[107],"more":[110],"powerful":[111],"than":[112],"seed-based":[114],"attack,":[116],"even":[118],"without":[119],"any":[120],"information,":[122],"or":[129],"Finally,":[132],"discuss":[134],"implications":[136],"paper.":[139],"Our":[140],"findings":[141],"are":[142],"expected":[143],"to":[144,159],"shed":[145],"research":[147],"questions":[148],"in":[149],"areas":[151],"data":[154,161,166,169],"anonymization":[155],"help":[160],"owners":[162],"evaluate":[163],"their":[164],"vulnerability":[167],"before":[168],"sharing":[170],"publishing.":[172]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}